UK Commercial Property has announced the sale of two assets from its retail portfolio, 176-206 Kensington High Street, London and 134-138 North Street, Brighton in two separate transactions for a total consideration of £82.7m, which is marginally ahead of their aggregate valuation as at 31 March 2015. The assets have been deemed to be non-core to […]

Custodian REIT has published its first set of results covering the 53 weeks to the end of March 2015. Over this period the NAV rose by 3.2% to 101.3p and the NAV total return was 7%. They paid dividends of 3.75p in the period and are proposing a final dividend of 1.5p to make a […]

UK Smaller Companies trusts were among the best performers last month, after the political uncertainty of the general election subsided. The sector performed particularly strongly in terms of both price and net asset value (NAV), according to figures from QuotedData. http://www.investmentweek.co.uk/investment-week/news/2411360/uk-small-cap-trusts-surge-as-election-fears-subside

Origo Partners has published results for the year to the end of December 2014. Over the course of 2014 the net asset value fell by 60% but, of course, this was a long time ago now. Towards the end of the period the fund switched to focus on realising its portfolio. Since the end of […]

Personal Assets’ results for the year ended 30 April 2015 have been published and they show that the net asset value rose by 4.8% in capital terms vs. 3.9% for the FTSE All-Share Index. In price terms Personal Assets rose by 5.7% as they moved from a 0.6% discount to a 0.2% premium. The quarterly dividends for the […]

EIH has published its results for the year ended 31 December 2014. The figures are a long way out of date now but for what it’s worth, the net asset value fell from 74.7 cents to 49.8 cents over the year but 26 cents of this move relates to a distribution they made to shareholders […]

DP Aircraft One has announced that it is raising $102m in order to finance the acquisition of two Boeing 787-8 aircraft (commonly known as Dreamliners) which will then be leased to Thai Airways. DPA : DP Aircraft One will buy planes for Thai Airways

Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust underperformed its benchmark, the MSCI Europe SmallCap ex UK Index, over the year to the end of March 2015 – falling by 3.6% vs. a 1.6% increase in the Index. The discount widened slightly as well leaving the share price 4.6% lower. return were held back by the weak Euro which […]

PME African Infrastructure has published results for the year ended 31 December 2014 which is quite a while ago now. For what it’s worth the net asset value fell from 46 cents to 24 cents over 2014. since the year end the company has sold its largest asset, Sheltam Holdings, for $11.5m. The deal completed […]

Establishment Investment Trust has published results for the year ended 31 March 2015. Over that period the fund delivered a return on net assets of 13.6% and a return to shareholders of 6.9%. The dividend was increased from 4.7p to 4.9p. By contrast he FTSE WMA Stock Market Balanced Index returned 12.0%. During the year […]

Over the year to the end of March 2015, Value & Income’s net asset value total return was 2.5%. This lags the 6.6% return on the FTSE All-Share Index and a widening of its discount to 15.1% meant that the return to shareholders was -1.7%. The full year dividend has been increased by 5.9% to 9p. […]

Monks has published results for the 12 months ended 30 April 2015. In the year to 30 April 2015, the net asset value total return, with borrowings at fair value, was 13.0% and the share price total return was 18.8% as the discount narrowed. The total return of the FTSE World Index in sterling terms […]

Custodian REIT has acquired 1.88 acres of land at the Tournament Fields development, two miles south west of Warwick at junction 15 of the M40.  The location allows easy access to the motorway network, mainline rail services (via Warwick Parkway station) and is close to Birmingham International Airport.  Other occupiers on the business park include […]

John Laing Environmental Assets has published its first set of results covering the period from its launch on 31 March 2014 to the end of March 2015. The NAV at the end of the period, adjusting for the dividend, was 98.2p – this compares to the 100p launch price and the 98p initial NAV of the company […]

Perpetual Income & Growth has reported a 10.7% return on net assets for the year to the end of March 2015 which compares well to a 6.6% return on the FTSE All-Share index over the same period. The return to shareholders was 10.1% as the discount widened slightly from 1.5% to 3%. The base dividend […]

Workspace has announced its results for the year to 31 March 2015 and they are good. The EPRA net asset value per share was up 42% to 703p (2014: 496p). The EPRA earnings per share rose from 22.7p to 29.2p The total property return was 37%. On a like-for-like basis the capital value per square foot […]

Dolphin Capital has this morning announced a series of measures that they believe will help narrow their discount to asset value. In a nutshell, they are raising €75m (but we don’t know the price yet so it’s not clear how dilutive this will be to existing shareholders – the guess would be very as the […]

LondonMetric Property has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2015 and separately has announced it is buying a portfolio of M&S convenience stores for £26m. Over the year to the end of March 2015, LondonMetric Property’s EPRA net asset value rose by 16% to 140.6p. The dividend is being maintained at 7p but they […]

BP Marsh has just published results for the year ended 31 January 2015. Over that period the net asset value rose from 202p to 216p and the return to shareholders was 8.2%. The final dividend is 2.75p, unchanged from last year. £1.7m was invested in new equity investments and £1.4m was injected into existing investments. […]

Ediston Property Investment Company has published its first set of figures covering the period from its launch on 28 October 2014 to the 31st of March 2015. Over the period the net asset value rose to 102.6p and the share price rose to 108p. They have paid dividends totalling 1.885p and say they are on […]

Northern Investors, which is gradually selling off its portfolio and returning the proceeds to shareholders, has published results for the year ended 31 March 2015. Over the year the net asset value rose by 20.6% to 523p and they handed back £20m to investors in capital returns and dividends. The dividend is being increased from […]

Tritax is spending £47.1m to buy the Tesco Regional Distribution Centre at Capitol Park, Goole. The price reflects a net initial yield of 5.67%. They are paying for the deal using their own resources but expect senior debt finance to be introduced in the near term. Completion is expected to take place by 5 June […]

Scottish Investment Trust has published interim results for the six months ended 30 April 2015. Over the period the fund produced a return on net assets of 9.8% which compares to returns on the FTSE All-World Index and FTSE All-Share Index of 9.6% and 9.2% respectively. The manager’s report goes into the portfolio in some […]

Shires Income’s results statement for the year ended 31 March 2015 says the company generated a return on net assets of 9.7% for the year, ahead of a 6.6% return on the FTSE All-Share Index. The company’s shares did not keep pace with the net asset value however and the return to shareholders was 4.9%. […]

In its first full year since it became a dedicated Japanese investment trust, Aberdeen Japan has posted a 46.6% increase in its net asset value as compared to a 26% return for its benchmark index (Topix). The share price return was even better at 58.2% as the discount narrowed from 13.4% to 6.7% (all these numbers are […]

Capital Gearing has announced results for the year ended 5 April 2015. Over the year the net asset value grew by 5.7% but the share price fell by 0.7% as the shares moved to trade on a lower premium to asset value. The dividend was increased by 25% to 20p. The persistent premium that the […]

Praetorian Resources has today published a circular convening a meeting at which shareholders will be asked to approve a number of changes to the way the company is run. First the Board is proposing a new investment policy which would mean that the company would become a diversified royalty finance company. the proposed new investment […]

Majedie’s net asset value total return for the six months to the end of March 2015 was 14.5%. The return to shareholders was 10.5%. The interim dividend is 3p. 38.5% of the assets is in a segregated fund that tracks the MAM UK Equity Fund. This returned 7.7% net of fees in the six months […]

Elephant Capital’s net asset value rose by a penny over the six months to the end of February 2015 to reach 36p. Most of that increase can be attributed to a write up in the value of Air Works India (Engineering) Private Limited. Elephant Capital sold its last listed investment after the end of the […]