Alpine Select AG and Absolute Invest AG, shareholders in Altin with combined holdings of 32.41% have called for an Extraordinary General Meeting to take place by 16 March 2016 and for the following items to be put to a vote: The payout of a dividend of CHF 20.00 per share, paid out of retained earnings […]
Electra has announced the sale of its interest in fine art materials producer Daler-Rowney to the FILA Group, a Milan-listed producer of writing instruments and art supplies. Electra received proceeds of approximately £32m which equates to an uplift of £20m or 163% on the valuation of Daler-Rowney at 30 September 2015, implying an increase in NAV per share […]
Target Healthcare REIT Limited and its subsidiaries has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a premium, purpose-built care home in the south east of England for c.£14m (including transaction costs). This transaction is in accordance with the Group’s investment policy. The home was opened in 2011 and provides accommodation in luxurious surroundings in […]
BlackRock Commodities Income has published results for the year ended 30 November 2015. It will come as no surprise, given how weak the resources sector has been (the Brent oil price fell by 38% and key industrial commodities copper and iron ore plunged by 29% and 40% respectively), that the company had a poor year, […]
Green REIT has appointed JLL to sell “The Glas Collection” by private treaty on its behalf. The Collection comprises six properties and provides exposure to almost all Irish property sectors, with a diversified and secure income stream. Four of the six properties are in Dublin and include the mixed use Arena Centre in Tallaght, Ormond […]
HICL Infrastructure Company Limited, the listed infrastructure investment company advised by InfraRed Capital Partners Limited, has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire a 13.8% interest in the A63 autoroute project in France. The vendors are Colas Sud Ouest and Spie Batignolles. The acquisition is subject to a number of conditions and is expected […]
JPMorgan Russian has published its results for the year ended 31 October 2015. The MSCI 10/40, the benchmark, fell by a further -13.4% (2014: -21.0%). Both JPMorgan Russian’s return to shareholders and the net asset value total return slightly underperformed the benchmark index, with falls of -13.5% and -14.2% respectively. The dividend is being maintained at […]
Polar Capital Global Financial has reported a return on net assets of 5.3% for the year to the end of November 2015. this compares well to a total return of 0.9% for the benchmark MSCI World Financials Index, and total return of 3.8% delivered by the broad MSCI World Index. The Company’s share price total return […]
Diverse Income’s interim results, covering the six months ended 30 November 2015, show the fund generating a return on net assets of 6.4% and a return to shareholders of 7.0%. They also declared two quarterly dividends of 0.65p each. The Board is rebalancing the quantum of the four quarterly dividends to make them more equal […]
TwentyFour Income Fund has announced a placing, offer for subscription, open offer and placing programme of new ordinary shares and an opportunity for shareholders to elect to realise some or all of their investment in the Company. A prospectus has been published providing details of the issue. TwentyFour Income Fund Limited was launched on 6 […]
HgCapital, the manager of HgCapital Trust, has announced that it has made a majority investment in Kinapse, a global provider of advisory, capability building and operational services to the life sciences industry, headquartered in London. HgCapital Trust will invest in Kinapse alongside other institutional clients of HgCapital, who will participate through the HgCapital 7 Fund. […]
Ediston Property Investment Company has announced that it has acquired the Citygate building (pictured), a modern office building in Newcastle, for £18.95m (net of acquisition costs). The company says that the purchase reflects a net initial yield of 6.57% and will be funded from a combination of cash resources and an increase of £12.42m in […]
Henderson Global Trust, chaired by Richard Hills (pictured), has announced that it has been undertaking a strategic review of the trust and, after consultation with its advisers, the board has concluded that certain shareholders would prefer access to a global income strategy in the current market environment while others may wish to retain exposure to a […]
Oakley Capital Investments has provided a trading update for the 12 months ended 31 December 2015. The company says that its NAV per share (unaudited) is expected to be in the range of £1.98 – £2.00, which represents an increase of approximately 9% on the end of June 2015 figure. Oakley Capital Investments invests alongside […]
VietNam Holding has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV rose 6.6% and its share price rose 6.4% both beating the Vietnam All Share Index, which fell 2.6%. The discount widened modestly during the period from 13.0% to 14.1% but the board say that […]
VPC Specialty Lending, chaired by Andrew Adcock (pictured) has announced that over 90 % of the net proceeds from its existing C share issue (admitted to trading on 2 October 2015) have now been invested and, reflecting this, the Board anticipates that the conversion will take place on 4 March 2016. The new ordinary shares, arising from […]
Toro has published its first set of accounts, covering the period from 2 March 2015 to 30 September 2015. It raised €331.8m (gross of issue costs) on 8 May 2015 when it IPOd. There were two additional placings made during the Period, €16.4m (gross of issue costs) on 17 July 2015 and €8.8m (gross of issue costs) […]
Custodian REIT has announced that it has sold a 7,333 square foot purpose-built office on Madison Place Business Park, Manchester for £1.35m, which is £0.15m ahead of its 30 September 2015 valuation. Prior to marketing, the lease term with Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was extended from four years to 10 years. The […]
John Laing Infrastructure Fund has announced that it has completed the purchase of a 40% stake in the Barcelona Line 9 Section II metro project, an agreement that was initially announced in December 2015. The consideration of the acquisition was the Euro equivalent of approximately £85m and was funded through JLIF’s existing cash resources and […]
F&C Managed Portfolio Trust has published interim results for the six months ended 30 November 2015, announcing a net asset value total return of -5.1% for the Income shares and -2.4% for the Growth shares compared to the FTSE All-Share Index return of -6.4%. The key drivers of the performance of the Growth Portfolio were […]
Reconstruction Capital II has announced that it is selling its 25.4% fully-diluted interest in Albalact SA, a publicly quoted Romanian dairy company, to Lactalis. Lactalis is a dairy manufacturing world-leader company owning many successful international brands such as “President”, “Parmalat”, and “Galbani”. The Lactalis group now employs 75,000 people, and owns more than 200 plants, located in […]
Shaftesbury PLC, the West End-focused Real Estate Investment Trust, announces that Westminster City Council’s Planning Committee yesterday evening resolved to grant consent for the Group’s application to reconfigure and extend 57 Broadwick Street, Carnaby, a prominent building at the eastern gateway to Carnaby. Their scheme for the building, which was acquired in March 2014, provides […]
Ediston Property Investment Company, which listed on 28 October 2014, raising initial gross proceeds of £95m has announced its first set of full year results for the year ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the total return on the company’s EPRA NAV was 13.7% whilst its share price total return was 14.3%. Its NAV […]
London metals consultancy, GFMS, believes that gold prices are set for a gradual recovery in 2016 to over US$1,200/oz by year end. Thus far in 2016, the gold price, in US dollars, has climbed to almost 3-month highs as political tension and fears over the world financial system have led to buying interest in the […]
Tritax Big Box REIT has announced that it is targeting a fundraising of £100m through a placing, open offer and offer for subscription, of new ordinary shares. Tritax says that it expects to use the net proceeds of the issue to acquire further investments. The issue price of 124p per ordinary share represents a discount of […]
Carador Income Fund has provided an update on its dividend strategy and outlook for 2016. The company says that, on the basis of current market conditions and the construction of the Company’s portfolio, the Directors anticipate that for 2016 the Company will achieve a target annual dividend of $0.090 per U.S. Dollar Share (distributed evenly […]
Green REIT has announced that it has signed leases with Fidelity International at George’s Quay, Dublin 2 (pictured). Fidelity International will take tenancy in February 2016 of 26,500 square feet in the former offices of Royal Bank of Canada, who have relocated to Georges Quay Plaza, a nearby office block also owned by Green REIT. […]
Aberforth Smaller Companies has published its results for the year ended 31 December 2015 (pretty fast!), over 2015 the net asset value total return was 10.2%, more or less matching the 10.6% return posted by the Numis Smaller Companies (excluding investment companies) Index that the fund uses as its benchmark. The share price return was […]
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