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02 Mar 2016

Project Finance ups dividend target

Project Finance has announced an increase of 25% to the Company’s stated annualised dividend target for its first financial period to 31 December 2016. As set out in the prospectus published on 29 September 2015, the Company was targeting an annualised dividend yield of 4% (on the IPO issue price of 100p per share) in the […]

02 Mar 2016

Property and equity returns help Scottish American beat benchmark

Scottish American’s results for 2015 show its net asset value (NAV) total return (capital and income) for the year was 5.9% and the share price total return was 9.2%: the total return from the global equity market was 4.1%. The full year dividend will be 10.70p per share, 1.9% higher than the 2014 dividend of 10.50p and […]

Sectors
01 Mar 2016

Empiric Student Property looking to hit 10,000 bed target ahead of schedule

Empiric Student Property has published its interim results covering the six months ended 31 December 2015. The Group’s basic EPRA earnings per share for the period were 0.70p per share (31 December 2014: 0.11p per share). The basic EPRA NAV per share as at 31 December 2015 was 105.6p (30 June 2015: 103.4p). They have […]

Sectors
01 Mar 2016

RIT Capital outperforms the world index

RIT Capital results for 2015 show a share price total return of 22.7% (as they moved from a discount of 5.8% to a premium of 6.9%) and a net asset value per share return of 8.1%. This compares well to the return on RPI plus 3% which was 4.2% for the year and the return on the […]

Sectors
01 Mar 2016

Mid Wynd International gets £4m rollover

Mid Wynd International reports that its net asset value total return for the second half of 2015 was 5.1 per cent, compared to the total return of 1.5 per cent produced by the MSCI All Country World Index. They have declared an interim dividend of 1.65 pence per share (2015: 1.35 pence per share). Demand for their […]

Geographies
  • North America
  • Middle East
  • Europe (EU and EEA ex UK)
  • Asia
Sectors
01 Mar 2016

Qatar Investment Fund underperforms in weak H2 2015

Qatar Investment Fund results for the six months ended 31 December 2015 show its net asset value per share fell 16.3% while the Qatar Exchange Index fell 14.5% and MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell 18.6% over the same period. Following a narrowing of the discount, the QIF share price fell 11.1%. They paid a 4 cent dividend […]

01 Mar 2016

Henderson Diversified wants to be able to gear up to 40%

Henderson Diversified Income results covering the year ended 31 October 2015 have been published. The net asset value per ordinary share decreased slightly from 88.82p to 88.36p over the year as did the share price from 91.25p to 90.50p.  The aggregated revenue return was 5.16p per ordinary share and dividends were maintained with a total […]

Sectors
01 Mar 2016

Elephant Capital to cancel trading on AIM

Elephant Capital’s net asset value rose from 35p to 36p over the year that ended on 31 August 2015. Air Works India (Engineering) Private Limited has been performing satisfactorily and exhibited operational strength during the period. It has been valued at £3.1m based on an independent third party valuation, compared to £3.05m at 31 August […]

29 Feb 2016

John Laing Infrastructure buys British Transport Police PPP

John Laing Infrastructure has acquired a 100% interest in the British Transport Police PPP project and entered into an agreement to purchase a 95% interest in the Oldham Social Housing project. Both projects are fully operational, availability-based social infrastructure PPP assets located in the UK and are being acquired under the First Offer Agreements with […]

Geographies
  • UK
  • Europe (EU and EEA ex UK)
  • North America
29 Feb 2016

BlackRock World Mining warns on dividend

BlackRock World Mining’s results for the year ended 31 December 2015 reflect th poor performance of the mining sector. The fund’s NAV total return was -35.3%, the share price return was -37.0% and the benchmark, the Euromoney Global Mining Index, was down 36.9%. the discount widened from 11.9% to 15.0%. The dividend was maintained at […]

29 Feb 2016

Montanaro European secures loan facility

Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust has announced that it has entered into a €10m term loan facility agreement with ING Bank N.V., London Branch (“ING”) for the purpose of pursuing its investment objective. The facility has been fully drawn down today and is in addition to the existing €15m term loan facility the Company already has […]

Sectors
29 Feb 2016

Jupiter US Smaller Companies reports slight underperformance

Jupiter US Smaller Companies reports that its NAV per share fell 4.8% in the six month period to 31 December 2015, compared to a drop of 3.3% in the Company’s benchmark, the sterling-adjusted Russell 2000. The worst performing sector in the six month period was energy, falling 41% as oil prices collapsed once again, after […]

Sectors
29 Feb 2016

Foresight Solar sees slight dip in NAV

Foresight Solar Income Fund is reporting its results for the year ended 31 December 2015. The net asset value dipped a little – from 100.9p to 99p. earnings per share were 5.91p but they are still planning to pay 6.1p of dividends for the year and are targeting a full year dividend for the period […]

29 Feb 2016

Macau Property results reflect weak gambling market

Macau Property Opportunities Fund has published its results for the six month period ended 31 December 2015. MPO’s portfolio value declined 12.3% over the period to US$405.7 million amid the slowdown in Macau’s economy driven by a weak gambling market which affected the property market. The adjusted NAV was US$245.5 million, translating to a per share value of […]

Sectors
26 Feb 2016

Kennedy Wilson Europe had a busy and profitable year

Kennedy Wilson Europe’s results for the year ended 31 December 2015 show its adjusted NAV climbing from 1025.2p to 1174.5p over the year. Adjusted EPS rose sharply from 25.9p to 47.9p as the portfolio became more established and the effects of gearing kicked in. They paid dividends of 35p during the year and have announced […]

Sectors
26 Feb 2016

Another bumper period for JPMorgan Mid Cap

JPMorgan Mid Cap says, over the six months to 31st December 2015, the Company’s total return on net assets was 9.0%, 8.4 percentage points ahead of the Company’s performance benchmark, the FTSE 250 Index (excluding investment trusts) which returned 0.6% on a total return basis. The return to shareholders was 25.5% as the discount was elminated. […]

Sectors
26 Feb 2016

New Star benefits from dollar exposure

Over the second half of 2015 New Star Investment Trust delivered a 2.5% return on net assets which compares favourably to a -0.5% return on the IA Mixed Investment 40-85% Shares sector, a 1.7% return on the MSCI AC World Index and a -3.3% return on the MSCI UK Index. The report says US equities […]

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Companies
26 Feb 2016

Ottoman handing back 2p per share

Ottoman Fund is to return approximately £2.7m of capital, or 2 pence per share, to shareholders on the register as at 4 March 2016, with the shares expected to trade ex-entitlement on 3 March 2016 and payment expected to be made on 6 April 2016 or as soon as practicable thereafter.  This return of capital represents proceeds […]

Sectors
26 Feb 2016

Candover results show effects of Expro write down

Candover has published results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Its NAV per share was 243p at 31st December 2015, a 55% decrease over the year. Most of the fall in the NAV is down to a write down in the value of Expro International – this took £43.6m or 199p of the NAV and […]

26 Feb 2016

Allianz Technology outperforms increasingly concentrated benchmark

Allianz Technology Trust says its NAV increased by 10.3% over the year to 30 November 2015, finishing at 675.1p  compared with 612.2p as at 30 November 2014. They outperformed their benchmark index, the Dow Jones World Technology Index, by 3.3% over this period. The market price of the Company’s shares also outperformed the benchmark finishing […]

Sectors
26 Feb 2016

Small drop in NAV for Riverstone Energy

As of 31 December 2015, Riverstone Energy had a NAV per share of $15.95. This implies a year-on-year decrease of 36 cents per share. However, the strengthening of the U.S. dollar resulted in the Sterling NAV per share increasing by 36 pence when compared with the previous year, from 1047p to 1083p. Part of the decrease […]

25 Feb 2016

Ruffer – second half of 2015 was difficult for capital preservation

Ruffer Investment Company has announced its interim results for the half year ended 31 December 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV per share from 218.76p to 206.98p, which after allowing for dividends of 1.7p paid during the period, equates to a total return of -4.6%. The Company’s share price also fell by 4.6%, on […]

Sectors
25 Feb 2016

JPMorgan Overseas hurt by First Quantum holding

JPMorgan Overseas says, for the second half of 2015, the total return on the Company’s net assets was +1.2% and the return to shareholders was +2.5% compared with the return on its benchmark, the MSCI AC World Index (in sterling terms) of +1.5%. The manager says positions in a number of high growth companies performed strongly, including […]

Sectors
25 Feb 2016

Law Debenture puts a value on the fiduciary business

Law Debenture’s results for 2015 show its net asset value total return for the year to 31 December 2015 was down 0.3%, compared to a total return of 1.0% for the FTSE Actuaries All-Share Index. Net revenue return per share was 18.1p, an increase of 6.8% over the previous year, as a result of a […]

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  • UK
  • North America
  • Europe (EU and EEA ex UK)
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Companies
25 Feb 2016

Bluefield Solar says still on track for 7p+RPI returns

Bluefield Solar Income Fund delivered an above-target dividend of 7.25 pence per share for the year ending 30 June 2015, and has paid a dividend in the period of 3.25 pence per share for the current financial year. They say, notwithstanding the reduction in power prices during the period, attractively priced acquisitions and strong contractual […]

24 Feb 2016

M&L Property says properties and funds may have been misappropriated

The Board of M&L Property & Assets announces that it has been informed by the Company’s asset manager, M & L Capital Management Limited, that unauthorised sales of Company properties have apparently taken place and that there is a possibility that Company funds have been misappropriated. The Board is urgently investigating this matter and will report […]

Sectors
24 Feb 2016

Temple Bar posts modest underperformance for 2015

The total return on net assets of Temple Bar in 2015 was -1.0% which compares with a total return for the FTSE All Share Index of 1.0%. This is the first year in which the Company has paid dividends on a quarterly basis. There have already been three interim dividend payments of 7.93p per share […]

Sectors
23 Feb 2016

Honeycomb buys loan portfolio

Honeycomb Investment Trust has announced that it has agreed to acquire a portfolio of consumer loans from Caledonian Consumer Finance Limited and Carnegie Consumer Finance Limited for a purchase price of £15m. Caledonian is separately expected to acquire 700,000 ordinary shares in the Company from Pollen Street Capital Holdings Limited, an affiliate of the Company’s Investment Manager, Pollen Street […]

23 Feb 2016

African exposure and discount widening impact Advance Frontier Markets

For the six months ended 31 December 2015, Advance Frontier Markets Fund saw a decline in its NAV of 14.7% during what proved to be a disappointing period for investors in frontier markets. The share price fell by 18.1% as the discount at which the Company’s shares trade widened to 10.0%. The MSCI Frontier Markets […]

Sectors
23 Feb 2016

GLI Alternative Finance reaffirms 8% yield target

GLI Alternative Finance has published its first set of accounts – interims covering the period from incorporation to 31 December 2015. At the end of that period the NAV was 100.9p and dividends of 1.55p had been declared. The report states that, since inception, the Company has declared dividends of 0.6p, 0.4p, 0.55p and 0.55p per […]

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