Derwent London has published results for the year ended 31 December 2016. Its EPRA net asset value per share increased 0.5% to 3,551p from 3,535p at 31 December 2015, 1.3% lower than 3,598p at 30 June 2016. Net rental income increased 5.2% to GBP145.9m from GBP138.7m in 2015. EPRA earnings rose 8.9% to GBP85.7m from GBP78.7m last […]

British Land confirms that it and its joint venture partner, Oxford Properties, are in advanced discussions regarding the possible sale of their interests in The Leadenhall Building. British Land and Oxford Properties currently own The Leadenhall Building in a 50/50 joint venture. It is not certain that these discussions will lead to a sale of […]

CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities’ Euro and Sterling class net asset values per share increased by 9.29% and 9.80% respectively over the course of 2016. They continued to pay quarterly dividends at the annual rate of 5 Euro-cents / 5 pence per share and expect to continue to do so. They point out that the fund has shrunk […]

Rights and Issues says 2016 proved to be a very strange year. the UK market rose by 12.5% and the small cap market by 11% but, once the fall in sterling following the June referendum result is factored in, a more sombre picture emerges. By contrast, the net asset value of the fund’s Income shares increased by 29.5% to 2002.2p. […]

LXi REIT has listed on the London Stock Exchange. Its IPO has raised £138.15m before costs. The company is targeting attractive inflation-protected income and capital returns through a diversified portfolio of very long-let and index-linked UK property assets. LXi REIT is targeting a minimum annual dividend of 5 pence per Ordinary Share, starting from the […]

Land Securities has announced that it has completed the sale of The Printworks, Manchester, to DTZ Investors for £108m. Redeveloped and reopened in 2000, The Printworks is a Manchester city centre leisure destination, covering 368,770 square feet over four floors. The site is anchored by a 20 screen Odeon cinema, which houses the only IMAX screen in Manchester. In addition, there are […]

Standard Life UK Smaller Companies has announced its interim results for the half year ended 31 December 2016. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 16.7% and a share price total return of 17.7%, these both modestly underperformed the company’s ‘reference index’, the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) Index, […]

BH Macro has announced the results of its tender offer (up to 100% for all share classes) and its shareholder meetings. In aggregate, 48% of shares in issue were tendered (41.4% of GBP, 42.3% of EUR, 69.7% of USD shares). The company says that this is within the 66.667% tender limit so the tender can […]

Nick Train, one of Britain’s best-known fund managers, has acquired something of a cult following among retail investors and financial advisers in the UK. In the three weeks after meeting Mr Train, I come across two PR executives, one asset management chief executive and several friends who confide they have invested a chunk of their […]

Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI) has announce that it has conditionally raised £25.26m through a placing of 15,546,613 new ordinary shares, at a price of 162.5p per share. RECI says that it intends to utilise the net proceeds of this initial placing to invest primarily in debt secured by commercial or residential properties in the […]

Foresight Solar Fund Limited (FSFL) has announced that it has acquired a 100% interest in a 49.6 MW operational UK solar asset, Sandridge solar farm, located in Wiltshire (Sandridge). The acquisition is its second largest to date and its second acquisition of 2017. Accredited for 1.3ROCs Sandridge was connected to the National Grid in March […]

HICL Infrastructure Company Limited has announced a fund raising with a target size of £205m that comprises a placing, open offer, offer for subscription and intermediaries offer at an issue price of 159.0p per New Ordinary Share. The Company has published a prospectus relating to the Issue and says that this and a circular will […]

JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust, chaired by Carolan Dobson (pictured), has announced changes to its management fee arrangements. With effect from 1st April 2017 the investment management fee will be charged at an annual rate of 1.00% of the Company’s Net Assets on the first £400 million, and 0.85% of Net Assets in excess of that […]

Industrial Multi Property Trust (IMPT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2016. During the period, the company’s NAV per ordinary share increased by 17.9% to 298.5p (2015: 253.2p), whilst its adjusted NAV per share increased by 18.0% to 307.4p (2015: 260.6p). The company says that the increase in the NAV […]

intu has published results for the year ended 31 December 2016.  It reported six per cent growth in underlying earnings per share (from 14.2p to 15.0p), an increased dividend (2.2% increase to 14p per share) and stable property values, leaving net assets per share (diluted, adjusted) unchanged at 404 pence. Net rental income rose from […]

Regional REIT has announced that it has reached an agreement with The Conygar Investment Company PLC to acquire UK regional office, industrial and retail & retail distribution investment properties owned by Conygar (the Conygar Property Portfolio) which, in total, are valued at circa £129m. Regional REIT says that it will acquire the properties by way […]

Bluefield Solar says that, at the end of December 2016, its NAV had increased to 105.07 pps (30 June 2016: 99.39 pps). The WACC used to calculate the NAV was unchanged from December 2015 and June 2016 at 6.6%. They delivered underlying earnings of GBP11.7 million in the period.  This enabled a fully covered first […]

Allianz Technology Trust reports that it underperformed its benchmark over the year ended 30 November 2016. The NAV increased in the period by 23.8%, finishing at 835.9p as at 30 November 2016 compared with 675.1p as at 30 November 2015.  The benchmark index, the Dow Jones World Technology Index (sterling adjusted, total return), increased by 31.7% […]

Greencoat UK Wind reports that its NAV growth during 2016 was 4.1 pence per share (after adjusting for dividends). NAV per share increased from 102.9 pence (ex dividend) on 31 December 2015 to 107.0 pence (ex dividend) on 31 December 2016. They paid total dividends of 6.34 pence per share for the year and are targeting […]

GCP Student Living has announced the results of its ‘oversubscribed issue’. The Board says that it has received applications from investors substantially exceeding the target gross proceeds (in excess of £60m) and, in light of the available investment opportunity in a prime central London location, it has resolved to accept applications in respect of 57,545,195 […]

Menhaden Capital (Menhaden) currently operates with a dual listing on both the London Stock Exchange and the Social Stock Exchange segment of the NEX Exchange Main Board. Menhaden’s board says that, having consulted with its advisers, it has decided to seek to cancel the company’s secondary listing on the NEX in order to achieve operational […]

Ariana Resources (AAU:AIM) Completed a resource-focused target generation for the  Tavsan Project which is part of the Red Rabbit 50% joint venture with Proccea Construction Co. Sixteen target areas were identified, including the following important drill intercepts: [email protected] g/t Au + 6.83 g/t Ag, [email protected]/t Au + 3.67 g/t Ag and [email protected] g/t Au + 4.32g/t Ag, […]

Tritax Big Box REIT (Tritax) has announce that it has completed the land purchase and exchanged contracts to provide forward funding for the development of a new distribution centre at Signia Park, Didcot, Oxfordshire. The development is pre-let to Hachette UK Ltd (Hachette UK), a UK publishing company whose ultimate parent is Lagardere SCA. The […]

Over the six months to 31st December 2016, JPMorgan Emerging Market’s benchmark index, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (in sterling terms), rose 13.0%. For the same period, the company produced a total return on net assets of +7.4%. The return to shareholders over the first half of the financial year was higher, at +10.2%. This reflects a […]

Over the six months to 30 November 2016 the Net Asset Value per share of Jupiter European Opportunities rose by 1.2 per cent. This performance was behind the return on the benchmark index, which increased by 10.9 per cent. over the same period. It would be tempting to attribute this short period of underperformance to […]

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust has completed the purchase of an industrial investment in Sunderland for GBP5.5m, representing an initial yield of 6.4%. The property is located close to the Nissan assembly plant and is let for a further 5 years to a major supplier for Nissan. The property has planning permission for a […]

Amerigo Resources (ARG:TSX) Reported year end and Q4 2016 financial results. Gross tolling revenue for 2106 grew to US$124.4m from US$73.8m for 2015. The increase in revenue was due to a 52% increase in copper production to 56.8m lbs versus 37.3m lbs in 2015. Cash costs declined to US$1.73/lb from US$2.18/lb in 2015 due to […]

The SME Loan Fund is in discussions regarding proposals which it thinks, if implemented, should: address investors’ concerns regarding conflicts of interest between the Company, its current investment manager and its largest shareholder; provide the Company with access to a broader range of investment management skills through the appointment of SQN Capital Management, LLC (“SQN”) […]

The Board of Strategic Equity Capital understands that Harwood Capital Management and its representatives, of their own volition, are speaking to the company’s shareholders with a view to promoting a scheme that would result in Harwood, or an affiliate thereof, managing some or all of the company’s assets. The Board has been informed that Stuart […]