Hansa says its net asset value produced a total return of c. 17% over the six months ended 30 September 2016 in comparison to a total return of c. 2% from its benchmark. The ordinary shares rose 20.2% and the A ordinary shares by 13.0%, after the payment of an 8.0p dividend paid in May. They point […]
Worldwide Healthcare says its net asset value total return was +21.2% over the six months ended 30 September, outperforming the benchmark, the MSCI World Health Care Index measured on a net total return, sterling adjusted basis, which returned +17.3%. The share price, with a total return of +24.4%, also outperformed the benchmark over this period. The discount as at 30 September […]
In the six months to 30th September 2016 JPMorgan European’s Growth portfolio has seen its NAV rise by 12.9% on a total return basis, against a benchmark (MSCI Europe ex UK Index) which rose by 13.2%. For the Income portfolio, the NAV rose by 13.0% on a total return basis. The increases in the Company’s […]
The Board of Directors of London & St Lawrence Investment Company has decided to undertake a strategic review with regard to the company’s future. Once that review has concluded, they will make a further announcement of the conclusions reached. London & St Lawrence has been managed by three generations of the Ashfield family. It sits […]
Edinburgh Investment Trust produced a positive net asset value (NAV) total return for the six months to 30 September 2016 of 6.8% (debt at par) and 6.6% (debt at market), compared to a return of 12.9% by the FTSE All-Share Index, the Company’s benchmark. The share price total return (share price with dividends reinvested) for […]
Caledonia says its investment portfolio has delivered a 6.7% NAV total return in the six months ended 30 September 2016. They benefited from holding dollar and euro denominated investments following the devaluation of sterling. Income totalled GBP20.3m for the half year. This is slightly lower than the comparable period in 2015, which included a one-off […]
Post the referendum, the asset value of TR Property was a significant beneficiary given the appreciation of our European assets when measured in Sterling. The Trust’s asset value rose 10.7%, ahead of the benchmark which recorded 9.7%. Whilst UK property shares fell -3.8% over the period, their UK physical portfolio held up relatively well with a […]
Atalaya Mining Plc (ATYM:AIM) (AYM:TSX) As a result of an increase in volume of copper concentrate sold, lower cash costs and higher realised copper prices, EBITDA improved significantly in Q3 2016 to €1.9 million compared to a loss of €3.6 million for H1 2016. Atalaya, had a 97% increase in the production of tonnes of […]
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies says that its net asset value total return was +17.7% in the six months to 30th September 2016 compared with the benchmark total return of +16.1% over the same period. The shareholder return was also positive despite the widening of the discount over the period. The share price total return was +10.3%. […]
Lindsell Train says it has continued to make good progress in the first six months of the current financial year. Its net asset value per share (adjusted to take into account the payment of the dividend in September) was up 24.5% compared to a rise in the benchmark of 2.0% and in the MSCI World […]
The Board of UK Mortgages and TwentyFour Asset Management say that the TwentyFour portfolio management team remain fully engaged on a number of prospective opportunities with the aim of fully investing the Company’s capital in as timely a manner as possible. The Board is confident that current opportunities under discussion will lead to the remaining cash […]
Invesco Income Growth reports that the total return on net asset value over the half year to 30 September 2016 was 9.1%, it was a little behind their benchmark, which returned 12.9%. Nonetheless the share price’s total return was better, at 11.6%, thanks to the narrowing of the discount. The Board is declaring a second interim dividend of […]
Wolf Minerals has received approval to operate its tungsten plant on a 24/7 basis, permanently, and permission to extend mining activities to 2036. Both permissions will have a significant impact on future production at its Drakelands open-pit mine, in Devon. On 23 November, Devon County Council (DCC) extended the mine’s planning permission from 2021 to […]
Horizonte Minerals Plc (HZM:AIM, HZM:TSX) The company was awarded three new mineral exploration concession areas, adjacent to their 100% owned Araguaia nickel project. The concessions total 5,996 hectares which increases their land position to a total of 132,278 hectares. Horizonte will be undertaking a regional exploration programme to evaluate and advance these new areas as appropriate. These […]
BlackRock Frontier Markets reports that, during the year to 30 September 2016, its NAV increased by 9.3%, significantly outperforming the benchmark, the MSCI Frontier Markets Index, which rose by 0.9%. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose by 16.8% over the same period. The Directors are recommending the payment of a final dividend of 4.00 cents […]
Central Asia Metals plc has expanded its interest in Kazakhstan with a framework agreement to acquire an 80% effective interest in the subsoil use contract (SUC) for the Shuak copper exploration property, in northern Kazakhstan. This represents the company’s first venture outside of its Kounrad copper dump retreatment operation in the country. To acquire its […]
Hammerson plc and its partners in VIA Outlets, APG, Meyer Bergman and Value Retail, have signed an agreement to acquire, subject to regulatory clearance, four established outlet centres as part of its growth strategy in the European outlet market. The retail venues, located close to major cities in Germany, Portugal, Spain and Poland, represent total […]
Aberdeen Japan’s share price total return was almost 14% during the six months ended 30 September 2016, helped by both a slight tightening of the discount and the slide in sterling following the Brexit referendum result, including the effect of the hedge which, as expected, reduced the sterling related gain. The underlying portfolio outperformed the benchmark […]
John Laing Environmental Assets has published its half-year results to 30 September 2016. The NAV was 98.3p at 30 September 2016 (31 March 2016: 96.7p) with the positive movement in the period reflecting primarily an increase in forecast electricity prices. The portfolio valuation as at 30 September 2016 was GBP320.7m (31 March 2016: GBP264.5m). Total dividends were […]
LondonMetric Property has announced that it has acquired eight ‘last mile’ distribution warehouses for GBP39.9 million at a blended yield of 6.2% and with a WAULT of 9.0 years. Six of the distribution warehouses have been acquired from Helical plc for GBP26.0 million at a NIY of 6.5%. The 382,000 sq ft of warehouses are […]
Hammerson has announced that it has signed an agreement with eleven institutional investors, from both the US and the UK, for the placement of £400m of private placement notes with maturities at 7, 9, 11 and 14 years. The fixed rate notes are denominated in Euro (EUR 177m), British Pound Sterling (£50m) and US Dollar […]
Big Yellow says its adjusted net asset value at the end of September 2016 was 594.1 pence per share, up 4% from 569.1 pence per share at 31 March 2016. The Group made an adjusted profit before tax in the period of GBP27.0 million, up 13% from GBP23.9 million for the same period last year. […]
Schroder Income Growth Fund has published its annual financial report for the year ended 31 August 2016. A total return of 8.4% for the net asset value compared unfavourably to a total return of 11.7% for the FTSE All-Share Index. The share price produced a negative total return for the year of 0.8%, reflecting a widening in […]
Schroder Oriental Income says that, over the year ended 31 August 2016, the net asset value produced a total return of 32.1%, the share price produced a total return of 32.8% and the dividend has increased for the 10th year in a row. Revenue earnings per share for the year increased by 3.4% to 9.03 […]
EP Global Opportunities has announced that, further to the foreign exchange hedging announcements made on 30 June 2016 and 2 August 2016, in relation to its investments in Japanese equities, it has entered into a foreign currency forward contract that effectively removes the hedging of the Japanese Yen exposure back to Sterling, detailed in the previous […]
BACIT has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2016. During the period, the company’s NAV total return was 4.82%, thereby underperforming the FTSE All-Share Index, which returned 12.85%. Reflecting a widening of the discount during the period, the company’s share price fell by 4.2%. The trust’s chairman, Jeremy Tigue, says […]
NextEnergy Solar Fund has announced that has signed an agreement to acquire the Kentishes solar plant, which is located at Stisted, Braintree, Essex. The company says that the 5 MWp plant is nearing the end of construction and is set to be accredited under 1.2 Renewable Obligation Certificate regime qualifying for the significant investment grace […]
Assura reports 3.1% growth in diluted EPRA NAV per share to 47.2 pence over the six months ended 30 September 2016. EPRA EPS, which excludes the net impact of valuation movements and gains on disposal, was 1.2 pence (2015: 0.9 pence). The quarterly dividend will rise by 9% to 0.6p from January 2017. They are reporting […]
Over the six months to the end of September 2016 Templeton Emerging Markets returned 29.6% in NAV terms, well ahead of the 21.7% return posted by its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The largest contributions to performance came from Buenaventura, ADR (up 108.4%, added 2.0% to NAV), Banco Bradesco, ADR (up 49.8%, added 0.7% to NAV), M. Dias Branco (up 143.1%, added 0.7% […]
Over the six months ended 30 September 2016, Sequoia Economic Infrastructure’s NAV has increased from 97.04p to 101.29p, largely as a result of interest income net of expenses of 2.64p, an increase of 2.70p in asset valuations and a gain of 1.91p in FX movements net of hedging movements, reduced by dividends of 3p. The share price has risen […]
