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20 Dec 2013

Ottoman Fund : OTM – annual results

Ottoman has announced its results for the year ended 31 August 2013 (so somewhat out of date now). OTM’s NAV rose from 63.5p to 65.9p over the period. The main driver of the uplift was a reassessment of the valuation of OTM’s Riva asset – a large parcel of development land. OTM sold part of […]

20 Dec 2013

Spark Ventures : SPK – interim results

Over the six months to the end of September 2013 SPK’s NAV fell to 11.4p, in part following a 2p per share distribution to shareholders but also due to operating losses and write downs in the values of some assets. Since the period end Spark has sold notonthehighstreet for £11m. The Board hopes to make […]

20 Dec 2013

Hammerson : HMSO – sells shopping centre for £202m

Hammerson, as part of a 50:50 jv with Aviva, are selling Queensgate Shopping Centre in Peterborough for £202m, equivalent to a yield of 6.4%. Hammerson says it is planning to put the money towards its development and refurbishment programme for 2014 and says it is also considering selective acquisitions.  

20 Dec 2013

Primary Health Properties : PHP – invests in medical centre for £3m

PHP is funding (for £3.1m) the construction of a medical centre in Nottingham to be completed in 2015

20 Dec 2013

London Metric Property : LMP – two transactions

LMP has announced it is buying Royal Mail’s distribution centre in Daventry for £36m (on a yield of 6.7%) and selling a retail park in Congleton for £16.4m (the sale price equates to a yield of 5.8%, the park was acquired in Jun 2011 for £14.9m). After these transactions, LMP’s portfolio has 23%invested in distribution assets. […]

20 Dec 2013

New City Energy : NCE – annual results

New City’s annual results for the year ended 30 September 2013 show a fall in the NAV of 19.2% and in the share price of 6.5%. The performance is attributed to falling commodity prices (on fears of slowing Chinese growth) and the strength of Sterling over the period. the Board has negotiated a reduction in the […]

20 Dec 2013

John Laing Infrastructure : JLIF – completes acquisition

JLIF has completed its acquisition of a 75% stake in the North Staffordshire Hospital project

20 Dec 2013

JP Morgan Indian : JII – annual results

Over the year ended 30 September 2013 the NAV fell by 13.7%, slightly more than the fall in the value of the benchmark, the , which fell by 12.7%. JII’s discount widened resulting in a share price return of -17.6%. The managers point to overweights, relative to the benchmark, in Infrastructure Finance Development Corporation and cement […]

20 Dec 2013

Candover Investments : CDI – debt refinancing

Candover has extended the maturity on its US$ debt with an issue of new notes with a coupon of 7.02% and a maturity of 31 December 2015. The Board felt it wanted to wanted to protect the fund from any potential shortfall if the current investment disposal programme failed to free up sufficient cash to […]

20 Dec 2013

BlackRock Income : BRIG – annual results

BRIG’s results for the year ended 31 October 2013 show an NAV return of 16.2% and a share price return of 24.3% as compared to a return from the FTSE All-Share Index of 22.8%. BRIG’s total dividend for the year has been increased to 5.5p (from 5.25p) and is now fully covered by revenue. It […]

20 Dec 2013

JP Morgan Brazil : JPB – interim results

The six months to 31st October 2013 was not a good one for JP Morgan Brazil as the NAV and share price fell by more than the fund’s benchmark index. Over the period the NAV return was -16.6%, the share price return -15% and the MSCI 10/40 Brazil index fell by 9.3% in Sterling terms (3.5% […]

20 Dec 2013

LXB Retail Properties : LXB – update on buybacks

LXB’s sale of its Sainsbury’s and M&S investments at Greenwich has completed as planned, releasing £58m of sales proceeds. LXB’s Board plans to return “a substantial proportion” of this money to shareholders by buying in shares. At last night’s close LXB’s market capitalisation was just over £250m; what proportion of the company’s share capital will […]

19 Dec 2013

Terra Catalyst : TCF – interim results

TCF, a fund of property funds that is gradually liquidating its portfolio, has announced interim results for the period ending 30 September 2013. At that date TCF’s NAV was 86.4p and, following a compulsory redemption of shares in October, the NAV had risen to 96.2p by the end of October. There are now only two assets in […]

19 Dec 2013

Artemis Alpha : ATS – interim results

Artemis Alpha, the UK equity growth investment trust, has released interim results for the six months ended 31 October 2013 that show its portfolio comfortably outperformed its benchmark, the FTSE All-Share index. ATS’s NAV return was 13.1% over the period while the index returned 7.7%. Three stocks in ATS’s unquoted portfolio were written up – Metapack (a business […]

19 Dec 2013

London Metric Property : LMP – £175m aquisition

LMP is buying (as part of a jv) a 30.5% stake in 22 retail warehouses, four industrial units and a headquarters building – all rented to DFS – for £175m. LMP is managing the properties and will get 4% of rents as a fee.  

19 Dec 2013

Bilfinger Berger Infrastructure : BBGI – acquisition

BBGI has acquired an additional 50% stake in Golden Ears Bridge (pictured, a concession to manage and operate a bridge near Vancouver, Canada which has been open since 2009) and Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, Canada (the project is expected to be completed and operating by March 2016).  

18 Dec 2013
18 Dec 2013

Picton Property Income : PCTN – sells two assets

Sale of two non-core assets for 15% more than their value at the end of September Picton has sold Highgrove Industrial Estate, Portsmouth and Spencers Wood near Reading for £4.89m. Picton plans to use the proceeds from this and other sales to make larger acquisitions.

18 Dec 2013

Polar Capital Global Healthcare Growth & Income : PCGH – annual results

Results for the year ended 30 September 2013 PCGH’s NAV total return was 21.0%, adjusted for the likely impact of PCGH’s subscription shares being exercised, and 23.2% without making that adjustment. The benchmark, the MSCI All Countries World Index Healthcare Index, returned 25.4%. The Board say that the main reason for the underperformance relative to the […]

18 Dec 2013

Trinity Capital : TRC – interim results

Interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2013 Trinity’s net asset value per share at the end of September was 14pence. At the end of March the equivalent figure was 18pence (adjusting for the 5pence per share distribution Trinity made to shareholders in September). Most of the fall in the asset value is accounted for by […]

18 Dec 2013

JP Morgan Senior Loan : JPSL – new issue

JP Morgan Senior Loans started trading this morning. 79m shares were issued at £1 per share. The fund is domiciled in Guernsey and managed by Jim Shanahan and Bill Morgan from J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s High Yield team, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. JPSL will invest in a broadly diversified portfolio of floating-rate debt instruments, at least 80% […]

17 Dec 2013

Geiger Counter : GCL – annual results

Geiger Counter has published its results for the year ended 30 September 2013. Over the year GCL’s NAV fell by 29% and its share price by 24%. The main problem for the fund (which is focused on the uranium market) has been the consequences of the Fukushima disaster on the current and potentially the future […]

17 Dec 2013

VinaLand : VNL – issues ZDPs at 8% GRY

VNL has raised £15m by issuing zero dividend preference shares with a life of three years and repayable at 126p, equivalent to a gross redemption yield of 8%.

17 Dec 2013

Aberdeen New Dawn : ABD – interim results

Results for the six months ended 31 October 2013 show the fund underperforming its benchmark, the MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex Japan Index. Over the period ABD’s NAV fell by 4.4%, its share price by 7.9% and the index by 1.8%. The manager attributes this, in part, to ABD’s asset allocation (which is driven by […]

17 Dec 2013

Redefine International : RDI – sells two properties

Redefine has sold two sites in Harrow for £13.77m (12.4% more than their valuation at the end of August 2013). The sites have been acquired by Redrow Homes.

17 Dec 2013

London Metric Property : LMP – sell property in Leatherhead

LMP has sold Unilever House in Leatherhead for £75.8m (equivalent to a yield of 5.9%). LMP had bought the property in June 2012 for £61.15m.

17 Dec 2013

Sirius Real Estate : SRE – renegotiates bank debt

Sirius has announced that it has signed a €32.5m banking facility with Macquarie, €22m of which has been used to repay loans to RBS – Sirius has repaid its RBS facility in full. The balance of the Macquarie money has been used to part repay money owed to Berlin Hyp AG and Sirius says it […]

17 Dec 2013

St. Peter Port Capital : SPPC – interim results

St. Peter Port is a fund of pre IPO investments (companies that are planning to list or have another exit opportunity for their shareholders in the offing). In its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2013, SPPC announced that its net asset value fell by 10.4%. They attributed this, largely, to the strengthening of […]

17 Dec 2013

Midas Income & Growth : MIGT – interim results

Over the six months to end October 2013 MIGT delivered an NAV return of 6.8% – well ahead of its objective which is to beat 3 month LIBOR +3% with low volatility (MIGT’s annualised volatility was 8.3% over the period vs. 12.8% for the FTSE All-Share Index). MIGT’s Chairman has said that he believes the […]

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