Real Estate Investors has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 30 June 2015. The company converted to a Real Estate Investment Trust with effect from 1 January 2015 and so these are its first results under the new structure. During the period, the company’s ERA NAV rose 4% to 63.6p per share whilst […]
City Natural Resources High Yield Trust has released its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2015. These show that, during the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of -20.9% thereby underperforming its benchmark (a composite of the Credit Suisse High Yield and HSBC Mining indices), which returned -14.9%. Arguably reflecting market […]
Marwyn Value Investors has announced the sale of its remaining interest in Entertainment One. The company says that, following the sale, approximately £10m will be returned to shareholders under its distribution policy for net capital gains. The £10m is in addition to the £5.3 million still to be returned following the initial disposal of Entertainment One in July […]
The Board of Advance Developing Markets Fund Limited announces that it has been informed by Advance Emerging Capital Limited, the investment manager of ADMF, that an agreement has been reached with Aberdeen Asset Management PLC whereby Aberdeen will acquire 100% ownership of Advance Emerging Capital. The transaction is subject, inter alia, to regulatory approval from the UK […]
Central Asia Metals reported EBITDA of US$16.0 million for H1 2015 against US$21.8 million for the corresponding period of 2014. The decline is attributed to the fall in the average copper price received (US$$5,936/t compared with US$7,049/t a year earlier. Because of this, and despite an increase in copper sales, gross revenue fell 10% to […]
Empiric Student Property has published results covering the year to the end of June 2015. At the end of June the NAV was 103.2 pence per share, a 5.2% increase from an opening NAV of 98.1 pence as at 30 June 2014 and net of all property acquisition costs. £218.8m of the portfolio valuation was attributable to operating assets, […]
AEW UK REIT has announced the completion of a further acquisition for £5.3m (net of acquisition costs) of 1-15 Fargate & 18-36 Chapel Walk, Sheffield. The two properties provides a total of 40,128sq ft with 8 retail units spread over basement, ground and first floors. Two of the retail units front onto the pedestrianised Fargate Street with six […]
The board of directors (the “Board”) of The Cayenne Trust plc (the “Company”) announced on 3 August 2015 its intention to bring forward the Company’s liquidation and identify a rollover option for shareholders. The Company received a number of proposals and, after due consideration, the Board is pleased to announce that it has agreed terms with F&C Managed […]
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (SREI) has announced that it has exchanged a conditional agreement for Lease, with Premier Inn Hotels, for a pre-letting of a new 96 bedroom hotel within Arndale House in Leeds (pictured). SREI acquired the Arndale Centre in Leeds, a multi-let retail, leisure and office property totalling 125,834 sq ft that is […]
Invista European Real Estate has announced that its mezzanine lender, Islay Investment S.à r.l. (an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies) has called for repayment of its mezzanine loans. As Invista is unable to repay the loans, the lender has enforced its security over the entire interests of Invista. The enforcement has followed a […]
Qatar Investment Fund has announced its results for the year ended 30 June 2015. The fund’s net asset value rose by 8.4% compared to 6.2% for the Qatar Exchange and a rise of 4.6% in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Shareholders received a 3.5c per share dividend in January and the Board proposes to pay an increased […]
In Newcastle Empiric Student Property will acquire on practical completion the freehold of a turnkey student accommodation and retail scheme, Metrovick House (pictured), in central Newcastle for £7.4m (excluding costs). The property, which is the Group’s second acquisition in Newcastle, is located in the city centre with excellent transport links and is walking distance from the City’s […]
Public Service Properties has reported its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2015. The NAV at 30 June 2015 was 49.1p. In March 2015 the Company completed the disposal of its investment in the UK healthcare sector with the sale of companies, businesses and assets at a gross sale value of approximately £34.5m […]
North Atlantic Smaller Companies generated an 11.8% return on net assets for the six months ended 31 July 2015, well ahead of the return on comparable indices such as the S&P 500 which returned 1.7%, the Russell 2000 which returned 2.5% or the FTSE All-Share which returned 0.9%. The share price appreciated by 10.7%. The […]
At a time when the gold price is offering gold producers few favours, they have responded by cutting operating costs, the one variable they have a certain amount of control over. According to Metals Focus’ latest Gold Mine Cost Service, global gold total cash costs averaged US$664/oz in Q2 2015, a drop of 2% q-o-q […]
Murray Income underperformed over the year to the end of June 2015 delivering a negative 2.2% return on net assets compared to a positive 2.6% return on its benchmark, the FTSE All-Share Index. The fund’s discount widened as well leaving shareholders with a 5.7% loss for the year. The dividend was increased from 31.25p to […]
Pacific Horizon has published results for the year ended 31 July 2015. Over the year the fund delivered an NAV return of -1.6% a bit behind the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index which decreased by 0.9%. shareholders did better however as the share price increased by 2.2% and the discount narrowed from 11.5% […]
CatCo Reinsurance Opportunities has announced that its investment manager, CATCo Investment Management Ltd. has agreed to sell substantially all its assets to Markel Corporation, a U.S. based diverse financial holding company whose principal business markets and underwrites specialty insurance products. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Markel has a market capitalisation of approximately $11.5 […]
Pacific Alliance China Land Limited says it has completed the listing and auction process with the Shanghai United Asset and Equity Exchange to sell its minority stake in a large parcel of land in Shanghai which is near to the future Disneyland location. The sale is expected to close by the end of September 2015, at […]
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), part of the Anglo American group, has agreed to sell its Rustenburg platinum operations to South African gold producer, Sibanye Gold. The total consideration payable is a minimum of R4.5 billion, consisting of an upfront payment of R1.5 billion in cash or shares and a deferred consideration equal to 35% of […]
Crystal Amber has published results for the year ended 30 June 2015. Over the year its NAV rose by 4.6% to 168.26 pence. The dividend increased tenfold from 0.5p to 5p. The total return per share for the year was 5% which compares unfavourably to the FTSE 250 total return of 14.5% and FTSE Small Cap total return of […]
Empiric Student Property is expanding in Exeter with the acquisition, subject to planning, of a site on Bonhay Road, Exeter, for a price of £2.5m. The site is to be developed into a 139 bed new-build premium student accommodation scheme and a forward funding development agreement is expected to be entered into shortly. The Group […]
Cambria Africa has published results for the year ended 31 August 2014 and interims or the six months ended 28 February 2015 and consequently has successfully applied for a restoration of trading in its shares. Key events for the 2014 financial year were: On 8 May 2014, the Company disposed of the Southerton property, which […]
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has published results for the six months ended 31 July 2015. It was a great period for shareholders in the fund as the net asset value per share (after deducting borrowings at fair value) rose by 17.0% compared to a 6.1% rise in the MSCI Japan Small Cap Index and the share […]
Glencore has suspended mining at two of its higher cost copper mines – Katanga, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mopani, in Zambia. The operations are expected to remain closed for 18 months until the completion of the expansionary and upgrade projects, which are planned to reduce operational costs. The suspension of these operations […]
GCP Student Living is expanding its management team with the appointment of Nick Barker, former Head of Alternatives, Property at Schroder Property Investment Management. Previous to this he was Assistant fund manager for Schroder UK Property Fund (SPF), based in London. He joined Schroders in September 2007 following 3 years with Cushman & Wakefield Investors, […]
Condor Gold has initiated a formal strategic review of its business in the light of the relatively low gold price and the lack of appetite for equity financing in the junior exploration sector. The company is a gold explorer which has developed the high grade La India project, in Nicaragua, through to the Pre-Feasibility Study […]
Ludgate Environmental has published results for the year ended 30 June 2015. Its net asset value fell from 66.5p to 60.6p over the period. At an EGM on 1st September 2014 shareholders voted to extend the life of LEF to 30th June 2018 with the expectation that the portfolio would be mostly sold by mid […]
