Aberdeen Private Equity has published results for the year ended 31 March 2015 that show it generating a return on net assets of 18.2% and a share price return of 15.5%. A dividend (roughly 10% of distributions received by the fund) is payable, this worked out at 2.2p for the period – 10% up on […]
Better Capital has published figures for its 2009 and 2012 cells for the year ended 31 March 2015. For the 2009 cell the net asset value grew by 11% driven by solid performance from two of the investee companies in Fund I, Gardner and Santia. For the 2012 cell, the combination of write-downs in City […]
Kennedy Wilson Europe has issued £300m of bonds. These have been rated BBB. The bonds, which are unsecured, have an annual fixed coupon to the Company of 3.95%, which was effectively reduced to 3.35% as a result of KWE entering into swap arrangements to convert 50% of the proceeds into Euros. Interest on the Unsecured Bonds is […]
NextEnergy Solar results for the year ended 31 March 2015 have been published. The NAV rose from 100p to 103.3p over the period. Energy generation was 23.2GW, 4.8% above budget. Lower energy prices than forecast meant that this translated into revenues 1.9% above budget or earnings of 9.13p per share, from which they are paying dividends […]
ARC Capital has requested that its shares be suspended from trading pending the finalisation of its report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2014. ARCH : ARC Capital suspends trading
Dolphin has put out a statement following the imposition of capital controls within Greece. It says the cash balances of the Group’s subsidiaries deposited with banks operating in Greece as at 26 June 2015 amounts in aggregate to €1.5m and the largest part of the Greek deposits relates to working capital used in the operations of […]
Globalworth Real Estate has just published its results for the year ended 31 December 2014. In brief, the EPRA NAV rose from €6.03 to €8.09. Underlying EPS was 16.1% higher at €2.02. The loan to value rose from 29.5% to 34.4%. the weighted average cost of debt is 3.99%, down from 5.95% with a weighted […]
LondonMetric Property has acquired a Next Distribution warehouse for £29m, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.3%. The off market acquisition is from a private property company and will be funded from the Company’s existing resources. The warehouse is located two miles north west of Junction 38 of the A1(M) in South Elmsall, Doncaster near […]
Treveria has published results for the year ended 31 December 2014. Briefly, the NAV fell to 5.1 cents (€30.7m) from 7.9 cents but the German tax authorities want €45m in Real Estate transfer Tax off them. They are disputing this but one legal challenge has failed and they must now decided if they want to […]
Hg Capital has announced the sale of its interest in SimonsVoss to Allegion plc. Hg Capital Trust’s share of the deal is £18.6m – at this price the fund’s NAV is uplifted by £2.3m. They say the NAV will rise to 1,215.6 pence per share – an uplift of 6.1 pence. SimonsVoss is a European leader […]
Henderson High Income has decided that it wants to take advantage of the low interest rate environment by issuing £20m of fixed rate notes. These have a 19 year life and pay a coupon fixed at 3.67%. The funding date is 8 July 2015 with interest payable semi-annually in arrears. The principal repayment date will be 8 […]
Oakley Capital has announced that it has sold most of its German on-line price comparison business, Verivox, to ProSiebenSat.1 for €200m making a 15x return on its original investment or an IRR of 73%. Verivox was held within its first fund, Fund I. Under the terms of the deal, Fund I could earn a further €50m […]
The year to the end of April 2015 was a good one for Invesco Asia as the fund generated a return on net assets of 28.3% and a return to shareholders of 29.4%, both well ahead of the 22.7% return on the company’s outgoing benchmark – MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex Japan Index (to […]
Over the 12 months to the end of April 2015 Aberdeen New Dawn generated a total return on net assets of 17.1% and a return to shareholders of 14.3%. Unfortunately the company’s benchmark did much better – the MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex Japan Index returned 22.7%. The dividend was increased to 3.8p from […]
Smaller Companies Dividend Trust has reported its annual figures covering the year to the end of April 2015. Over this period the total return on the portfolio was 6.9%, adjusting for the effects of the zero dividend preference shares, this made the return in the net asset value of the ordinary shares 7.2%. The ordinary […]
Advance Developing Markets has released its interim results covering the six months to the end of April 2015. Over that period the total return on net assets was 6.9% and the return to shareholders 6.6% while the return on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index was 8.3%. The manager’s report says that being underweight China at […]
MedicX has announced that it is making its first foray into the Irish market with a €10.1m deal to fund a new primary healthcare medical centre in Mullingar, Westmeath. The property is due to be completed in August 2016. The completed development will be let to a number of GPs and the Health Service Executive […]
Utilico Emerging Markets has announced results for the year that ended on 31 March 2015. Over this period he fund produced a total return on net assets of 12.2%. This is marginally less than the 13.2% return generated on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The dividend was maintained at 6.1p. The manager’s report analyses the […]
Worldwide Healthcare’s results for the year ended 31 March 2015 reflect the strength of the healthcare market over that period but also considerable outperformance by the manager. The NAV return for the year was 53% – more than 17% ahead of the 35.9% return on their benchmark (the MSCI World Health Care Index). The return […]
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies underperformed a little against the Numis Smaller Companied ex Investment Companies Index over the year to the end of March 2015 as its NAV total return was -2.7% whilst the benchmark’s was -0.3%. The return to shareholders was -6.9% however as the discount widened from 12.9% to 16.5%. The final dividend was increased […]
Over the six months to the end of April 2015, BlackRock Income & Growth delivered a total return on net assets of 13.1% and a return to shareholders of 14.6%, both well ahead of the 9.2% return posted by the FTSE All-Share Index for the period. The shares moved to trade at a discount of […]
Custodian REIT is spending £4.2m to buy a 3.5 acre plot and fund the development of a warehouse unit at Kingswood Lakeside, Cannock, adjacent to the A5 and Junction T7 of the M6 Toll, and three miles from the M6. The development comprises a 63,000 sq ft warehouse unit, with construction being phased over an […]
Over the year to the end of March 2015, Hansa Trust’s net asset value fell by 4.9% and the A share price fell by 5.7%, leaving them trading on a 27.3% discount. The dividend was maintained at 16p. By contrast, the MSCI World Index rose by 16.8% in Sterling terms over that period. Hansa though reports only on […]
Henderson Opportunities has published interim results for the six months ended 30 April 2015. Over that period the FTSE All-Share Index returned 9.2% but the fund’s net asset value returned almost double that, 17.6%. Unfortunately for shareholders though, the discount widened from 3% to 12.1% and so the return to shareholders was just 7.5% – […]
Invesco Property Income has sold the last of its property portfolio to Kildare Partners and will now wind up. All the money will go to pay back the company’s lenders and shareholders won’t get anything. The shares will be delisted once this is approved at the company’s AGM (due soon). IPI : Invesco Property Income […]
Caledonia is buying a majority stake in 7 investment management in a deal that values the business at £100m. 7IM was established in 2002 by its co-founders, Chief Executive Officer, Tom Sheridan, and Head of Corporate Development, Justin Urquhart Stewart, along with their Chief Finance Officer, Charles Sparrow, and has grown from its seven founder […]
Over the six months ended 30 April 2015, Henderson Diversified Income outperformed its benchmark, generating a total return on net assets of 5.2% as compared to 1.3% for the benchmark (three month sterling Libor plus 2.00%). The share price return was 5.9%. They have declared dividends totalling 2.5p for the period. The manager says sovereign […]
New City Energy results for the six months ended 31 March 2015 show the fund suffering in the wake of falling oil prices. The total return on net assets was -36.6% and the share price return was -37.4%. Two interim dividends of 0.42p have been paid for the period. The managers’ report highlights those companies […]
Nimrod Sea Assets has updated its dividend policy. it plans to pay quarterly dividends of 2 cents per share between now and March 2016. The review was triggered in part by the following news. One of its investments, mv red 7 Alliance has been given notice that Red7Marine Offshore Limited (the charterer of the vessel) had […]
Custodian REIT has announced the acquisition of a portfolio of 10 properties. Six are high street shops, spread around the UK, with an average lot size of £1.21m. Four are industrial units with an average lot size of £1.83m. They say locations include Chester, St Albans, Bristol, Farnborough and Kettering and tenants within the portfolio include BSS […]
