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Investment companies are companies set up to make investments on behalf of their shareholders (also called closed-end funds and, in specific circumstances, investment trusts).

22 Aug 2014

Infrastructure India has raised £61m (us$102) from Barnet Holdings

IIP : Infrastructure India has raised £61m (us$102) from Barnet Holdings Infrastructure India has announced that it has placed 337,607,041 new 1p ordinary shares at 18p (a 24% premium above the mid-market closing price of 14.5p on the 14th July) raising £61m (US$ 102m) before expenses. In accordance with a subscription agreement, announced on 20 August 2014, Barnet Holdings Limited has subscribed […]

22 Aug 2014

Electra Private Equity sees advances from Sherborne move up a gear

ELTA : Electra Private Equity sees advances from Sherborne move up a gear Electra Private Equity has announced that it has received a requisition request from Sherborne Investors GP, LLC requiring Electra’s directors to call a general meeting of the Company’s shareholders. The objective is to consider resolutions that 1) Mr. Edward Bramson (of Sherborne Investment Management) […]

Companies
22 Aug 2014

Acorn Income Fund’s discount opened up during the first half of 2014

AIF : Acorn Income Fund’s discount opened up during the first half of 2014 Acorn Income Fund‘s recent interims report a fractional fall in NAV during the period (359.97p to 359.20p) but, with a dividends totalling 6.25p, total return during the period was 1.52%. This was modestly behind the FTSE All-Share (1.59%) but ahead of the […]

Sectors
22 Aug 2014

Highcroft Property benefits from Bicester and Cardiff properties coming on-stream

HCFT : Highcroft Property benefits from Bicester and Cardiff properties coming on-stream Highcroft Property’s recent interims report a 17% increase in net rental income, primarily due to the acquisition of properties in Bicester and Cardiff during the second half of 2013. HCFT reports that it currently has no void units, and that it is actively […]

Sectors
22 Aug 2014

Acencia Debt Strategies potential for continuation option through to 2017

AcenciA Debt Strategies potential for continuation option through to 2017 AcenciA Debt Strategies provided an NAV total return of 3.5% during the first half of 2014. Its share price beat this with a total return of 9% and, reflecting this, the discount to NAV narrowed from 9.3% to 3.9%. AcenciA has a hard wind up at the end of […]

20 Aug 2014

Tritax Big Box REIT acquires DHL Distribution Warehouse in Lancashire for £28.9m

BBOX : Tritax Big Box REIT acquires DHL Distribution Warehouse in Lancashire for £28.9m Tritax Big Box REIT has announced it is to acquire a Distribution Warehouse in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, currently let to DHL Supply Chain Ltd, for £28.9m (net of purchase costs). The warehouse was originally constructed in 2003 and is a fully fitted distribution facility, […]

20 Aug 2014

EP Global Opportunities’ Japanese exposure contributed to underperformance in H1

EPG : EP Global Opportunities’ Japanese exposure contributed to underperformance in H1 EP Global Opportunities Trust‘s recent interims confirm its NAV per share fell 0.6% during H1 2014, whilst total returns from the FTSE All-World Index and FTSE All-Share Index were 3.2% and 1.6% respectively. The share price discount to NAV also widened modestly from 1.5 per cent […]

Sectors
20 Aug 2014

Custodian REIT acquires ‘Staples’ retail warehouse in Milton Keynes for £5.7m

CREI : Custodian REIT acquires ‘Staples’ retail warehouse in Milton Keynes for £5.7m Custodian REIT  has acquired a freehold retail warehouse, currently let to leading UK stationary and office supplies company ‘Staples’, at 1 Grafton Gate East, Milton Keynes (pictured). The lease runs until September 2020 and has a current passing rent is £419k per […]

19 Aug 2014

JP Morgan US Smaller Companies in line with a lacklustre market during H1

JUSC  : JP Morgan US Smaller Companies in line with a lacklustre market during H1 JP Morgan US Smaller Companies results, for the first half of 2014, report a fall in JUSC’s NAV of 0.4% versus a fall of 0.2% in the Russell 2000 (all in sterling terms). JUSC’s share price saw a sharper fall (8.1%) as […]

Sectors
19 Aug 2014

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust to acquire Stacey Bushes industrial estate for £9.2m

SREI : Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust to acquire Stacey Bushes industrial estate for £9.2m Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust has exchanged contracts to acquire Stacey Bushes Industrial Estate, Milton Keynes, for £9.2m. The freehold property is a 213,536 square foot multi-let industrial estate, constructed in the 1980’s and recently refurbished, let to 12 tenants with an […]

18 Aug 2014

Aberdeen Asian Income Fund – performing in line with benchmark

AAIF : Aberdeen Asian Income Fund – performing in line with benchmark Aberdeen Asian Income Fund’s interim results show AAIF’s NAV returned 3.8% in sterling terms, in line with the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index, which returned 3.9%. The return on the share price was 5.4% reflecting an expansion of the trusts premium to NAV […]

Sectors
18 Aug 2014

Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate Acquiring Fairmount Hotel, St. Andrews, for £32.4m

KWE : Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate Acquiring Fairmount Hotel, St. Andrews, for £32.4m Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate has announced that it is to acquire the Fairmount Hotel, St. Andrew’s, Scotland (pictured) for £32.4m. The iconic property is managed and operated by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts under an agreement that lasts until 2031. The transaction […]

Sectors
18 Aug 2014

Japan Residential Investment Company Sells Branche Kanamecho IV for £3.2m

JRIC : Japan Residential Investment Company Sells Branche Kanamecho IV for £3.2m Japan Residential Investment Company has sold its Branche Kanamecho IV property (a 20 unit apartment building in Toshima Ward, Tokyo) for Yen 550m (£3.2m) excluding taxes and sale costs. This represents a 34.1% premium to the 31 May 2014 valuation, of Yen 240m, and  is a […]

Sectors
15 Aug 2014

RIT Capital struggling to find attractive investments

RCP : RIT Capital struggling to find attractive investments RIT Capital Partners has published its interim figures covering the first half of 2014. The net asset value total return was 2.4% for the period. This compares to a 4.1% return on the MSCI All Countries World Index and a 2.6% return on a benchmark of […]

Sectors
15 Aug 2014

Alpha Pyrenees edges closer to negative NAV territory

ALPH : Alpha Pyrenees edges closer to negative NAV territory Alpha Pyrenees’ interim results published on 15 August show a fall in its net asset value to 5.3p from 12.7p. (12.0p from 22.8p if, as Alpha Pryenees do, you adjust for the fair value movement on the currency swap – eliminated in October 2013, the interest […]

Sectors
14 Aug 2014

BlackRock World Mining says past the bottom of the commodity cycle

BRWM : BlackRock World Mining says past the bottom of the commodity cycle BlackRock World Mining’s interims, covering the first half of 2014, show the net asset value underperforming its benchmark – returning 0.8% vs. a 3.0% return on the Euromoney Global Mining Index. The ordinary share price total return was 2.4%. The managers believe that […]

Companies
14 Aug 2014

Middlefield Canadian Income powered by energy sector

MCT : Middlefield Canadian Income powered by energy sector Middlefield Canadian Income, managed by Dean Orrico, Richard Faiella and Andy Nasr, reported its interim figures for the period ended 30 June 2014 today. Its net asset value return of 8.8% was well ahead of the return on the S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index which returned 0.6%. […]

Sectors
14 Aug 2014

No disasters in 2014 for CatCo

CAT : No disasters in 2014 for CatCo CatCo Reinsurance Opportunities has said that its net asset value has been unaffected by any significant insurance event in H1 2014. This means that the NAV return for H1 was 4.3%. The share price return for the period was 4.0%. European winter storms and severe weather in the […]

14 Aug 2014

Flat first half for NB Global Floating Rate Income

NBLS / NBLU : Flat first half for NB Global Floating Rate Income Both NB Global Floating Rate Income’s US dollar and Sterling net asset values were remarkably stable over the first half of 2014 (difference was fractions of a cent / penny). Adjusting for income, the total return on net asset value was 1.8% for […]

14 Aug 2014

Spark Ventures final results show big cash inflow

SPK : Spark Ventures final results show big cash inflow Spark Ventures has published its results for the year that ended 31 March 2014. £33m of cash came in during the year from sales of investments including Kobalt, notonthehighstreet and IMIMobile. Shareholders have received distributions of 6.5p. The net asset value fell 18% to 10.65p. Most […]

Sectors
13 Aug 2014

Vietnam Holding says CEO of manager has resigned

VNH : Vietnam Holding says CEO of manager has resigned Vietnam Holding has announced that the CEO of its management company, Pham Ngoc Bich, has resigned and plans to leave VietNam Holding Asset Management on 30 September 2014. As a temporary measure, the Board of Vietnam Holding has appointed one of its own members, Vu […]

Sectors
13 Aug 2014

Half of Princess Private Equity portfolio now in direct investments

PEY : Half of Princess Private Equity portfolio now in direct investments Princess Private equity has published its interim results for the period that ended 30 June 2014. They say that more than 50% of the portfolio is now invested in direct private equity investments (in line with the objective they adopted some time ago). […]

Sectors
13 Aug 2014

Land Securities sells its Bristol shopping centres

LAND : Land Securities sells its Bristol shopping centres Land Securities has sold its 50% stake in Cabot Circus shopping centre, the adjacent Quaker Friars luxury goods and dining centre and high street shops. Collectively these generated rents of £17.3m for Land Securities – they fetched £267.8m, equivalent to a yield of 6.5%. Land Securities […]

Sectors
12 Aug 2014

Custodian REIT buys property in Nottingham

CREI : Custodian REIT buys property in Nottingham Custodian REIT is paying £1.741m for 15 St. Peter’s Gate in Nottingham. The retail unit is let to the White Company until June 2020 at a rent of £140,000 per annum – equivalent to a net initial yield of 7.75%. Custodian REIT is paying for the property […]

12 Aug 2014

Witan benefits from discount narrowing but underlying performance dull

WTAN : Witan benefits from discount narrowing but underlying performance dull Witan delivered a return to shareholders of 6.9% for the six months ended 30 June 2014. This was almost entirely down to discount narrowing however as the fund shifted to trade on a 1.5% discount. the underlying net asset value total return was 1.1% […]

Sectors
12 Aug 2014

Riverstone Energy invests $100m in new Canadian oil & gas company

RSE : Riverstone Energy invests $100m in new Canadian oil & gas company Riverstone Holdings, associated funds, a Middle Eastern Sovereign Wealth Fund and Grafton Asset Management are investing $675m into a new oil & gas company based in Calgary – Canadian Non-Operated Resources LP (CNOR). Riverstone Energy is stumping up $100m of this. CNOR is […]

12 Aug 2014

Standard Life Investments Property puts another £29m to work

SLI : Standard Life Investments Property puts another £29m to work Standard Life Investments Property Income has spent £28.65m on three logistics assets. Tetron 93 and Tetron 141 (pictured) both in Swadlincote in Derbyshire and Denby 242 on the Denby Hall estate, also in Derbyshire were built in 2008/9 and throw off rent of £2.1m between them – equivalent […]

12 Aug 2014

Board considering leaving AIM after Eredene asset value falls sharply

ERE : Board considering leaving AIM after Eredene asset value falls sharply Eredene published its accounts for the year ended 31 March 2014 today. The net asset value fell to 11.3p from 18.5p. They are still trying to sell off the portfolio and cut overheads and have had some success – the recent Sattva deal […]

12 Aug 2014

Diverse Income races ahead, leaves All Share standing

DIVI : Diverse Income races ahead, leaves All Share standing Diverse Income Trust has published its third set of final accounts. These cover the year that ended on 31 May 2014. over that period Diverse delivered a return on net assets of 26.1%. The level of the premium was unchanged on the year and so […]

Sectors
Companies
11 Aug 2014

SVG Capital sees net inflow in first half

SVI: SVG Capital sees net inflow in first half SVG Capital received £92.5m in H1 2014 as Pemira stepped up the pace of realisations within its funds and it has seen a further £116.6m flood in since the end of June. SVG reinvested £78.6m of this in the first half and has had calls of […]

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