The Board of the Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited has entered into a binding sale and purchase agreement to acquire a 4.1 megawatt peak (“MWp”) ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (“PV”) plant and announces the successful connection prior to 31 March 2016 of the construction assets previously acquired. Bluefiled Solar Income has acquired Bluefield Harrier Limited for £14.4m (including working […]
Standard Life Investments Property Income delivered both strong NAV and share price performance over the course of 2015. The NAV total return for the year was 15.5%, driven by strong capital growth in the property portfolio. The share price total return was 15.5% and the Company’s shares continued to trade at a premium to NAV of […]
Jupiter Dividend & Growth Trust outperformed the FTSE All-Share Index by some margin in 2015 – the total assets rose by 6.9% against a 2.5% fall in the index (both capital only). The fund has zero dividend preference shares, whose net asset value rose by 7%; ordinary income shares, whose asset value rose marginally from […]
During 2015, the Third Point Offshore’s net asset value depreciated approximately 3% across both share classes (-2.58% on the US dollar share class and -2.92% on the Sterling share class). The performance was driven primarily by negative returns in the long equity portfolio managed by Third Point LLC (the “Investment Manager”) in the volatile investment environment […]
LIM Asia Multi Strategy has published its reasons for requisitioning a meeting to restructure Atlantis Japan. We reproduce this in full below: “Proposal for the reconstruction and/or liquidation of Atlantis Japan Growth Fund Limited (“Atlantis Japan” or “the Fund”) LIM Advisors has published a letter to shareholders of Atlantis Japan (“Shareholders”), detailing its concerns […]
On 25 March 2015 the GCP Infrastructure announced the completion of a loan with an aggregate value of £59.7 million secured on a senior basis against the cash flows arising from a number of portfolios of domestic solar panel installation in England. They have now announced the completion on 14 April 2016 of a refinancing by Aviva of […]
During the six months to 29 February 2016, International Biotechnology’s NAV fell by 17.7% from 585.1p to 481.7p. Over the same period, the share price fell by 22.9% from 551.5p to 425.0p. This compares with a decline in the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NBI) of 18.0% and a fall in the FTSE All-Share Index of 1.2%. The discount closed […]
Aberdeen Latin American Income says, in the six month period ended 29 February 2016, the NAV total return (capital return plus dividends reinvested) in sterling terms fell by 0.2% which underperformed the composite benchmark’s total return of 0.9% for the same period. The shares delivered a share price total return of -6.2% for the six months. They […]
Custodian REIT has acquired a high street retail unit in Chester, let to TSB Limited and Ciel (Concessions) Limited (trading as Chesca). The property is located in the city centre on the pedestrianised Eastgate Street near Cath Kidston, Jack Wills, Kuoni Travel, H Samuel, Fat Face and Jaeger. The tenants’ leases expire between September 2019 […]
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies says, for the year ended 31 January 2016 the net asset value rose by 10.9%, on a total return basis, an outperformance of 7.1% versus the benchmark index of the Company, the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies), which returned a lesser 3.8%. When compared to the wider UK stock […]
In accordance with the proposals for the reconstruction, voluntary winding-up and rollover of Henderson Global Trust into Henderson International Income Trust and/or The Bankers Investment Trust, Henderson Global’s Board has announced that the special resolutions put forward at the Ordinary Share Class Meeting and the First General Meeting, both held on Friday 15 April, have been approved by […]
Middlefield Canadian has just published its results for 2015. In 2015, the Fund outperformed the S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index by over 12%, with a total return (in GBP) of -11.8% versus the benchmark total return of -24.1% (in GBP) over the same period. Having got permission to increase the fund’s exposure to the US, […]
Recovery in commodity prices has boosted investment trusts specialising in the sector Investors also hoping for Brazil revival if leader Dilma Rousseff is ousted Biotech and healthcare hit by fears Democrat party will squeeze drug prices if they win the US http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/investing/article-3542148/Unloved-commodity-Brazil-Russia-funds-finally-come-good.html
GCP Student Living has announced that it has entered into a conditional forward purchase agreement to acquire, what it describes as, a high specification, purpose-built, private student accommodation residence adjacent to Royal Holloway, University of London. The property is expected to be completed for the 2017/18 academic year providing approximately 170 beds. The purchase price […]
ICG Enterprise Trust, formerly Graphite Enterprise Trust, has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 January 2016. During the year, the trust’s NAV per share increased by 8.2% to 731p, whilst its share price fell by 1.9% reflecting a widening of the discount during the period. This compares against a 4.6% fall in […]
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income has announced that, “in light of the continued attractive investment environment and a growing number of opportunities in the economic infrastructure debt market, the Board of the Company is considering raising additional capital through the issuance of C Shares”. The Company says that it has deployed over 95% of the proceeds […]
Amedeo Air Four Plus has announced that, on 13 April 2016, it purchased its sixth A380 aircraft (directly from Airbus) at a net cost of US$275m. The purchase was as anticipated in the company’s prospectus dated 3 December 2015 and was conducted via its wholly-owned subsidiary AA4P Zeta Limited. Following the acquisition of the Aircraft, […]
Oakley Capital Investments Limited (OCL) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2015. During the second half of the year, the company’s NAV per share increased by 9.9% to £2.00 (30 June 2015: £1.82) but the company says that this fair value increase was countered by the expected short-term dilutive impact […]
Greencoat UK Wind has announced proposals to launch a programme to issue up to 300m new shares. The company says that the proceeds of the programme will be used,” to pay down the company’s revolving facility agreement enabling the company to pursue further attractive investment opportunities”. and that it plans to issue the shares, over the next […]
Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies has published its interim results for the six-months ended 29 February 2016. During the period the trust’s NAV per share increased by 5.9% in total return terms, while the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index recorded a sterling adjusted increase of 3.1 per cent and the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan […]
The Renewables Infrastructure Group has announced proposals to issue up to 300m new ordinary shares (and/or c shares) in the company to take advantage of investment opportunities going forward. The proposals are conditional on the approval of shareholders at an EGM, which is currently scheduled for 4 May 2016, and the company expects to publish a prospectus […]
LondonMetric Property has announced that it has exchanged contracts on the sale of its freehold Odeon Multiplex Cinema, in Taunton, Somerset, for £9.1m. The purcasher is the Asda Pension Fund and the sale price reflects a net initial yield of 5.5%. The eight screen, 27,000 sq ft cinema is let to Odeon Cinemas Ltd for a […]
Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund says, during the period from 31 December 2014 to 31 December 2015, the company’s NAV per share increased by 11.70%, outperforming the reference MSCI Korea 25/50 Capped Index, which returned -1.1% in Sterling terms. The company paid a dividend of 1.8580 pence per share on 26 June 2015. The Directors intend to return […]
Nimrod Sea Assets had an investment period of 18 to 24 months. Any cash which had not been invested or committed at the end of this investment period was to be returned to shareholders as soon as practicable. The Board had anticipated being in a position to return the unrequired, uninvested cash to shareholders after March […]
Ranger Direct Lending, which listed on the London Stock Exchange on 1 May 2015, has announced its annual results for its initial period from 10 April 2015 to 31 December 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV grew by 2.45%, whilst its share price grew by 2.50%. The company also paid 8.36p per share providing a […]
Juridica, a provider of strategic capital for corporate legal claims to both businesses and the legal markets, provides the following portfolio update. Two cases in the Company’s portfolio have reached settlement, with one being a definitive settlement agreement and the second being a partial settlement agreement and this latter case is ongoing. Gross proceeds from […]
Altin has announced that, as of Friday, Alpine Select owns 50.01% of Altin AG’s shares. If Altin was a UK company this would trigger a bid for the rest of the company at the highest price Alpine Select paid for its additional stock. We will bring you more information when we have it. AIA : […]
FastForward Innovations has announced that it has subscribed for 29.4 per cent. (on a fully diluted basis) of Nevis incorporated private company,Frails LLC, the sole owner of a subsidiary providing and developing gaming products and technology with a focus on Virtual Sports and Virtual Casino products, trading under the brand “Leap Gaming”. Leap partners with top-tier […]
The six-month period to 31 January 2016 saw weaker performance from the Japanese stock market. Schroder Japan Growth’s net asset value per share on a total return basis reduced by 4.6% (compared to a negative total return of 1.9% for the period from the Benchmark Index). The share price produced a negative total return of […]
Mercantile has announced results for the year ended 31 January 2016. It outperformed its benchmark with a Net Asset Value return of 12.9% (cum income, debt at par) against 4.7% for the benchmark. The share price total return was 18.6%. They paid three interim dividends of 10.0p per ordinary share over the year under review, […]
