JPMorgan Income and Capital liquidates portfolio ahead of possible rollover – JPMorgan Income & Capital Trust launched as a split capital trust in March 2008 with a fixed life ending on 28 February 2018 (the “Termination Date”). The Company’s portfolio (the “Portfolio”) has seen strong performance in recent months and, in light of the upcoming […]

CatCo takes new big hit from California wildfires – Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd., manager of CatCo Reinsurance Opportunities, says the ordinary shares are exposed to potential losses related to the Tubbs, Atlas, and Mendocino wildfires that impacted parts of Northern California, U.S.A. during October 2017. Recent estimates have indicated a substantial increase to insured industry […]

River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap describes stunning year – The NAV total return of the River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap portfolio for the year ended 30 September 2017 was 45.30%, which compares with the total return of 21.26% posted by the benchmark index. Therefore the NAV per share closed at 183.42p, compared to […]

Small cap positions help CC Japan Income outperform – CC Japan Income & Growth reports that, over the financial year to 31 October 2017, and expressed in pounds sterling on a total return basis, the share price rose by 27.2% while the Net Asset Value  per share increased by 20.7%. The Topix Total Return Index returned 10.1% […]

Investment Trust Insider on Scottish Mortgage – The investment company industry had a good 2017. Money flooded into the sector; we got a couple of new and potentially fast-growing sub-sectors in the form of social housing and biotech debt; discounts narrowed; and, in general, performance was pretty good. By my reckoning, the average equity-focused investment […]

Investment Trust Insider – trusts that didn’t escape me last year.  As 2018 gets underway, I thought that it might be worth revisiting some of the funds that I wrote about in 2017. At the start of the year I hailed the changes that Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE) was implementing to broaden its investment proposition and noted the increasing […]

Derwent London gets control of Tottenham Court Road site – Derwent London has announced that Crossrail has completed the base infrastructure works at Soho Place W1 and handed over the site to the group.  It is the first Crossrail site to be delivered to a developer, and this has been achieved almost a year before the […]

Henderson High Income amends fee structure – The board of Henderson High Income Trust  has announced the following amendments to the fee arrangements with the Henderson Investment Funds Limited (“Janus Henderson”), the fund’s manager. The current agreement has a base management fee of 0.50% of adjusted average gross assets. Adjusted average assets is the average of the gross assets, […]

Funding Circle SME Income attracts money from Citibank – Funding Circle SME Income Fund Limited says that the company has entered into a formal agreement with Citibank, N.A. London Branch to establish a funding transaction to make loans to UK small businesses through the Funding Circle platform . The transaction will serve to support the […]

Renewables Infrastructure buys Clahane wind farm – The Board of The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 41.2MW operational wind farm (“Clahane 1”) and its 13.8MW extension which is currently under construction (“Clahane extension”). The project is located in County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland. Clahane […]

Tritax’s latest deal is with AO.com – The Board of Tritax Big Box REIT plc says that it has acquired a National Distribution Centre at Weston Road, Crewe, Cheshire. The property is let to Expert Logistics Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of AO World Plc (“ao.com”), a leading European online electrical retailer listed on the […]

Independent publishes results for phenomenal year – Over the year to 30 November 2017, Independent Investment Trust produced a net asset value (NAV) total return of 54.8%.  However one measures performance this was, by some margin, the best annual result in the history of the Independent: theoretical investments in the All-Share Index and the World Index would […]

TwentyFour Select Monthly Income says challenging markets constrain investment opportunities – TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund Limited has announced results for the year ended 30 September 2017. Its NAV moved from 89.97p to 96.44p and share price from 92p to 99.5p. The dividend slipped to 6.56p from 6.85p. The total NAV return was 13.4%. The manager […]

Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth makes 3.7% in first six months – Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth Trust has reported on the year to 30 September 2017. This period covers just a few months of its new investment objective and policy (which was approved by shareholders on 30 March 2017). The highlights are: net asset […]

Franklin Templeton Investments has announced that it has agreed, subject to the necessary regulatory approvals, to acquire Edinburgh Partners. Edinburgh Partners is an independent fund management house that is headed up by Dr. Sandy Nairn, a former Franklin manager. Dr. Nairn spent ten years at franklin Templeton, between 1990 and 2000, as an executive vice […]

SEGRO buys stake in Sofibus Patrimoine – SEGRO plc, through its subsidiary SEGRO France has acquired 19.39 per cent of the share capital of Sofibus Patrimoine from Harwanne Compagnie de Participations Industrielles et Financières for EUR20.5 million. The price is in line with the average share price over the past three months. Sofibus is a French […]

Bankers promises 6% dividend increase – Bankers Investment Trust says that, for the year ended 31 October 2017, its NAV increased by 16.3%. The share price performance was enhanced as the discount to NAV narrowed, with the share price recording a 23.5% increase. The dividend was upped by 9.4% to 18.6p and the directors are […]

BBGI and John Laing Infrastructure comment on Carillion – BBGI SICAV says it has no exposure to Carillion. John Laing Infrastructure Fund Limited has 9 operational PPP projects where Carillion are the Facilities Management (“FM”) provider, 4 schools projects, 4 emergency services projects and 1 road project.   The value of these projects is approximately 8.5% […]

HICL and INPP reassure on Carillion exposure – HICL Infrastructure Company Limited has made an statement following the recent announcement from Carillion plc regarding its compulsory liquidation. Acting through the Risk Committee, the HICL board and InfraRed, the company’s manager, make ongoing assessments of counterparties, potential issues in the HICL supply chain and related contingency planning. In particular, […]

Tritax Big Box forward funding two new Howdens Joinery warehouses – Tritax Big Box REIT has completed contracts for the site acquisition and forward funding for the development of two new distribution warehouse facilities at Warth Park, Raunds. The properties are pre-let in their entirety under two separate 30 year leases to Howdens Joinery Group Plc, […]

LXI REIT dips into student accommodation with Dundee purchase – LXI REIT, which is building an eclectic and diversified property portfolio, has acquired a long-let student accommodation scheme in Dundee. The purchase price is GBP20.25 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.3% (net of acquisition costs). The property is fully let to Mears Group PLC, […]

RDI REIT buys four flexible London offices – RDI has announced the acquisition of an 80% interest in a portfolio of four established, strategically located and high quality flexible offices in Central London from Forum Partners, Kailong Group and Office Space in Town (“OSIT”). The portfolio value of GBP161.7 million reflects an anticipated net initial […]

Chenavari Capital Solutions on track for capital return by 2021 – Chenavari Capital Solutions has published results for the year ended 30 September 2017. Highlights for the year ended 30 September 2017 During the year ended 30 September 2017, they produced a NAV total return of 5.71% (dividends reinvested) (2016: 4.23%). The NAV declined from 94.26 […]

Reconstruction Capital II acquiring Policolor – Reconstruction Capital II has signed conditional agreements to buy shareholdings in two Romanian-focussed investment funds whose main underlying asset is a 60% shareholding in Policolor S.A., a Romanian producer of paints and coatings, resins and chemicals with a substantial real estate portfolio. Reconstruction Capital already owns 40% of Policolor and, if the deal […]

Impact Healthcare REIT buys three care homes – Impact Healthcare REIT has exchanged contracts to acquire in a sale and leaseback transaction a portfolio of three purpose-built care homes in the North-East of England for GBP17 million (including costs). Completion is conditional on, among other things, regulatory approvals, and is expected to take place before the end […]

Safestore aims to fill unlet space – Safestore has published results for the year ended 31 October 2017. Highlights: Group revenue for the year up 12.6% (10.0% in constant exchange rates) Like-for-like group revenue for the year in constant exchange rates up 3.3%. Like-for-like like adjustments have been made to remove the impact of the […]

Hg invests in MeinAuto.de – Hg, the Manager of HgCapital Trust has announced an investment in MeinAuto.de, a leading B2C online platform for new car purchases based in Germany. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. HgCapital Trust plc will invest approximately GBP6.7 million in MeinAuto, with other institutional clients of Hg investing through the […]

Aberdeen Standard European Logistics invests in Frankfurt – Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Income has announced that it has exchanged contracts to acquire Flörsheim Logistics Park, Frankfurt for a net value of EUR20.1 million from SEGRO Zehnte Grundbesitz GmbH. The acquisition will be funded from existing cash, following the successful launch of the company on Friday 15 […]

FastForward share price soars to multiple of NAV – what are they smoking? FastForward announced its interim results on 28 December which showed that its NAV at the end of September 2017 was 9.18p. Jim Mellon, the chairman, said “While our continued premium to net asset value suggests that our investor base still sees our […]

Standard Life Investments Property Income buys logistics facility – Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust has completed the purchase of a logistics facility of 216,180 sq ft in Shellingford, Oxfordshire on the established White Horse Business Park, for GBP11.5m, reflecting an initial yield of 6.5%. The unit is let for 25 years without break, and […]