Henderson Alternative Strategies delivered a NAV total return of -2.3% during the half-year to 31 March 2016 compared to a rise of 11.5% in its FTSE World Total Return Index global equity benchmark. The Chairman’s statement says that, whilst the company tends to outperform in testing markets (e.g. for the six-month period to 30 September 2015), […]
Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund has announced that it has entered into a credit facility with Endurance Investments Holdings Ltd.(a wholly-owned subsidiary of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. , which holds indirectly 25.1% of the Company’s issued ordinary shares and is the ultimate parent company of the Company’s investment manager). The Credit Facility provides the Company […]
Assura has announced its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2016. It saw a 3.9% growth in diluted EPRA NAV per share to 45.8 pence. Profit before tax fell to GBP28.8 million from GBP36.6 million after GBP34.1 million debt early repayment costs. The enlarged property portfolio delivered a Total Property Return of 8.9%. Assura raised […]
Eastern European Property has just published results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Eastern European Property’s consolidated net asset value (“NAV”) at 31 December 2015 was GBP15.8 million, equivalent to 101.46p per Ordinary Share (2014: GBP16.4 million; 105.36p per Ordinary Share). The Company’s share price decreased by 14.375p during the year to 50.75p at 31 December 2015, with the discount […]
Land Securities has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2016. Over that period its NAV rose by 10.3% to 1482p and its adjusted, diluted NAV rose by 10.9% to 1434p. Revenue profit rose by 10% to £362.1m and this pushed adjusted, diluted EPS up 10.1% to 45.7p. From this they declared dividends totalling […]
River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap’s NAV return for the six months ended 31 March 2016 was 8.3%, well ahead of the benchmark’s return of +0.9%. The manager’s report analyses the largest contributions to the fund’s performance over the period. The largest positive contributions came from KBC Advanced Technologies, IS Solutions, Trakm8, Blue Prism and Sigma Capital. […]
HICL Infrastructure has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2016. The NAV per share was 142.2p at 31 March 2016 (2015: 136.7p), which was ahead of budget. Total shareholder return for the year was 9.6% on a net asset value (“NAV”) total return basis and 6.8% on a share price total return basis. […]
Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited announced on 16 May that it has arranged GBP158.1 million loan facilities for certain affiliated companies of Värde Partners to refinance a portfolio of 141 retail, office and industrial assets located throughout the UK. With 393 tenants the Portfolio reflects very strong diversification in terms of tenant, geography and sector. […]
Over the six months ended 31 March 2016, TwentyFour Select Monthly Income’s net asset value fell from 92.59p to 85.97p and the share price fell from 96.625p to 88.75p. The dividend was maintained at 0.5p per month. The Chairman says challenging market conditions resulted in a period of high price volatility for the Company’s portfolio […]
Sirius Minerals Plc has increased reserves at its North Yorkshire polyhalite project by 12% following the completion of a Definitive Feasibility Study earlier this year. The probable reserve now stands at 280.2 Mt at an average grade of 88.4% for 247.7 Mt of polyhalite contained as a result of the inclusion of mineralisation previously reported […]
Raven Russia has announced proposals for a fundraising, for a minimum of £105.5m, by way of a placing of new convertible redeemable preference shares. The company says that it has secured firm commitments from existing institutional investors and the EBT to subscribe for an aggregate amount of approximately £105.5m convertible preference shares and is in […]
BlackRock Frontiers, managed by Sam Vecht (pictured) and Emily Fletcher, has announced its interim report for the six months ended 31 March 2016. During the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of -0.1% and share price total return of 0.1%, thereby outperforming the MSCI Frontier markets index which returned -2.2% but underperforming the MSCI […]
Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income has announced its interim results for the Six Months to 31 March 2016. During the period, which the managers describe as a volatile period for high yield bond markets, the company provided an NAV total return of 3.8% and a share price total return of 4.7% (the share price premium to […]
Empiric Student Property has announced that it has entered into a nomination agreement with Falmouth Exeter Plus, which delivers all shared services, including accommodation, to the students of Penryn Campus, in respect of the Group’s existing 137 bed operating property in Falmouth, Maritime Studios (pictured). The duration of the Nomination Agreement is for three years […]
British Land have announced their annual results for the year ended 31 March 2016. During the year, the company says that underlying profit increased by 16.0% to £363m, whilst the company’s EPRA NAV increased by 10.9% to 919p per share (or 932p pre the budget stamp duty increase). The company generated an IFRS profit before […]
Custodian REIT has announced that it has sold a purpose-built student residential building in Lenton, Nottingham for £1.2m, which is ahead of cost and the 31 March 2016 valuation. The property, which was part of the initial portfolio acquired on Custodian REIT’s admission to the London Stock Exchange in 2014, was fully let for the […]
Custodian REIT has announced the results of its placing (as announced on 19 April 2016), which raised £20.98 million before costs and expenses. The placing price of 104.9 represents a premium of approximately 5.0% to the unaudited NAV as at 31 March 2016 as adjusted to deduct the dividend of 1.6625 pence per share payable […]
Scottish Mortgage has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2016. During the period, which its chairman says, “has not been as strong as in recent years”, the company’s NAV effectively remained flat in total return terms (it fell 0.1% over the year) but beat it FTSE All-World Benchmark, which declined by […]
North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 January 2016. During the period, the company’s fully diluted NAV per share rose by 21.6% to an all-time high of 2,746p. This compares with a rise in the sterling adjusted Standard & Poor Composite Index of 2.8%, whilst the […]
Honeycomb Investment Trust has announced that it has completed the placing, announced yesterday, of 5 million new ordinary shares in the Company, raising gross proceeds of £50m. The placing shares are to be issued at a price of £10 per share, which represents a 1.5% to the trust’s estimated net asset value per share of […]
Schroder Oriental Income Fund has announced its interim results for the six months ended 29 February 2016. During the period, the company provided NAV and share price total returns of 8.6% and 4.5% both outperforming the company’s MSCI AC Pacific ex Japan Index, which rose by 4.3% (all in sterling terms). The company says that […]
Greencoat UK Wind has announced the results of the first tranche of its share issuance programme that was announced on 14 April 2016. The fundraising will see 95,238,101 new ordinary shares issued, at a price of 105p per share, raising gross proceeds of £100m. The company says that the proceeds will be put to work […]
Henderson European Focus Trust has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2016. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 6.3%, thereby mildly underperforming its benchmark, the FTSE World Europe ex UK Index, which returned 6.7%. In contrast to this, and reflecting a widening discount during the […]
Macau Property Opportunities has announced that the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau of Macau has granted an urban condition plan for the Company’s retail redevelopment project located in the Senado Square district of Macau. Senado Square is Macau Property Opportunities’ flagship retail development project. The company says that the project is well-located in Macau’s […]
JZ Capital Partners has announced its annual results for the year ended 29 February 2016. The period was a busy one for the company during which it undertook an equity placing as well as a rollover of a zero dividend preference share. During the period, the company reports absolute total NAV growth of 20.7% to $851.7m. […]
JPMorgan Income & Capital reports its net assets fell during the year ended 29th February 2016, reflecting a general market decline. The total return on the Company’s assets for the year ended 29th February 2016 was a negative 5.5%. This represented an over-performance of 1.4% against the composite benchmark (comprising 90% FTSE 350 Index, excluding […]
Securities Trust of Scotland reports that, for the year ended 31 March 2016, its net asset value was flat and the share price was down 2.2%, both on a total return basis for the period. This compares to a 4.4% rise in the benchmark. The board has declared a fourth dividend of 1.45p, bringing the […]
Schroder Real Estate has announced the completion of four disposals for a combined price of GBP12.86 million reflecting an average net initial yield of 3.4%. The combined price was in line with the last reported valuation as at 31 December 2015 but reflected an uplift of GBP2 million or 18.5% compared with the previous year […]
Following the release of its interim results, 3i Infrastructure has announced the launch of £350m capital raising, by way of an open offer, placing and intermediaries offer. The company says that the proceeds to be used to fund the completion of its investments in Wireless Infrastructure Group and TCR, totalling approximately £230m, and to make […]
