BBGI has bought the other 41.2% of the Norwegian E18 road project it acquired in December. The E18 runs for 38km between Grimstad and Kristiansand. The price was not disclosed
Martin Currie Pacific Trust, the last of the pan Asia including Japan funds, is planning to drop Japan from its remit and move to an Asia ex Japan and Australasian strategy. It wants the new portfolio to be completely unconstrained from any benchmark and so is proposing to measure its future performance against the GDP growth […]
Standard Life European Private Equity, chaired by Ed Warner OBE (pictured), has published figures for the six months ended 31 March 2014. Over that period the company’s net asset value rose by 3.6% to 252.2p which, taking into account income earned in the period, translates into a net asset value total return of 5.5%. The share […]
Harbourvest Global Private Equity has published its results for the year that ended 31 January 2014. Over the year the net asset value grew by 15% to hit $14.38 ($1,167m). They say venture investments and investments in the US did best during the year. By contrast the MSCI World Index rose by 10.4% over this […]
MedicX Fund has published its interim results covering the six months ended 31 March 2014. Over the period its net asset value, calculated with debt at fair value, fell from 69.4p to 68.6p. The quarterly dividend is now running at 1.45p per share, implying a full year dividend of 5.8p – marginally up from 5.7p […]
Chenavari Capital Solutions has published its first set of results. These cover the period from 12 July 2013 to 31 March 2014. Chenavari Capital Solutions was admitted to listing on 7 October 2013, raising £130m. The net asset value at the end of the period was 100.91p – a 3.0% increase on the initial value […]
Invista European Real Estate Trust has published its interim accounts. These cover the six months ended 31 March 2014. The net asset value fell from €0.25 to €0.20 over the period reflecting a 5.3% fall in the value of the company’s property portfolio. Four assets were sold during the period at a 15.6% discount to previous valuation […]
Elephant Capital has released its interim figures for the six months ended 28 February 2014. Its net asset value rose from 33p to 34p over the period. They wrote down the value of Amar Chitra Katha Private (a children’s media company) during the period but gains in its listed investment, Nitco Limited (flooring and wall tiles), offset […]
Capital Gearing Trust, chaired by Tony Pattison (pictured), has released its annual results. These cover the year ended 5 April 2014. Over this time Capital Gearing Trust’s net asset value fell by 2.5%. This was the first time in more than thirty years that the fund’s net asset value had fallen over an accounting year. […]
Montanaro European Smaller Companies has published its results for the year ended 31 March 2014. These show the net asset value rising by 6.0%, materially less than the 28.2% rise posted by the company’s benchmark. The discount widened over the year and so the share price appreciated by 4.0%. The Board is led by AR Irvine (pictured), his statement […]
New India Investment Trust has released figures for the year ended 31 March 2014 showing a negative total return on net assets for the year of 1.9% which compares to a 2.8% fall in its benchmark and a negative 5.1% return on its share price. In Rupee terms returns were not too bad but a 21% […]
Tamar European Industrial Fund has sold a property in Sweden for £7.94m. The property is a 25,000 sq m warehouse located in Kungsbacka (south of Gothenburg) let to Blondie Logistics and Santa Maria AB. The sale price equates to an initial yield of 11.0%. This was 1.6% below the last valuation for the asset in […]
Over the year to the end of March 2014, Shires Income, managed by Ed Beal, delivered a total return on net assets of 11.5% – ahead of the 8.8% return on its benchmark, the FTSE All-Share Index. Shires Income’s rating improved over the period and so the return to shareholders was 14.0%. The dividend was maintained at […]
Electra Private Equity has released its interim statement. This covers the six month period ended 31 March 2014. Over the period Electra’s net asset value rose by 5.4% to 2,914p, driven in part by gains in the valuations of Axio Data and Park Resorts. Electra outperformed the FTSE All-Share Index, which rose by 4.8%. Electra’s share price […]
On 22 May International Oil & Gas Technology announced that the English Commercial court ruled that the claim brought against the company by the former manager, QOGT Inc, for alleged wrongful termination of the investment management and advisory agreement had failed in its entirety. International Oil & Gas Technology will have its costs paid by QOGT. A counter claim brought […]
Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities generated a total return of 9.0% on shareholders’ funds for the six months ended 31 March 2014. With the gearing effect of the zeros, the return on net assets for ordinary shareholders was 12.3% and the total return for ordinary shareholders was 13.4% as the discount on the ordinary shares […]
HICL Infrastructure has announced that a deal to acquire a 19.2% interest in the Bradford Schools Building Schools for the Future project, including Buttershaw school (pictured) has now completed. This project was mentioned in HICL Infrastructure’s prospectus dated February 2013. At the same time they said that the investment in a desalination project in Australia announced earlier […]
TR Property results for the year ended 31 March 2014 were good. The Company’s benchmark delivered a total return of 14.9%, just ahead of the return on the IPD index of 14.0%. The total return on net assets over the year was 22.4% and the return to shareholders was 37.7% as the discount narrowed to […]
Caledonia Investments‘ numbers for the year ended 31 March 2014 show a 14.9% total return on net asset value. The dividend was increased from 47.2p to 49.1p. Notable transactions in the portfolio included the disposals of Amber Chemicals and Oval, the insurance broker, and the acquisition of Park Holidays and Choice Care Homes. Notable contributors to […]
Polo Resources is upping its stake in Blackham Resources by acquiring a 49% stake in Perfectus Management Limited which in turn owns 15% of Blackham Resources. The consideration for the deal is A$1m and A$2m worth of shares in Polo Resources which are being issued to Perfectus at a 15% premium to the current share […]
Edinburgh Investment Trust has published its results covering the year ended 31 March 2014, they show that the NAV total return for the year was 14.4% – well ahead of the 8.8% return on the FTSE All-Share Index. The portfolio delivered 12.5% of the return and the balance came from the gradual unwinding of fair value effect of […]
McKay Securities has announced it results for the year ended 31 March 2014. Over the year the company’s EPRA NAV fell from 238p to 227p. The final dividend was raised a little – the full year dividend rose from 8.5p to 8.6p. McKay Securities raised an additional £87m of equity capital in February. They had […]
Custodian REIT has made its second acquisition – spending £2.5m to buy the site of a Toyota car dealership in Peterborough. The property has a 25,724 sq ft showroom and workshop on a 1.6 acre site. The rent is £225,500 per annum (an initial yield of 8.5%) and the tenant is Marshall Motor Group..
Cambria Africa is issuing 5.5m shares to buy Chemicals & Marketing Company Ltd, based in Malawi. Cambria Africa says that the deal gives its Millchem subsidiary access to a national chemical distribution network across Malawi and that it “has a strong asset base for logistics and production and also provides Millchem with new supplier relationships, a large […]
GCP Infrastructure Investments is investing £7m in loan notes issued to fund a small hydroelectric scheme based in Scotland. The total value of the loan notes is £7m and the money is being lent at 9% per annum for a period of about 18 years. The scheme generates almost 2MW of electricity and is already […]
Livermore Investments, controlled by Noam Lanir (pictured), has released results for the year ended 31 December 2013. The numbers, while somewhat out of date now, show that, over 2013, Livermore Investments net asset value per share fell slightly from $0.87 to $0.86 ($173.0m to $168.4m). Income from Livermore’s CLO investments was offset by a fall in […]
Qannas Investments has sold its investment in Marina 101 to Sheffield Holdings Limited (which developed it) and will receive proceeds of AED 60.3m ($ 16.4m), making a 51% return on its investment in two years, equivalent to an IRR of 22.8%.
Harbourvest Senior Loans Europe has announced that Spire Partners, who were appointed as sub advisers to the fund a little while ago, have now been named as the company’s investment managers. The arrangement with Harbourvest has been terminated and the company’s name will be changed in due course if shareholders approve.
JPMorgan Indian, managed by Rukhshad Schroff and Rajendra Nair, has released its interim results covering the six months to the end of March 2014. JPMorgan Indian beat its benchmark over the period, generating a total return of 18.7% versus a 15.9% return on the MSCI India Index. Shareholders did even better however as the discount narrowed, […]
Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income, managed by Paul Read and Paul Causer (pictured) generated a 6.3% total return on net assets over the six months to the end of March 2014. The return to shareholders was 19.4%, reflecting a significant improvement in the company’s rating as the company moved from trading on a discount to trading at […]
