Riverstone Energy has made a C$67 million commitment to Canadian International Oil Corp, part of $200m committed by Riverstone advised entities. Based in Calgary, Canadian International Oil Corp controls and operates an oil field centred on the Montney and Duvernay formations of Western Canada’s Deep Basin, about 400,000 acres in total and currently producing approximately 3,000 […]
International Public Partnerships net asset value increased from 121p to 123p over the course of 2013. Its dividend was increased to 6.15p per share (up 2.5%) and the Board has set targets of 6.3p for the current year and 6.45p for the next. At the end of December it had interests in 122 projects spread […]
Graphite Enterprise has released its results for the year ended 31 January 2014. Over the year its net asset value rose by 7.2% as they harvested £118m from the portfolio, helped by a £14m contribution from the sale of Alexander Mann (the recruitment company) – this deal added £6m to the net asset value. They reinvested £90m […]
GLI Finance has reported an increase in its net asset value from 49.09p to 49.99p per share and paid 5p of dividends over the year, up from 4.7p in the previous year. GLI Finance, led by CEO, Geoff Miller (pictured), made four acquisitions over the year and has made five since, increasing its exposure to the […]
The investment manager of UK Commercial Property, Ignis Asset Management, is being sold to Standard Life. The sale is supposed to complete by the end of Q2 2014. The Board of UK Commercial Property says it “will monitor the situation carefully and update shareholders as appropriate”.
Bilfinger Berger Global Infrastructure has announced its results for the period ended 31 December 2013. Over the year its net asset value rose from 103.5p to 105.6p (helped by a decrease in the discount rate used to value its projects from 8.51% to 8.39%) and it paid out 5.5p in dividends. The company grew in size […]
Picton Property has swapped its investment in Magna Park, Lutterworth for SEGRO’s investment in Parkbury industrial estate in Radlett, Hertfordshire. Picton sweetened its side of the deal by paying SEGRO an additional £6.5m Parkbury is a 32,810 sq m multi-let industrial estate located between junctions 22 and 21a of the M25 with 24 units and a net […]
Electra has announced that it has invested a further £15m in house builder, CALA homes, so that CALA could buy Banner Homes – both companies concentrate on the high end house building sector. Electra has also invested £14m buying audio-mixing console manufacturer, Calrec,
Over the year to the end of January 2014 Dunedin Income Growth generated a total return on net assets of 8.7%, an the return to shareholders was 8.6% – by contrast the return on the FTSE All-Share Index was 10.1%
Greencoat UK Wind has announced results for the period ended 31 December 2013 (its first full results). At the end of the period Greencoat’s net asset value was 102.9p and its share price 103.0p. Dividends paid have been in line with projections. Power generation has been ahead of forecast. The company was fully invested and […]
Over the course of 2013 John Laing Infrastructure registered an increase in its net asset value from 105.7p to 106.8p, paid an increased dividend of 6.25p (vs. 6.0p) and delivered a total return to shareholders of 13.5%. JLIF plans to increase its overseas exposure and is looking at opportunities in Canada, Australasia and the US. […]
Intu has announced that it is buying a 50% interest in the Westfield Merry Hill shopping centre, a 100% share in Westfield Derby shopping centre and 100% of Sprucefield retail park for £867.8m. It plans to pay for the deal by borrowing £424m and raising the rest via a 2 for 7 rights issue at […]
Starwood European Real Estate Finance has completed its first financial year. At the end of 2013 its net asset value was 99.13p and its share price 100.75p (it launched on 17 December 2012 at £1). It paid a dividend of 1.9p for the period in February this year, less than forecast at the time of the […]
Juridica Investments, chaired by Lord Brennan (pictured), has announced its results for the period ended 31 December 2013. Over the year its net asset value fell from $2.20 per share to $2.02 as it paid out a 14p dividend (cost to the fund $25.7m) while generating net income of just $5.1m. Net income was dragged down […]
Globalworth Real Estate has bought Upground Towers, a 70,000 sqm residential complex in the northern part of Bucharest. The cost was €52m – settled part in shares and part in cash.
Over 2013 Asian Growth Properties’ net asset value rose from 106.9p to 110p as property values were revised upwards. High occupancy at the Dah Sing Financial Centre in Hong Kong, the sale of commercial parking spaces and residential units at Forest Hills in Hong Kong and “satisfactory” hotel operations at the Crowne Plaza in Hong Kong […]
HICL Infrastructure is making its first investment in Australia, a 5.85% stake in the AquaSure Victorian desalination project. The Board has decided, in the interests of good corporate governance, to ask shareholders to approve the transaction. They will get to vote on the deal on 15 April 2014.
UK Commercial Property has released its results for the year ended 31 December 2013. The net asset value rose from 69.6p to 73.1p over the year (the total NAV return was 13.2%) driven largely by income returns and an uplift in property values in Central London, South Eastern industrial assets, distribution warehouse and some regional offices. The […]
North American Income Trust has announced its results for the period ended 31 January 2014. Perhaps the most significant figure in these is a 38.5% increase in the dividend (from 19.5p to 27.0p). this comes on the back of a more than 50% rise in revenue per share and pushes the yield on the fund […]
JP Morgan US Smaller Companies beat its benchmark in 2013 as its net asset value rose by 38.7% vs. 35.9% for the Russell 2000 Index (in sterling). The shares did even better, rising by 58.6%. JUSC was trading at a premium at the year end and issuing shares. The Board say that managing a tight […]
Dunedin Enterprise’s net asset value declined slightly over the course of 2013 but, including income, the total return was just positive (0.6%). By contrast the FTSE Small Cap. index rose by 43.9%. Gains in some investments, notably Practice Plan (sold) and CitySprint, (the same-day courier, now the largest holding) were offset by falls in the values of […]
Capital Gearing, chaired by Tony Pattison (pictured) has announced that its annual management fee is being cut from 0.85% of gross assets to 0.6% of gross assets. The announcement says that the fee reduction is in response to “significant organic growth of gross assets”.
From 1 April 2014 the annual management fee on Fidelity China Special Situations will fall from 1.2% to 1% of net assets. At the same time the cap on the performance fee will reduce from 1.5% to 1% per annum and outperformance above the fee cap cannot be carried forward to future periods (including any available to […]
The annual management fee on Fidelity Japanese Values has been cut from 1.0% of gross assets to 0.85% of gross assets.
EPE Special Opportunities results for the year ended 31 January 2014 show an increase in the net asset value of 31.5% over the period. The share price increased by 55% but the shares still traded at a considerable discount – 87p vs. an NAV of 135.4p. Two stocks that contributed to EPE Special Opportunities’ performance […]
HICL Infrastructure has announced a revision to its fee structure. Assets under construction will no longer be charged at a higher rate of 1.5% per annum. Assets under management in excess of £2.25bn will be charged at 0.8% per annum. The fee changes take effect from 1st April 2014
Over the year to the end of November 2013 Japan Residential Investment Company’s portfolio increased in value by 3% however adverse movements in the sterling / yen exchange rate pushed the net asset value down by 11%. Average occupancy nudged up to 95.6% from 95.2% but again yen weakness pushed down revenues. the dividend was […]
Henderson High income has announced figures for the year ended 31 December 2013. over the year the net asset value generated a total return of 30.7% – much better than the 16.8% return on HHI’s benchmark. revenue rose by 8.1%, allowing them to increase the quarterly dividend to 2.15p per share.
The Board of Pacific Horizon, led by Jean Matterson (pictured), has appointed Ewan Markson-Brown as its portfolio manager. He will be assisted by Roderick Snell, the current deputy manager. Ewan used to work at PIMCO Europe and before that Newton Investment Management.
Dexion Trading Limited has announced that intends to put proposals to shareholders to wind up the company. The fund is shrinking by 30% in any case as the tender that took place in February was oversubscribed. Following the tender Dexion Trading reckon the fund will be around £64m in size and, if all tender requests had […]
