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HgCapital, the Manager of HgCapital Trust has announced that it has agreed the sale of NetNames, a leading provider of global brand protection and internet domain name management   services, to CSC, a US-based, leading provider of business administration services to corporations. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Trust will realise cash proceeds of […]

Over the year to 31 May 2016, M&G High Income’s Package Units delivered a negative total return (capital and income reinvested) of 3.8% over the 12 months to 31 May 2016. This was ahead of the FTSE 350 Higher Yield and the FTSE All-Share indices, which registered negative returns of 8.5% and 6.3% respectively. The […]

The Board of BlackRock Income Strategies and the Investment Manager have been considering the company’s investment objective and policy as implemented in February 2015 in the context of the prevailing market conditions and investment outlook post the recent UK Brexit Referendum. The investment objective is, over the medium term (5 to 7 years), to aim […]

The best performing trusts in Q2 focused on commodities and natural resources, Vietnam and Latin America, according to QuotedData. See more here

LONDON (Alliance News) – Golden Prospect Precious Metals Ltd was the standout winner among listed investments funds in June, according to research from QuotedData, as funds focused on UK investments lost out amid the volatility which followed the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. Read the rest of the article here

The outlook for dividends has brightened following sterling’s steep decline since last month’s Brexit vote, but there are still big challenges for income investors to navigate. Read more here

Despite a limited number of new issues, fundraising was prevalent in the investment company sector during Q2, with 3i Infrastructure topping the table having raised £385m, according to QuotedData. Read more here

Caledonia Mining has updated gold resources at its 49%-owned Blanket mine, in Zimbabwe, after a six-month drilling programme in the deeper areas of the mine. It has upgraded 343 kt from Inferred to Indicated, bringing a total of 48 koz of gold into the higher confidence category, and has added 1.28 Mt of new Inferred […]

European Real Estate Investment Trust has announced that it is to return €20.7m to shareholders by way of a compulsory partial redemption of shares. The capital return, which is equivalent to 115 pence per share, follows the sale of Panrico on 11 August 2016. The company says that the return represents a substantial proportion of […]

Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust has announced that its new discount control mechanism (DCM), which is designed to ensure that the company trades close to net asset value, takes effect from 1 August 2016. The policy is described in more detail in the company’s most recent annual results but, in summary, the company will […]

Intu says its NAV (adjusted and diluted) barely changed (up to 405p from 404p) and like-for-like net rental income increased by 7.5 per cent in the first six months of 2016, reflecting increased occupancy, improving rental levels from new lettings and rent reviews and the benefits of unit reconfigurations. They signed 98 long-term leases (82 in the […]

Custodian REIT has sold a 22,317 sq ft hotel on Castlegate Business and Leisure Park, Dudley for GBP4.45 million, GBP0.34 million ahead of the 31 March 2016 valuation.  The property is let to Premier Inn Hotels Limited on a lease expiring in 2038. The property was part of the initial portfolio acquired on the Company’s admission […]

Invesco Perpetual Select has published its annual report for the year that ended on 31 May 2016. The NAV total return of the UK Equity Portfolio over the year was -1.4%, which compares with the total return of -6.3% posted by the FTSE All-Share Index. The NAV total return of the Global Equity Income Portfolio over […]

Fidelity Japanese Values says the NAV of the company increased by 15.1% in sterling terms over the six months to 30 June 2016, outperforming the Russell Nomura Mid/Small Cap Index, which gained by 7.0% during the same period, and performing in line with the peer group, which achieved a 15% uplift. The excess return generated […]

Henderson High Income says, during the challenging six months to 30 June 2016, the Company delivered a net asset value total return of -0.65%, underperforming the benchmark total return of 4.87% for the same period.  The premium at which the Company’s  shares traded to their net asset value narrowed and fell to a discount of […]

Law Debenture says its Net Asset Value total return for the six months to 30 June 2016 was 1.5%, compared to a total return of 4.3% for the FTSE Actuaries All-Share Index. Most of this underperformance arose from the movement in fair value of our long term debt as a result of lower gilt yields. […]

Foreign and Colonial’s 7.7% NAV return for the first six months of 2016 compared favourably to returns of its peers although it lagged the 12.0% rise in the FTSE All World Index over the period.  Shareholder returns were 3.0% as uncertainty over Brexit led to a general widening in discounts across the sector, with the discount […]

Scottish American says the net asset value total return for the first six months of 2016 was 14.0% and the share price total return was 12.0%. The total return of the global equities, as measured by the FTSE All World Index in sterling, was 12.0%. Over the six month period 235,000 shares were issued at a […]

During the six month period ended 31 May 2016 BlackRock Commodities Income’s net asset value returned 8.8% and the share price returned 9.2%. Since the period end and up until close of business on 22 July 2016 the Company’s NAV has increased by 21.8% and the share price has risen by 13.2% (with income reinvested).The disparity between […]

Nimrod Sea Assets has been informed that a winding-up application has been filed in Singapore in respect of Swiber Holdings Limited.  The application was filed by the Board of Directors of Swiber Holdings Limited on 27 July 2016 and provisional liquidators have been appointed. The Company owns a 26% share in Bukit Timah Offshore DIS which […]

Greencoat UK Wind has announced results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. During the period, portfolio generation was 451.4GWh, 3 per cent. below budget. Net cash generated by the Group and wind farm SPVs was GBP30.9 million. Dividend cover was 1.9x. The Company’s aim is to provide investors with an attractive and sustainable dividend that increases […]

For the six months to 30 June 2016, the net asset value total return of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust was -11.3%, which compares with a total return of -5.6% from the Company’s investment benchmark, the Numis Smaller Companies Index excluding Investment Companies (NSCI (XIC)).  The FTSE All-Share Index, which is dominated by larger companies, generated a […]

Amedeo Air Four Plus Limited, via its wholly-owned subsidiary AA4P Eta Limited (“AA4PE”), on 28 July 2016 purchased directly from The Boeing Company one 777-300ER aircraft bearing manufacturer’s serial number 42334 at a net cost of US$173 million.  The aircraft is the seventh asset to be acquired by the company. In connection with the acquisition of the Aircraft, […]

JZ Capital Partners Limited has closed an investment in Oncology Services International, Inc., its third investment through the Jordan Health Products platform. Jordan Health Products was formed in 2015 by Jordan Industries International, LLC and JZ Capital Partners to develop and execute a strategic build-up in the highly fragmented US healthcare equipment market. JZ Capital Partners invested $4.529 million in […]

Anglo American’s underlying earnings for the first half of 2016 fell by 23%, to US$698 million from the corresponding period of 2015. Underlying earnings per share was US$0.54 against US$0.70 a year earlier. The company reported an actual loss for the period of US$682 million, an improvement from the US$2.7 billion loss a year earlier. […]

LMS Capital  has announced proposals to change its investment policy and to return up to GBP6 million to Shareholders through a tender offer and repurchase of up to 7.72% of the issued share capital of the Company at a 5 per cent. discount to its net asset value per share as at 30 June 2016. If the […]

Seneca Global Income & Growth has announced that it has put in place an extension of GBP4 million to its existing rolling debt facility making the total facility available GBP11 million. This extension to the facility is on similar commercial terms to the facility announced on 2 November 2015 and the margin on the total […]

HgCapital, the Manager of HgCapital Trust, has announced that it has agreed the sale of SFC KOENIG, a Switzerland-based, leading provider of high-quality, sealing and flow control technology, to IDEX, a producer of highly engineered fluidics systems and components in the USA. Completion is subject to, amongst other things, regulatory approval. The Trust will realise […]

Fast Forward Innovations Limited has announced that it has acquired 5.9 per cent. of the issued shares (on a fully diluted basis) of Israel-based private company Moon Active Ltd.,  a developer of social multi-player casual games. The acquisition was of Moon Active shares (the “Subscription Shares”) at a price of US$22.78 per Subscription Share for total […]