AEW UK REIT buys Dagenham leisure park – AEW UK REIT has acquired the eastern section of London East Leisure Park, Cook Road, Dagenham and an industrial unit let to Plastipak UK Limited on Gresford Industrial Estate, Wrexham for a combined price of GBP22.5m. Dagenham Leisure Park London East Leisure Park is a purpose built leisure […]
IBT takes profits on Nektar, buys Array SV Health-managed International Biotech Trust (IBT) saw a 2.2% fall in NAV in February, beating the 2.6% decline reported for the sterling-adjusted value of the benchmark Nasdaq biotechnology index by a small margin, one of only a handful of sector specialist trusts to do so. The main positive […]
Menhaden made some money in 2017 – Menhaden’s NAV total return for the year ended 31 December 2017 was +7.8% (2016: +1.8%) and the share price total return was +3.2% (2016: -13.8%). The MSCI World Total Return Index (in sterling) increased by 11.8% (2016: +28.2%). By way of additional comparison, the WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index […]
BlackRock Emerging Europe offers 100% tender – BlackRock Emerging Europe has been out-performing its benchmark, by 5.7% in US dollar terms in the year to 31 January 2018. The NAV increased by 35.5% in US Dollar terms (19.9% in sterling terms) which compared favourably with the benchmark (MSCI Emerging Europe 10-40 Index) return of 29.8% in […]
John Laing Infrastructure propose moving domicile to UK – The NAV of John Laing Infrastructure [JLIF] rose by 9.5% the company informed shareholders in its final report for the year ending 31 December 2018. The share price, however, fell by 4.8%. The value of the portfolio value rose by 13.3% to £1,379.3 million, with the underlying portfolio growing by […]
Highcroft’s property income grows 22% in 2017 – Highcroft Investments (HCFT) delivered its final report for the calendar year ending 31 December 2017. Headlines: 22.0% increase in gross property income, which is the strongest performance over the last 5 years 16.8% increase in investment property valuation Property acquisitions of £9,480,000 (net of costs) and disposal […]
Profits growth and falling discount mean a good year for F&C Private Equity shareholders – in its final report for the year to 31st December 2017, F&C Private Equity (FPEO), the chairman commented that the portfolio continued to make progress during the year. Profits growth and falling discount Over the year, the NAV returned 5.6% (on a total […]
Biotech Growth’s big-bio focus a cause of underperformance in February OrbiMed-managed Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG) saw a 3.9% fall in its NAV in February, under-performing against a 2.6% decline in the sterling-denominated value of the benchmark NASDAQ Biotechnology Index. The value of investments held by the trust were hit in the market wide sell-off in […]
Regional REIT NAV falls on dilutive share issuance and debt refinancing costs – Regional REIT has published its results for the year ended 31 December 2017. Its EPRA NAV fell to 105.9 from 106.9p, predominately due to the issuance of two tranches of new equity and debt refinancing costs. EPRA EPS rose to 8.1p from 7.7p. They declared dividends […]
India Capital Growth shareholders made 59% in 2017 – India Capital Growth had a great 2017, returning 59% to shareholders and delivering a 42.3% return on its NAV. The NAV just failed to beat its notional benchmark, the BSE Midcap, which returned 45.3%. The 3% underperformance arose in December when three significant portfolio holdings corrected […]
JPMorgan American bailed out by small caps – The year to 31st December 2017 was another positive one for investors in US equities, as the S&P 500 Index on a total return basis rose a further 21.5% for US investors, or 11.0% for UK investors once the effect of sterling’s appreciation against the US dollar […]
WPCT gets boost from Prothena-Celgene deal Shares in Woodford Patient Capital Trust (WPCT) have risen by almost 10% this morning to 78p on news of a partnership announced after US markets closed last night between its largest investee company, Prothena (NASDAQ:PRTA) and Celgene (NASDAQ:CELG). The partnership will develop new therapies for neurodegenerative disease, including Alzheimer’s, and […]
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies beats benchmark helped by stocks such as Grubhub – JPMorgan US Smaller Companies says that, in 2017, its share price rose by 7.7% and the NAV increased 6.3%. Good stock selection has resulted in outperformance of its benchmark index, the Russell 2000 which rose by 4.5% in sterling terms. The board is recommending a […]
Dunedin Enterprise shareholders made 74% in 2017 – [shame it is winding up!] Dunedin Enterprise made an NAV return of 23.9% over 2017. Shareholders did even better, with a total return to shareholders of 74.8%. This was boosted by a return of capital to shareholders of 100p per share and the payment of dividends of 31p. The net asset value decreased […]
Impact Healthcare REIT delivers small NAV uplift – Impact Healthcare REIT has published results for the period ended 31 December 2017. It made a 7.19% EPRA NAV total return for the period from the IPO to 31 December 2017, compared to 10.79% for the EPRA/ NAREIT UK REITs Index. The NAV was 100.65p per share as at […]
International Public Partnership says Carillion hit was just £1.5m – International Public Partnership has released results for the year ended 31 December 2017. Highlights are: Net Asset Value (‘NAV’) growth to GBP2.0 billion (2016: GBP1.6 billion) translates into NAV per share growth to 145.0 pence (2016: 142.2 pence). They say that this reflects steady progression […]
Empiric Student Property NAV slips on over distribution – Over the course of 2017, Empiric Student Property’s EPRA NAV fell from 106.2p to 104.5p. The portfolio value at 31 December 2017 was £890.1m. EPRA earnings per share rose from 0.4p to 0.7p, still well short of the 5.55p of dividends that they declared (and their 6.1p target) and this hit […]
Hansteen releases results after busy year – Hansteen has released results for 2017. Highlights are: EPRA NAV per share of 130.6p after return of capital at 11.1p premium to 31 December 2016 EPRA NAV of 128.9p Adjusted EPS was 6.9p (FY 2016: 6.7p) IFRS profit increased by 86.6% to GBP204.3 million (FY 2016: GBP109.5 million) […]
Real Estate Investors seeing HS2 related demand – Real Estate Investors has published results for the year ended 31 December 2017. Highlights are: EPRA NAV per share of 68.9p (2016: 66.2p), up 4.1% EPRA EPS 3.3p (2016: 2.8p), up 17.9% Pre-tax profits at GBP11.3 million, up 37.8% Record underlying profit before tax of GBP6.2 million, […]
NewRiver REIT signs development agreement – NewRiver has been appointed by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council as its nominated developer to bring forward the risk-controlled redevelopment of a 66 acre leisure park in a prominent location in Basingstoke in close proximity to junction 6 of the M3 motorway. Capitalising on the growing popularity of integrated […]
WPCT should see benefit on Oxford Nanopore fundraising Neil Woodford-managed Woodford Patient Capital Trust (WPCT) has finally generated something positive for its long suffering investors, with the fund likely to be able to take a roughly £8m fair value gain on its holding in Oxford Nanopore, following a new £100m fundraising by its UK-based investee […]
Investment Trust Insider on battery storage James Carthew: the economics of storing energy in batteries Two weeks ago when I wrote about Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) I referred to a couple of new solar power plants that planned to operate without government subsidies by augmenting their revenue with the aid of battery storage plants. […]
Sherborne ends speculation, takes Barclays stake – this morning, Barclays PLC has announced that Sherborne controlled entities (notably Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) C Limited) have acquired voting rights over 5.16% of its issued share capital. Barclays says that it will continue to engage with Sherborne, and welcomes them as a shareholder. Sherbone has released an announcement […]
Princess sees remarkable contraction in its discount over 2017 – In 2017, Princess Private Equity’s net asset value ended up at EUR10.73 per share, an increase of 5.6% for the year. Princess paid dividends totalling EUR 0.56 and this contributed to an NAV total return of 11.2%. The chairman says that the performance of underlying portfolio companies […]
Klepierre made bid approach to Hammerson – Klépierre has confirmed that “on 8 March 2018, Klépierre made a proposal on a non-adversarial basis to the board of Hammerson with the intention of engaging in a constructive dialogue regarding a possible offer to acquire the issued and to be issued share capital of Hammerson on a […]
Securities analysts face pressure to reinvent themselves Yak farmer? Maybe. Restaurateur? Perhaps. Or how about sinking your redundancy cheque into a small gin distillery? For many City analysts, the need to reinvent themselves has never been so pressing.A shake-up in securities analysis is under way, courtesy of January’s Mifid II rules that require greater disclosure […]
Investment Trust Insider on Jupiter US Smaller Companies James Carthew: Jupiter US wants more JUS from Siddles Half-year results for Jupiter US Smaller Companies (JUS) show the investment trust lagged its benchmark, the Russell 2000 index (adjusted to sterling), by 3.2% in the six months to 31 December 2017, extending a prolonged period of underperformance. […]
EP Global Opportunities delivers good numbers despite a momentum market – The investment style of the manager of EP Global Opportunities (EPG) is a to seek out undervalued companies from around the world. With the periods of volatility that have been a feature of recent markets, the markets have favoured momentum investors over value-driven stock […]
Tenth Anniversary of Oakley Capital Investments in 2017 – Oakley Capital Investments (OCI) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2017. The company was launched in August 2007 and has completed its first decade of trading. Oakley Capital Investments is a Bermudian based company listed in London on the AIM market. The company seeks to provide […]
Empiric Student Property reports death of chairman – The Board of Empiric Student Property plc says that it is deeply saddened to announce that its non-executive chairman has died. Stuart Beevor, a non-executive director of the company, has agreed to assume the role of acting non-executive chairman with immediate effect. Mr Beevor said: “We are all deeply […]
