QIL : Qannas investing in Hard Rock Cafes Qannas Investments is funding the establishment of three Hard Rock cafes in Eastern Europe the first of which is to be located in the Atlas Capital Centar in Podgorica, Montenegro. Qannas is putting up $3m to fund the development. They say the running of the café will sit within […]
SMT : Strong performance helps Scottish Mortgage become no.1 Scottish Mortgage beat the FTSE All-Share Index by some margin over the six months that ended on 30 September 2014. Over that period the total return on net assets was 9.0% vs. 4.4% for the index. What’s more, the fund’s rating improved so that the return […]
RSE : Riverstone Energy says CNOR investing in Tourmaline Canadian Non-Operated Resources Corp, which Riverstone funded in August 2014, is investing to take a 25% interest in Tourmaline Oil’s Peace River High operated area in Alberta, Canada. They get 25% of the existing complex (all lands, wells, production, reserves, and facilities) for C$500m. Tourmaline will use the […]
SOI : Scottish Oriental Income lags benchmark marginally Schroder Oriental Income’s results for the year ended 31 August 2014 have been published this morning. It just failed to match the return on its benchmark index, the MSCI All Countries Pacific ex Japan, delivering a total return of 10.9% for the period vs. the index’s 11.3%. […]
AGR : Assura adds another 11 medical centres Assura Group is buying a portfolio of 11 medical centres for £63.6m. The 11 medical centres have an average lot size of £5.7m, an unexpired lease term of 20.3 years and the majority are under five years old. The centres support the work of approximately 90 GPs […]
3IN : 3i Infrastructure makes 10% in first half Strong performance from 3i Infrastructure’s European portfolio and rolling stock investments helped drive a 10.6% return on net assets for the fund for the six months that ended on 30th September. 3i Infrastructure holds two rail rolling stock investments – Eversholt Rail and XLT. Strong competition […]
HNE : Henderson Eurotrust writes down OW Bunker Henderson Eurotrust is writing down the value of its investment in OW Bunker to zero. this was 1.13% of the portfolio at 31 October 2014. The reason for the write down says HNE is that fraud has been discovered in OW Bunker’s Singaporean subsidiary. The write down […]
ALAI : Tough year for Aberdeen Latin American Income Aberdeen Latin American Income underperformed its benchmark over the year that ended on 31 August 2014. The total return on net assets was 10.4% vs. a return of 12.7% for the benchmark (60% MSCI EM Latin America 10/40 Index and 40% JP Morgan GBI-EM Global Diversified (Latin […]
CREI : Custodian REIT buys in Warrington Custodian REIT is buying a warehouse in Warrington let to JTF Wholesale Limited for £6m. The 112,435 sq ft warehouse sits on 6.84 acres of land on the Chesford Grange estate in Warrington – just off j21 of the M6 motorway. JTF Wholesale Limited operate 13 wholesale warehouses around […]
EFM : Edinburgh Dragon hurt by Standard Chartered and City Developments Edinburgh Dragon underperformed its benchmark over the year that ended on 31 August 2014, delivering a 10.4% return on net assets as compared to a 13.2% return, in Sterling terms, on the MSCI All Countries Asia ex Japan Index. The report says the problem […]
INPP : International Public Partnerships makes biggest ever investment International Public Partnerships has completed an investment into the Lincs offshore transmission project, committing £171m to it – the company’s largest single investment to date. The project links the 270MW Lincs windfarm to the National Grid via 100 kilometres of subsea cables and other related infrastructure […]
SST : Wee-Li back in charge as SST outperforms Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies has managed to outperform its benchmark for the year that ended on 31 August 2014. Over the period the fund generated a return on net assets of 13.5% vs. 13.0% for the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Smaller Companies Index. Shareholders did […]
NSA : Nimrod Sea Assets buys Remote Sub support ship Nimrod Sea Assets is paying $9.6m for a 51% stake in Altus Subsea DIS which will purchase the Remote Operated Vehicle Support Vessel, Altus Invictus, from Hallin Marine currently under bareboat charter to Marine Engineering and Diving Services for a further 4.5 years. As part […]
NESF : NextEnergy results highlight growth potential NextEnergy Solar has published its first set of results – interims covering the period from 20 December 2013 to 30 September 2014. The net asset value increased from 100p to 103.1p over this period. they bought seven solar farms, with production capacity of 68MW, spending 94% of the money they raised […]
LMP : LondonMetric Property sells 1 Carter Lane LondonMetric Property has announced that it has sold 1 Carter lane, an office development near St. Pauls in London, for £124.8m net (£138.8m gross adjusted for rent free deductions). They expect the deal to complete in January 2015. The 129,081 sq ft property is 73% let by […]
PSPI : Public Service Properties selling assets in Germany Public Service Properties has announced the sale of two care homes in Langen and Luzerath in Germany leased to Marseille Kliniken AG. They will get €13.4m in cash and will use €10.7m of the proceeds to pay down debt associated with their German investments – reducing the […]
AGR : Assura adds four medical centres Assura Group is buying one medical centre and has completed the development of three others. The developments cost £11m to build and are located in Lanchester, Market Weighton and Blaenavon. The acquisition is of a medical centre in Wellington and cost £1.75m. The developments are let for an average […]
ERE : Eredene Capital to conduct tender and leave AIM Eredene Capital has announced that it will use the proceeds of recent disposals to fund a tender offer for shareholders – the terms of which are an offer for 12% of the company at 10p per share (vs. the current share price of 4.75p) – […]
IBT : International Biotech fee cut International Biotechnology Trust has announced its results for the year that ended on 31 August 2014. They show the net asset value rising by 26.4% which lags the return on the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index which returned 33.2% in Sterling terms. Shareholders were impacted by a widening of IBT’s discount […]
THRL : Target Healthcare REIT invests in Yorkshire and Lancashire Target Healthcare REIT has announced that it has bought three purpose built care homes located in Yorkshire and Lancashire for a total of £13.3m The three homes are in Fleetwood, Lancashire (pictured); Rastrick, West Yorkshire; and Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire. Between them they have a total […]
HSTN : Hansteen sells industrial portfolio Hansteen Holdings has sold its interest in the the Hansteen UK Industrial Property Unit Trust for £146.1m. The deal was done in two parts with Brockton Capital LLP (“Brockton Capital”) in a partnership with Dunedin Property paying £110.5m for the portfolio excluding Saltley Business Park and a separate 50/50 joint venture between […]
FSV : Fidelity Special Values maintains run of outperformance Fidelity Special Values managed to beat the FTSE All-Share Index over the year to the end of August 2014, the third successive year that it has done so, delivering a total return of 10.7% on net assets vs. a return of 10.3% for the index. The fund’s […]
FAIR : Fair Oaks 88% committed Fair Oaks Income Fund says it plans to acquire $26m of equity notes that make up 51% of the equity of a new CLO, Covenant Credit Partners CLO II Ltd. Covenant Credit Partners CLO II Ltd is a $500m CLO backed by a portfolio of broadly syndicated secured loans to […]
BKSA : Black Sea Property requisition The board of Black Sea Property has received a requisition from Fitel Nominees Limited seeking to requisition an extraordinary general meeting of the Company for the purpose of considering resolutions to remove the entire board other than Antony Gardner-Hillman and to appoint Trevor Hunt and Alexander Borrelli as directors. […]
BSET : British Assets moves to BlackRock British Assets Trust has announced that, following a review by the Board, it will move its management contract from F&C to BlackRock. At the same time shareholders will be asked to vote in favour of the adoption of a new investment objective and policy for the fund. They […]
IIP : Infrastructure India unit restructures debt Infrastructure India’s Distribution Logistics Infrastructure business (the new name for Vikram Logistic & Maritime Services) has agreed to restructure the debt it owes to its banks. It was paying 15.5% interest on loans with a maturity date of 2020. Under the new deal it won’t have to repay […]
ESP: Empiric Student Property raising £66m cash to fund further asset purchases Empiric Student Property has published a prospectus to raise up to £66m initially through an open offer and placing of 65m shares, with the potential to issue up to 300m shares during the next 12 months. ESP IPO’d on the London Stock Exchange on 30 June […]
SDU : Schroder UK Growth sticks with Schroders The Board of Schroder UK Growth has been mulling who should be managing the fund post the departure of Julie Dean from Schroders (she has just turned up at Sanditon) and has decided to retain Schroders as the manager. The day-today manager of the fund will be […]
ESP : Empiric Student Property expands in Cardiff Empiric Student Property has announced the exchange of contracts on two freehold properties in Cardiff that are purpose built student accommodation blocks. They are paying £3.5m for Alwyn Court (pictured), on Salisbury Road in Cardiff. This block is up and running with 51 beds and communal facilities. They […]
RDI : Positive year for Redefine International Over the year to the end of August 2014 Redefine International’s net asset value rose from 38.7p to 40.5p. It declared dividends of 3.2p for the year, 2.1% up on the year before. £162.5m of banking facilities were extended or refinanced over the period, extending average debt maturity to […]
