Scottish American’s results for 2015 show its net asset value (NAV) total return (capital and income) for the year was 5.9% and the share price total return was 9.2%: the total return from the global equity market was 4.1%. The full year dividend will be 10.70p per share, 1.9% higher than the 2014 dividend of 10.50p and […]
Empiric Student Property has published its interim results covering the six months ended 31 December 2015. The Group’s basic EPRA earnings per share for the period were 0.70p per share (31 December 2014: 0.11p per share). The basic EPRA NAV per share as at 31 December 2015 was 105.6p (30 June 2015: 103.4p). They have […]
Mid Wynd International reports that its net asset value total return for the second half of 2015 was 5.1 per cent, compared to the total return of 1.5 per cent produced by the MSCI All Country World Index. They have declared an interim dividend of 1.65 pence per share (2015: 1.35 pence per share). Demand for their […]
Qatar Investment Fund results for the six months ended 31 December 2015 show its net asset value per share fell 16.3% while the Qatar Exchange Index fell 14.5% and MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell 18.6% over the same period. Following a narrowing of the discount, the QIF share price fell 11.1%. They paid a 4 cent dividend […]
Henderson Diversified Income results covering the year ended 31 October 2015 have been published. The net asset value per ordinary share decreased slightly from 88.82p to 88.36p over the year as did the share price from 91.25p to 90.50p. The aggregated revenue return was 5.16p per ordinary share and dividends were maintained with a total […]
Elephant Capital’s net asset value rose from 35p to 36p over the year that ended on 31 August 2015. Air Works India (Engineering) Private Limited has been performing satisfactorily and exhibited operational strength during the period. It has been valued at £3.1m based on an independent third party valuation, compared to £3.05m at 31 August […]
John Laing Infrastructure has acquired a 100% interest in the British Transport Police PPP project and entered into an agreement to purchase a 95% interest in the Oldham Social Housing project. Both projects are fully operational, availability-based social infrastructure PPP assets located in the UK and are being acquired under the First Offer Agreements with […]
BlackRock World Mining’s results for the year ended 31 December 2015 reflect th poor performance of the mining sector. The fund’s NAV total return was -35.3%, the share price return was -37.0% and the benchmark, the Euromoney Global Mining Index, was down 36.9%. the discount widened from 11.9% to 15.0%. The dividend was maintained at […]
Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust has announced that it has entered into a €10m term loan facility agreement with ING Bank N.V., London Branch (“ING”) for the purpose of pursuing its investment objective. The facility has been fully drawn down today and is in addition to the existing €15m term loan facility the Company already has […]
Jupiter US Smaller Companies reports that its NAV per share fell 4.8% in the six month period to 31 December 2015, compared to a drop of 3.3% in the Company’s benchmark, the sterling-adjusted Russell 2000. The worst performing sector in the six month period was energy, falling 41% as oil prices collapsed once again, after […]
Foresight Solar Income Fund is reporting its results for the year ended 31 December 2015. The net asset value dipped a little – from 100.9p to 99p. earnings per share were 5.91p but they are still planning to pay 6.1p of dividends for the year and are targeting a full year dividend for the period […]
Macau Property Opportunities Fund has published its results for the six month period ended 31 December 2015. MPO’s portfolio value declined 12.3% over the period to US$405.7 million amid the slowdown in Macau’s economy driven by a weak gambling market which affected the property market. The adjusted NAV was US$245.5 million, translating to a per share value of […]
Kennedy Wilson Europe’s results for the year ended 31 December 2015 show its adjusted NAV climbing from 1025.2p to 1174.5p over the year. Adjusted EPS rose sharply from 25.9p to 47.9p as the portfolio became more established and the effects of gearing kicked in. They paid dividends of 35p during the year and have announced […]
Green REIT has announced that it has completed the renegotiation of its leases with Vodafone Ireland on their Irish headquarters building at Central Park, Dublin 18, which comprises 263,000 square feet and generates a rent of €7.3m per annum for Green REIT. Vodafone is the largest occupier at Central Park and is Green REIT’s single […]
JPMorgan Mid Cap says, over the six months to 31st December 2015, the Company’s total return on net assets was 9.0%, 8.4 percentage points ahead of the Company’s performance benchmark, the FTSE 250 Index (excluding investment trusts) which returned 0.6% on a total return basis. The return to shareholders was 25.5% as the discount was elminated. […]
Ottoman Fund is to return approximately £2.7m of capital, or 2 pence per share, to shareholders on the register as at 4 March 2016, with the shares expected to trade ex-entitlement on 3 March 2016 and payment expected to be made on 6 April 2016 or as soon as practicable thereafter. This return of capital represents proceeds […]
intu properties is reporting a 7 per cent increase in both its NAV per share (adjusted, diluted) and its underlying earnings per share from 13.3p to 14.2p and a 4 per cent revaluation surplus taking the value of investment properties to £9.6bn. The total return for the year was 10%. They see like-for-like net rental income in the […]
Allianz Technology Trust says its NAV increased by 10.3% over the year to 30 November 2015, finishing at 675.1p compared with 612.2p as at 30 November 2014. They outperformed their benchmark index, the Dow Jones World Technology Index, by 3.3% over this period. The market price of the Company’s shares also outperformed the benchmark finishing […]
As of 31 December 2015, Riverstone Energy had a NAV per share of $15.95. This implies a year-on-year decrease of 36 cents per share. However, the strengthening of the U.S. dollar resulted in the Sterling NAV per share increasing by 36 pence when compared with the previous year, from 1047p to 1083p. Part of the decrease […]
John Laing Infrastructure Fund has announced a placing of up to 81.2 million new ordinary shares and has said that the net proceeds will be principally used to repay the Group’s revolving credit facility which, following the acquisition of a 40% stake in the Barcelona Line 9 Section II metro project announced in January 2016, […]
Ruffer Investment Company has announced its interim results for the half year ended 31 December 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV per share from 218.76p to 206.98p, which after allowing for dividends of 1.7p paid during the period, equates to a total return of -4.6%. The Company’s share price also fell by 4.6%, on […]
After Alpine Select’s announcement that it planned to try to force its way onto Altin’s Board, kick out three directors and pay out a large proportion of Altin’s capital, the Altin Board has responded. “The Board of Directors of ALTIN AG (“ALTIN”), after careful consideration, categorically rejects the proposals of Alpine Select AG (“Alpine Select”) […]
JPMorgan Overseas says, for the second half of 2015, the total return on the Company’s net assets was +1.2% and the return to shareholders was +2.5% compared with the return on its benchmark, the MSCI AC World Index (in sterling terms) of +1.5%. The manager says positions in a number of high growth companies performed strongly, including […]
Bluefield Solar Income Fund delivered an above-target dividend of 7.25 pence per share for the year ending 30 June 2015, and has paid a dividend in the period of 3.25 pence per share for the current financial year. They say, notwithstanding the reduction in power prices during the period, attractively priced acquisitions and strong contractual […]
Derwent London is reporting that its EPRA net asset value per share increased by 21.6% to 3,535p from 2,908p at 31 December 2014, and by 9.6% from 3,226p at 30 June 2015. Net rental income increased 7.8% to £138.7m from £128.7m in 2014. EPRA profit before tax rose 31.0% to £81.6m from £62.3m last year […]
