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13 Nov 2014

Henderson Far East Income fails to match benchmark

HFEL : Henderson Far East Income fails to match benchmark Henderson Far East Income, managed by Michael Kerley (pictured), has reported a total return of 11.2% on net assets for the year that ended on 31 August 2014, underperformance of its peer group, which returned 12.1%, and its benchmark (the FTSE All World Asia ex Japan […]

Sectors
12 Nov 2014

Capital Gearing hails positive performance

CGT : Capital Gearing hails positive performance Over the six months that ended on 5 October 2014 Capital Gearing managed to deliver growth in its net asset value of 1.2%. The Chairman says “A 1.2% return is not a cause for wild celebration; however in an environment of overinflated asset prices and significant macro-economic and […]

Sectors
12 Nov 2014

SEGRO sells £153m logistics portfolio

SGRO : SEGRO sells £153m logistics portfolio SEGRO has sold a logistics portfolio, comprising six logistics properties and a smaller regional warehouse for £153.3m – 3% more than the value of the properties in SEGRO’s accounts at the end of June. The portfolio was capable of generating £11.2m in rents. The 185,331 sq m portfolio comprises […]

11 Nov 2014

Martin Currie Pacific underperforms in transitional period

MCP : Martin Currie Pacific underperforms in transitional period Martin Currie Pacific said the MSCI Asia ex Japan index rose by 8.65% over the six months that ended on 30 September while the company’s NAV on a total return basis increased by 6.69% and the share price by 10.52%. The company changed its mandate during […]

Sectors
11 Nov 2014

Land Securities beats IPD in busy six months

LAND : Land Securities beats IPD in busy six months Land Securities has generated an 11.5% uplift in net asset value and a 7.5% uplift in earnings per share over the six months that ended on 30 September 2014. The ungeared return on property was 9.9% – ahead of the 9.3% return on the IPD […]

Sectors
11 Nov 2014

Kennedy Wilson Europe buys in Buckingham Palace Road

KWE : Kennedy Wilson Europe buys in Buckingham Palace Road Kennedy Wilson Europe says it has bought the company that owns 111 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria SW1 for £207.5m, which equates to a yield of 5.1%. 111 Buckingham Palace Road is a 227,165 sq ft landmark, Grade A London office building. It is fully occupied with a […]

Sectors
11 Nov 2014
Another great period for Biotech Growth Trust

Another great period for Biotech Growth Trust

BIOG : Another great period for Biotech Growth Trust Biotech Growth Trust beat its benchmark over the six months that ended on 30 September 2014 delivering a return on net assets of 20.3% vs. a return on the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index of 19.1%. The share price return was 21.4%. Top contributors to performance in the […]

11 Nov 2014

Chelverton Growth Trust driven by uplift in unquoted holdings

CGW : Chelverton Growth Trust driven by uplift in unquoted holdings Over the year to the end of August 2014 Chelverton Growth Trust generated outperformance over the MSCI Small Cap UK Index with a total return on net assets of 14.5% vs. a 7.5% return on the index. The company’s rating improved dramatically (from a discount […]

Sectors
10 Nov 2014

Better Capital buys Walkabout

BC12 : Better Capital buys Walkabout Better Capital 2012 cell has bought all the debt facilities of iNTERTAIN and its subsidiary companies. iNTERTAIN was set up in 2009 to acquire the trading assets of Regent Inns and now owns a chain of bars across the UK, most of which trade as Walkabout. iNTERTAIN made a £3m […]

10 Nov 2014

British Empire hedges yen exposure

BTEM : British Empire hedges yen exposure British Empire Securities delivered a return on net assets of 6.8% over the year to 30 September 2014 – ahead of the 5.1% return on the company’s benchmark (MSCI All Country World ex-US Index). Shareholders also saw the discount narrow resulting in a return to them of 8.9%. […]

Sectors
10 Nov 2014

Terra Capital changes to management arrangements

TCA : Terra Capital changes to management arrangements The management fee payable to the Investment Manager shall be reduced with effect from 1 January 2015 from 2 per cent. per annum of the net asset value of the Company to 1.25 per cent of the net asset value of the Company and the level of […]

Sectors
07 Nov 2014

Ediston Property buys initial portfolio

EPIC : Ediston Property buys initial portfolio Ediston Property, which listed on 28 October, has announced that it has completed the purchase of its initial property portfolio for £76.7m. The portfolio comprises, offices at 145 Morrison Street, Edinburgh; Offices at St  Philips Point, Temple Row, Birmingham; Offices at Phoenix, Station Road, Reading; a retail park in Rhyl,  […]

07 Nov 2014

Qannas investing in Hard Rock Cafes

QIL : Qannas investing in Hard Rock Cafes Qannas Investments is funding the establishment of three Hard Rock cafes in Eastern Europe the first of which is to be located in the Atlas Capital Centar in Podgorica, Montenegro. Qannas is putting up $3m to fund the development. They say the running of the café will sit within […]

Geographies
  • Asia
  • Europe (EU and EEA ex UK)
  • UK
07 Nov 2014

Strong performance helps Scottish Mortgage become no.1

SMT : Strong performance helps Scottish Mortgage become no.1 Scottish Mortgage beat the FTSE All-Share Index by some margin over the six months that ended on 30 September 2014. Over that period the total return on net assets was 9.0% vs. 4.4% for the index. What’s more, the fund’s rating improved so that the return […]

Geographies
  • North America
  • Asia
  • Europe (EU and EEA ex UK)
Sectors
06 Nov 2014

Riverstone Energy says CNOR investing in Tourmaline

RSE : Riverstone Energy says CNOR investing in Tourmaline Canadian Non-Operated Resources Corp, which Riverstone funded in August 2014, is investing to take a 25% interest in Tourmaline Oil’s Peace River High operated area in Alberta, Canada. They get 25% of the existing complex (all lands, wells, production, reserves, and facilities) for C$500m. Tourmaline will use the […]

06 Nov 2014

Scottish Oriental Income lags benchmark marginally

SOI : Scottish Oriental Income lags benchmark marginally Schroder Oriental Income’s results for the year ended 31 August 2014 have been published this morning. It just failed to match the return on its benchmark index, the MSCI All Countries Pacific ex Japan, delivering a total return of 10.9% for the period vs. the index’s 11.3%. […]

Sectors
06 Nov 2014

3i Infrastructure makes 10% in first half

3IN : 3i Infrastructure makes 10% in first half Strong performance from 3i Infrastructure’s European portfolio and rolling stock investments helped drive a 10.6% return on net assets for the fund for the six months that ended on 30th September. 3i Infrastructure holds two rail rolling stock investments – Eversholt Rail and XLT. Strong competition […]

06 Nov 2014

Henderson Eurotrust writes down OW Bunker

HNE : Henderson Eurotrust writes down OW Bunker Henderson Eurotrust is writing down the value of its investment in OW Bunker to zero. this was 1.13% of the portfolio at 31 October 2014. The reason for the write down says HNE is that fraud has been discovered in OW Bunker’s Singaporean subsidiary. The write down […]

Sectors
05 Nov 2014

Tough year for Aberdeen Latin American Income

ALAI : Tough year for Aberdeen Latin American Income Aberdeen Latin American Income underperformed its benchmark over the year that ended on 31 August 2014. The total return on net assets was 10.4% vs. a return of 12.7% for the benchmark (60% MSCI EM Latin America 10/40 Index and 40% JP Morgan GBI-EM Global Diversified (Latin […]

Sectors
05 Nov 2014

Custodian REIT buys in Warrington

CREI : Custodian REIT buys in Warrington Custodian REIT is buying a warehouse in Warrington let to JTF Wholesale Limited for £6m. The 112,435 sq ft warehouse sits on 6.84 acres of land on the Chesford Grange estate in Warrington – just off j21 of the M6 motorway. JTF Wholesale Limited operate 13 wholesale warehouses around […]

04 Nov 2014

International Public Partnerships makes biggest ever investment

INPP : International Public Partnerships makes biggest ever investment International Public Partnerships has completed an investment into the Lincs offshore transmission project, committing £171m to it – the company’s largest single investment to date. The project links the 270MW Lincs windfarm to the National Grid via 100 kilometres of subsea cables and other related infrastructure […]

04 Nov 2014

Wee-Li back in charge as SST outperforms

SST : Wee-Li back in charge as SST outperforms Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies has managed to outperform its benchmark for the year that ended on 31 August 2014. Over the period the fund generated a return on net assets of 13.5% vs. 13.0% for the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Smaller Companies Index. Shareholders did […]

Sectors
04 Nov 2014

Nimrod Sea Assets buys Remote Sub support ship

NSA : Nimrod Sea Assets buys Remote Sub support ship Nimrod Sea Assets is paying $9.6m for a 51% stake in Altus Subsea DIS which will purchase the Remote Operated Vehicle Support Vessel, Altus Invictus, from Hallin Marine currently under bareboat charter to Marine Engineering and Diving Services for a further 4.5 years. As part […]

04 Nov 2014

NextEnergy results highlight growth potential

NESF : NextEnergy results highlight growth potential NextEnergy Solar has published its first set of results – interims covering the period from 20 December 2013 to 30 September 2014. The net asset value increased from 100p to 103.1p over this period. they bought seven solar farms, with production capacity of 68MW, spending 94% of the money they raised […]

04 Nov 2014

Edinburgh Dragon hurt by Standard Chartered and City Developments

EFM : Edinburgh Dragon hurt by Standard Chartered and City Developments Edinburgh Dragon underperformed its benchmark over the year that ended on 31 August 2014, delivering a 10.4% return on net assets as compared to a 13.2% return, in Sterling terms, on the MSCI All Countries Asia ex Japan Index. The report says the problem […]

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Companies
03 Nov 2014

Public Service Properties selling assets in Germany

PSPI : Public Service Properties selling assets in Germany Public Service Properties has announced the sale of two care homes in Langen and Luzerath in Germany leased to Marseille Kliniken AG. They will get €13.4m in cash and will use €10.7m of the proceeds to pay down debt associated with their German investments – reducing the […]

Sectors
03 Nov 2014

Eredene Capital to conduct tender and leave AIM

ERE : Eredene Capital to conduct tender and leave AIM Eredene Capital has announced that it will use the proceeds of recent disposals to fund a tender offer for shareholders – the terms of which are an offer for 12% of the company at 10p per share (vs. the current share price of 4.75p) – […]

03 Nov 2014
International Biotech fee cut

International Biotech fee cut

IBT : International Biotech fee cut International Biotechnology Trust has announced its results for the year that ended on 31 August 2014. They show the net asset value rising by 26.4% which lags the return on the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index which returned 33.2% in Sterling terms. Shareholders were impacted by a widening of IBT’s discount […]

03 Nov 2014

Target Healthcare REIT invests in Yorkshire and Lancashire

THRL : Target Healthcare REIT invests in Yorkshire and Lancashire Target Healthcare REIT has announced that it has bought three purpose built care homes located in Yorkshire and Lancashire for a total of £13.3m The three homes are in Fleetwood, Lancashire (pictured); Rastrick, West Yorkshire; and Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire. Between them they have a total […]

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