Over the six months to the end of November 2013 M&G High Income’s package units delivered a total return of 6.1% – ahead of the returns on the FTSE 350 High Yield Index (up 2.3%) and the FTSE All-Share Index (up 3.9%). Dividends for the first half totalled 2.8p, 7.7% up on the equivalent period […]
JPEL has secured third parties to buy up t0 84m of its shares at $0.80 per share – a premium to the current share price, it will cease making capital distributions and invest up to $150m in “growth” companies. Having repaid part of its zero dividend finance, cut debt and bought back $20m worth of shares […]
HICL has sold two assets and bought another three, raising £5.8m in the process. the assets sold were HICL’s stakes in the Dorset and Swindon police projects and the assets acquired were the remaining 20% stakes they did not own in the Derby and Newport Schools projects and the Medway police project.
Over the year to the end of October 2013 HDIV’s net asset value increased from 83.3p to 87.9p ( a total return, including income, of 12.0%). The dividend rose slightly from 5p to 5.05p but the Board have said that quarterly dividends will be 1.25p for the current financial year (i.e. back to 5p again). […]
HICL has acquired an 85% interest in the University of Bourgogne PPP (four new academic buildings on the university campus) and a 90% interest in the Troisseruex by pass RD901 PPP (a 7km dual carriageway being built as a bypass for the town of Troissereux near Beauvais). The total outlay for the two projects is […]
Invesco Property Income has confirmed that its sales of an office building in Rozendal Park, Hoeilaart, Belgium (pictured) and another office building in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire have completed. the sales raised €7.96m and £3.21m for the fund respectively (uplifts of €0.16m and £1.47m over previous valuations). The proceeds have been used to repay borrowings. IPI has […]
McKay Securities has bought a 51,500sq ft office and retail building, 1 Crown, Place Woking for £6m – equivalent to an initial yield of 9.3% (an average rent of £11.60 per sq ft).
Majedie has appointed Majedie Asset Management as its sole investment manager and has decide to close its hedge fund business, Javelin Capital and redeem its £29.5m investment in Javelin Capital Emerging Markets Alpha Fund. Majedie Asset Management will purchase 10% of its share capital from Majedie Investments – reducing the fund’s interest in the asset management […]
The financial year to the end of September 2013 was transformative for Henderson Value Trust as, following a period of disappointing investment performance, the management contract moved from SVM Asset Management to Henderson Global Investors and the fund changed its name (from SVM Global). Over the year the fund’s NAV rose by 4.3%, well behind the increase in its benchmark, […]
On 9 January 2014 Schroder Real Estate raised £17.2m by issuing 35.6m new shares at 48.25p. The money has been used to buy the Arndale Centre in Headingley, near Leeds, for £16.2m. They bought the centre from the receivers. The Arndale Centre is a 125,834 sq ft retail, leisure and office estate. At the moment […]
Hammerson is acquiring a 75% stake in Saint Sebastien shopping centre in Nancy, France for £109m, equivalent to an initial yield of 6%. Recent rent deals have been agreed at a 10% uplift. Hammerson hopes to create significant value by renovating the centre, introducing a dedicated restaurant area and refreshing the tenant mix. The centre, in central […]
Derwent London has bought 22 Kingsway WC2, an eight storey, 91,400 sq ft freehold office building let to Kings College London and the 44,000 sq ft Peacock Theatre (let to the London School of Economics for just £1 per annum until 2054). The price was £59.3m (after costs), equivalent to a yield of 5.1%.
Hansteen has announced the sale of 27 assets (11 industrial estates in the South West of the UK and a further 16 individual assets) over the course of Q4 2013 for a total consideration of £76.4m. Hansteen made £4.2m profit on the sales which included the disposal of Horndon Industrial Park in Essex, the Malthouse Estate […]
After a successful year in 2013 with no significant insured losses and with 2014’s investments already made, CATCo is proposing to distribute the 20 cents per share it earned last year to shareholders. This distribution comes in addition to CATCo’s annual LIBOR +5% distribution (expected to be declared on 6 January 2014). The mechanism for achieving the […]
David Smith has been appointed co-manager of Henderson High Income – to work alongside Alex Crooke. David has worked for Henderson Global Investors for the past 11 years and has been a fund manager since 2008.
China Private equity has announced that it is buying four domestic Chinese businesses. The deals are large enough to constitute a reverse takeover under the AIM rules and so CPEH will suspend its shares and prepare a new admission document encompassing the proposed transaction. To finance the transaction, CPEH needs to raise £3m by issuing […]
SDU’s interims for the six months ended 31 October 2013 show an almost 10% outperformance of its NAV over its benchmark and a narrowing of its discount leading to further outperformance ion share price terms. Over the period the NAV returned 17.0%, the benchmark 7.7% and the share price 23.9%. These were the first results since […]
BLND has formed a jv with GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. Each party owns 50% of Broadgate and they have plans to refresh and expand the estate to benefit, inter alia, from the development of Crossrail.
JLIF has bought additional stakes in three assets – Street Lighting projects in Lambeth and Redcar and Peterborough Schools (a new build academy and the refurbishment of two secondary schools).
Caledonian’s lengthy and detailed results for the year ended 30 June 2013 show the NAV per share barely changed on the year before – 145.8p vs. 145.6p. Increased emphasis is being placed on redeveloping properties. They are considering a range of development options for their largest asset – St Margaret’s House a 92,000 sqft 1970s […]
UCP’s results for the half year ended 30 September 2013 show a fall in the NAV per share from 58p to 52p, despite an increase in the value of UCP’s property portfolio. The fall is largely attributable to the decline in the value of the Indian Rupee over the period. UCP reports increased lettings and rents […]
Using some of the cash it recently raised, BBGI has completed the acquisitions of a 58.8% interest in the E18 road between Grimstad and Kristiansand in Norway, a 24.5% equity and 40% loan interest in Mersey Care mental Health Hospital and a 100% interest in Tor Bank School.
Over the year to the end of June 2013 SAPO’s NAV fell from 87p to 69p. In part thanks to a fall in the value of the Rand.
DUPD’s interest in Henryland Group, a “big box” retail company, has been sold at a substantial discount to DUPD’s valuation at end of June 2013 – the whole asset fetched $23.7m vs. a 30 June valuation of $30.9m – DUPD owned 38%. The statement gives no reason for the substantial change in the valuation.
JRIC has bought a 61 unit apartment complex in East Village Sannomiya for Y796m. The estimated prospective net operating yield is 5.9%.
Globalworth Real Estate has bought Bucharest One – a 20 storey, 48,732 sqm office development that will be the second highest tower in Bucharest once complete. The tower is expected to be complete by Q3 2015.
MedicX has bought a primary healthcare centre in Ynyshir, Porth for £1.6m
BSIF is acquiring three additional solar plants in Hampshire, Norfolk and Glamorgan and plans to extend a plant in Oxfordshire – total cost £38.5m. Following this BSIF will have invested over 75% of the money it raised and will have investments in plants capable of generating 81MW.
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