Electra’s interim results show it generating a total return on net assets of 15% for the six months ended 31 march 2016, well ahead of a 7% return for the Morningstar Private Equity Index. The discount widened a little leading to a 9% return to shareholders. The return on the UK market for the period was […]
Empiric Student Property says it has exchanged contracts to acquire, subject to planning, the freehold of a site on Well Street, Exeter, at a cost of £1.5 million (excluding fees). The Company is in the process of applying for planning permission with Exeter City Council for a premium student accommodation development on the site, comprising […]
Troy Income & Growth reports that, for the six months ended 31 March 2016, it delivered a net asset value total return of +6.2%. The share price total return of +6.7% reflected a small increase in the premium to NAV, while the FTSE All-Share Index produced a total return of +3.5% over the same period. […]
Africa Opportunity’s ordinary share net asset value per share of US$ 0.874 as at 31 December 2015 decreased by 11% from the 31 December 2014 net asset value per share of US$1.011, including dividends. The C share net asset value per share of US$0.821 as at 31 December 2015 decreased 9% from the 31 December 2014 n […]
British & American has published results for 2015. Net assets at the year end were £30.2m, an increase of 11.4 percent. This compares to decreases in the FTSE 100 and All Share indices of 4.9 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, over the period. On a total return basis, after adding back dividends paid during the […]
Electra Private Equity has announced the sale of their interest in Kalle, the global manufacturer of artificial sausage casings and sponge cloths, to Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. Upon completion Electra is expected to receive proceeds of £22 million (based on current exchange rates), Together with proceeds from the […]
Caledonia Investments has announced that it has sold its 20% stake in B&W Group Limited (“Bowers & Wilkins”), the designer, manufacturer and distributor of high-end audio equipment, for the sterling equivalent of £24m in cash, together with payment of an accrued dividend of £0.5m, as part of the wider sale of Bowers & Wilkins to EVA […]
Leaf Clean Energy Company has given an update regarding the Company’s investment in Invenergy Wind LLC. As previously announced the Company and Invenergy have a disagreement on certain contractual provisions contained in the operating agreement of Invenergy which can have a significant impact on the value of Leaf’s investment in Invenergy and consequently on the quantum […]
Reconstruction Capital II has published accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015. On 31 December 2015, Reconstruction Capital II Limited (“RC2”) had a total audited net asset value (“NAV”) of EUR37.4m or EUR0.3736 per share on an undiluted basis, a 1.03% decrease over the year. The fully diluted NAV per share was EUR0.2847, an increase of […]
On 31 July 2015, Global Resources announced that it had extended its accounting period from 31 August to 31 December. The rationale behind this move was to better align the company’s accounting period with those of the majority of its investee companies and also the payment periods attaching to its Convertible Unsecured Loan Stock “CULS”. […]
Rights and Issues Investment Trust has announced proposals for the conversion of Capital Shares to Income Shares and amendments to the Company’s articles of association. The company has issued a Circular to shareholders setting out the proposals which will be put to shareholders for approval in general meeting and at class meetings of the holders of […]
The Board of Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust has announced the company’s fifth investment since listing on 9 December 2015. Contracts have been signed for the purchase of a convenience retail property located in Germany. The asset is a grocery supermarket anchored, multi-let convenience retail centre located in a growing inner urban region of Frankfurt […]
Empiric Student Property has announced that they haves exchanged contracts to acquire, subject to planning, the freehold of a site on Pendennis Rise, Falmouth, at a cost of £2.3 million (excluding fees). The company is in the process of applying for planning permission with the Cornwall County Council for a 287 bed premium student accommodation development […]
3i Infrastructure has today announced two new investments – a €200m investment in TCR, Europe’s largest owner of aircraft ground support equipment and a €5m investment in a PPP backing the regeneration of Hart van Zuid in the Netherlands. 3I Infrastructure will invest approximately €200m, subject to completion adjustments, in TCR, in a consortium with Deutsche […]
Candover Investments has announced the partial realisation of its investment in Technogym S.p.A, which is managed by Arle Capital Partners Limited. The partial realisation follows the initial public offering of Technogym. In the IPO of Technogym, Candover will sell 62.5% of its interest in Technogym for net cash proceeds of £11.7 million. Candover’s remaining interest in Technogym […]
Global Fixed Income Realisation’s results for the year ended 31 December 2015 have been published. The Net Asset Value per ordinary share declined by 28.2% during the financial year 2015. The Directors of the Company decided at a Board Meeting in April 2016 that it was appropriate to take a reserve of 33.3% against the […]
International Public Partnerships Limited has announced that the GoldLinQ consortium will make a further investment into a 7.3km extension to the Gold Coast Light Rail project in Queensland, Australia. The original A$1.29 billion project delivered by the Queensland Government and GoldLinQ saw the development of a 13km light rail system between Gold Coast University Hospital and Broadbeach. […]
Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust has announced that it has entered into an agreement to extend £145m of its existing £155m debt facility with The Royal Bank of Scotland. The debt facility consists of a £110m 7 year term loan and a £35 million 5 year revolving credit facility. The Revolving Credit Facility may, […]
Candover Investments has announced the partial realisation of its investment in leisure park operator, Parques Reunidos, which is managed by Arle Capital Partners Limited. The company says that the partial realisation follows the initial public offering of Parques. In the IPO of Parques, Candover will sell 7.7% of its interest in the company for net […]
The Board of Witan Investment Trust announces that it has agreed in principle with Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (“AIGSL”) as agent acting in its capacity as investment manager for and on behalf of Friends Life Limited, to purchase up to Friends Life’s entire holding of 31,636,753 shares (representing 15.8 per cent. of the issued share […]
Wolf Minerals treated 310,949 t of ore during the March quarter at its Drakelands open-pit mine and produced 17,607 metric tonne units (mtu) of tungsten concentrate. Revenue from sales of concentrates was A$3.8 million (£1.9 million). The total cash expenditure for the quarter was A$16.8 million (£8.2 million), including A$3.9 million (£1.9 million) on development, […]
VPC Speciality Lending declared cumulative dividends of 4.79 pence per ordinary share and 1.07 pence per C share, and generated a total NAV per share return of 5.80% over the period from its incorporation on 12 January 2015, through its launch on 17 March 2015 and ending on 31 December 2015 on its ordinary shares and 1.78% on the […]
Phoenix Spree Deutschland has published results that cover the year ended 31 December 2015, incorporating the listing of the company on the LSE in June 2015. The statement says, the year to December 2015 demonstrated continuing operational strength. Growth in both rents and property values continued, enabling EPRA NAV to increase by 10.7% for the […]
AcenciA Debt Strategies Ltd, which invests in a highly focused portfolio of multi-strategy credit and event-driven funds, with a focus on distressed debt, has announced its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2015. The Net asset value per share at 31 December 2015 decreased by 6.1% to $1.57 and the share price by 9.2% to […]
International Public Partnerships Limited has announced that the Amber Consortium, of which INPP is part, has reached financial close on the last of the five privately financed batches of schools being delivered through the Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP). The project uses an innovative financing model based upon the establishment of a funding vehicle known […]
NextEnergy Solar Fund has provided an update for the year ended 31 March 2016, through which it has announced that it is moving to paying quarterly dividends. Going forward, the Company will now pay dividends to shareholders on a quarterly basis, starting from the first quarter of the Company’s current financial year (the year ending […]
Empiric Student Property has announced that it has acquired a site, on a 199 year lease, and entered into a forward funding arrangement in relation to a development in Portsmouth, known as Europa House (pictured). The company say that the project comprises a 242 bed redevelopment to create a new premium student accommodation scheme, for […]
Baker Steel Resources Trust has provided an update on its intention to increase its ownership in Polar Silver Resources Limited. Polar Silver Resources is the trust’s largest investment (25.8% of net assets as at 31 March 2016). It is a private limited company, incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, which owns 100% of ZAO Argentum. […]
ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 January 2016. In terms of income, the company says that revenue for the year fell slightly to £8.4m (31 January 2015: £9.2m) as the exit and prepayment fees earned in the prior year were not repeated given the […]