A quick summary of interim results for periods ended 30 June 2015 announced on 28 August 2015 Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Income NAV total return 15.8%, share price total return 21.8%. Well ahead of FTSE Small Cap Index ex Investment Companies return of 11.9%. Outperformance helped by bids for Domino Printing and Anite Candover NAV […]

F&C Private Equity’s NAV total return for the six months ended 30 June 2015 was 2.7% and its share price total return was 1.6%. The interim dividend is 5.58p per Ordinary Share. Currency took 2.3% off the NAV. The largest realisation, of £8.6m, was the sale of the co-investment in SMD Hydrovision, to Chinese buyer ZhouZou CSR. […]

A quick summary of interim results for periods ended 30 June 2015 announced on 27 August 2015 Ashmore Global Opportunities The Company’s Net Asset Values (“NAVs”) per share have fallen slightly from $5.28 and 521p at the end of 2014 to $5.20 and 511p  as at 30 June 2015.  The US$ and GBP share prices […]

Nord Gold increased its net profit in H1 2015 to US$134.7 million, up by 83% from H1 2014. EPS were US$0.33 against US$0.17 in the previous half year. EBITDA for H1 2015 was US$332.1 million, up 36%. The main reasons for the improved performance were an increase in gold production coupled with a dramatic reduction […]

Hansteen is raising £40m at 110p per share to help fund the acquisition of a further £103.7m of units (35.7% of the fund) in the Ashtenne Industrial Fund. They say the deal represents an acquisition of £156.8m of UK industrial property valued at a yield of 8.3 per cent. The price is an effective c.5% discount […]

F&C Commercial Property Trust says it returned 8.2% on net assets over the first half of 2015. The return to shareholders was 5.7%. Shareholders got six, monthly dividends of 0.5p – keeping them on rack for their 6p target dividend for the year. The return on the property portfolio was 7.4%, ahead of the total […]

VPC Speciality Lending has published its first set of figures covering the period from launch to 30 June 2015. The net asset value at the end of the period was 99.62p and the share price was 102p. The first interim dividend of 0.9p was declared in August. The proceeds of the IPO had been fully […]

Pan African Resources has cautioned that one of the business partners of its Phoenix Platinum Mining subsidiary has entered into ‘Business Rescue’ in South Africa. Business Rescue is a statutory means of enabling a financially distressed company to continue business, under the supervision of a Business Rescue Practitioner, protected from its creditors. The company in […]

Symphony International says its NAV fell 5.9% to $1.2685 from $1.3473 over the first half of 2015. Symphony’s share price was $0.75 at the period end. The discount to NAV that Symphony’s share price traded on 30 June 2015 was 40.9%. They say the change in NAV was predominantly due to a weakening of the share prices […]

NB Distressed Debt said a difficult market environment led to falls in NAVs across its portfolios. It exited five investments during the first six months of 2015 which generated total returns of $9.3 million over the life of the investments. Over the first half of 2015, NB Distressed Debt distributed a further $30m to investors in the […]

Dexion Absolute has decided to shut its US dollar and Euro share classes on the grounds that they have become too small – shareholders will get the chance to switch into the sterling class. In its interim report (covering the first half of 2015), Dexion said the NAV returns on its Sterling, Euro and Dollar classes […]

International Public Partnerships reported growth of its assets of 1.5% to £1.08bn with NAV per share increasing 1.3% to 128.6 pence (31 December 2014: 127.0 pence) for the first half of 2015. similar assets. The portfolio delivered a return of 6.1%, reflecting the move in market pricing of these assets, notably an uplift in the value of Angel […]

Foresight Solar has announced the completion of its acquisition of the 34.7MW Port Farm asset, located in Wiltshire. The solar farm was connected to the Grid in March 2015 and has received Renewable Obligation Certificate (“ROC”) accreditation at the rate of 1.4ROCs/MWh. The acquisition has increased the Company’s net portfolio of assets to 322MW. The deal has […]

https://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/articles/feast-on-dividends We explore what’s on the menu for investors wanting to earn a tasty income via stocks, funds and ETFs Bank of England governor Mark Carney’s hint earlier that interest rates could start rising by the ‘turn of the year’ is unlikely to dampen the attraction of equities as a core source of income for […]

Ukraine Opportunities reports that its NAV fell from $3.567 to $3.20 over the first half of 2015. The share price move was more dramatic – a fall from $3.10 to $2.20 – as the discount moved from 13.2% to 33.5%. The Board made the following statement: “Having consulted with its major shareholders, and taking into […]

Starwood European Real Estate Finance has published its interim results covering the six month period to the end of June 2015. As at 30 June 2015, the Net Asset Value was 99.94 pence per Ordinary Share and the share price was 107.25 pence. The Board believes that competition to provide loans is increasing and Starwood […]

A quick summary of interim results for periods ended 30 June 2015 announced on 26 August 2015 APAX Global Alpha reported its first set of results since listing. Its NAV was up 8% over H1 2015 t0 €1.79. BH Global said at the six month stage on 30 June 2015 the Net Asset Value per […]

Minerals royalty company, Anglo Pacific Group, reported a loss after tax of £8.8 million (5.8p/share) for the six months to end June 2015, an improvement from the £23.0 million loss (20.8p/share) reported in the corresponding period of 2014. Results were impacted by writedowns on the valuation of its Kestrel coal royalty (£9.1 million on lower […]

CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities says its Euro and Sterling Ordinary shares have returned 4.8% and 5.0% respectively on a total return basis for the six months ended 30 June 2015. They have been managing the portfolio with the aim of paying an annual dividend yield of around 5%. A 2.5p / 2.5c semi-annual dividend was declared […]

BHP Billiton has posted profits for the year ended 30 June 2015 down 86% from the previous financial year to US$1.9 billion or US$0.36/share. Excluding exceptional items, attributable profit was US$7.1 billion, a reduction of 47%. Group revenue fell from US$56.8 billion to US$44.6 billion (from continuing operations) with iron ore the hardest hit sector, […]

NB Private Equity has announced interim results for the first half of 2015. It is reporting a 2.6% increase in Net Asset Value to $713.0 million (31 December 2014: $694.8 million). This was driven by unrealised gains on public and private equity holdings as well as cash and payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest on its income investment portfolio. Of the $45.1m uplift […]

Fair Oaks Income Fund  says the Fair Oaks Income Fund LP (the “Master Fund”) has entered into binding contracts to acquire, in the primary market, $28.0 million notional of equity notes, representing 73% of the total equity, and $8.6m notional of Class F notes of Shackleton 2015-VIII CLO, a new CLO backed by a portfolio […]

Industrial Multi Property Trust says its adjusted net asset value rose to 237p as at 30 June 2015 from 220p at 31 December 2014. The adjusted earnings per ordinary share worked out as a loss of 7.9 pence for the six months to 30 June 2015 (loss of 7.7 pence for the six months to 30 […]

South 32, the resources company spun out of BHP Billiton earlier this year, has reported its first annual results (on a pro-forma basis). In the financial year to end-June 2015, the company reported headline profit of US$28 million, down 56% from the previous year, leading to EPS of USc0.5, against USc1.2 previously. The results include […]

Bluefield Solar Fund is buying three solar assets: Bluefield EIS Solar Limited (“Solar EIS”), Bluefield Kite Limited (“Kite”) and Bluefield Peregrine Limited (“Peregrine”), which between them own and operate 28 solar photovoltaic (“PV”) plants (the “Plants”).  The Plants, each built and commissioned prior to the end of Q1 2012, have over three years of operational […]

Baker Steel Resources Trust reports a 4% fall in its net asset value for the six months ended 30 June 2015, much better than the 10.9% fall reported for the Euromoney Global Mining 100 Index. The report says the fall in NAV can largely be attributed to a 11.8% fall in the share price of […]

Over the six months to the end of June 2015, Acencia Debt Strategies (which is now reporting its results in US dollars for the first time) saw total return on net asset value of 1.8% to US$1.73 (NAV was flat – return is down to dividends paid). Total Shareholder returns were up 0.1% per cent to a share […]

GCP Infrastructure has completed a transaction subscribing for a loan note to be used to fund biomass plants, with a term of 17 years and a value of up to £62.9m, £36.6m of which was advanced at completion and the remainder is expected to be drawn down over the next few months subject to various conditions. The Loan […]

NewRiver Retail is buying 158 pubs from Punch Taverns for £53.5m which equates to a net initial yield of 13.61%. The projected annual profit before tax of the portfolio is circa £6m, which will generate a cash on cash equity return in excess of 20%. The acquisition of the portfolio includes circa £0.5m of fixtures, […]

Avarae Global Coins reports results for the year ended 31 March 2015. Its NAV per share increased to 14.9 pence (2014: 14.5 pence). It made sales of £630,000. Profit on ordinary activities of increased more than 50% to £380,000 up from £250,000. The full year dividend is maintained at 0.15 pence per share. The carrying value of their […]