Pantheon International’s net asset value fell by 2.1% over the latter half of 2013 as Sterling strength offset a 5.7% positive underlying return on the fund’s investments. The share price slipped a little (by 1.3%). The portfolio threw off £93m of cash and Pantheon reinvested £79m of this
Candover’s net asset value rose by 18% to 715p over 2013. The fund’s holding in oilfield services company, Expro International, contributed most to this as its value was written up by £41m. This was offset to some extent by a £14.7m writedown in the value of Stork – which Candover are in the process of splitting […]
Intu Properties (which used to be known as Capital Shopping Centres) saw its earnings per share fall from 16.1p to 15p in 2013 as a number of tenants entered administration. Property valuations increased by 1.8%, however its net asset value fell from 392p to 380p . Intu has a £1.2bn, 2.6m sq ft, development pipeline £0.7bn of […]
The second half of 2013 was not kind to City Natural Resources whose net asset value fell by 6.7% while its benchmark delivered a positive 3.1% return. CVYN’s discount widened and the share price total return was -8.3%. The managers’ report does not mention any stock specific reasons for the poor performance
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies interim report covering the second half of 2013 shows the fund underperforming its benchmark by some margin (NAV total return 17.6% vs. Numis Smaller Companies ex Investment Companies return of 21.0%). The share price did better than the NAV, returning 19.6%. The manager’s report ascribes the underperformance to lack of […]
Bluefield Solar Income’s first set of figures, covering the period from 29 May to 31 December 2013, has been released. Its net asset value at the end of December 2013 was 97.3p. It declared its first dividend of 2p per share on 19 February 2014 and the statement says it is on track to pay the […]
Over the year to 31 August 2013 (a long time ago now) Elephant Capital’s net asset value fell from 40p to 33p. ECAP wrote down the value of its investment in Amar Chitra Katha Private Limited and listed investment, Nitco Limited, lost circa 38% of its value during the year. The Board has changed the management […]
F&C US Smaller Companies’ net asset value rose by 8.3% over the second half of 2013, marginally behind the increase in the Russell 2000 Index which rose by 9.0% (in sterling terms – in US$ terms it rose by 19.1% but the US dollar weakened against the pound during the period). FSC’s discount widened over […]
Jupiter Primadona Growth has announced that “it will use share buy backs and new issues of shares with the intention of ensuring that, in normal market conditions, the market price of the Company’s shares will track their underlying net asset value”. The effect of this should be that JPG’s discount will be eliminated and its Board […]
With both its zero dividend preference shares and its 6% convertible unsecured loan stock due for maturity in 2016, the Board of Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities has decided that it makes sense to hold a continuation vote early in 2016 at which ordinary shareholders will have a say in the future of the company.
Law Debenture generated a net asset value return of 28.6% over 2013, well ahead of the return on the FTSE All-Share Index which returned 20.8%. The share price more or less kept pace with the asset value, returning 28.3%. Revenue from the fiduciary services business rose by 4.3%. The full year dividend rises to 15p […]
Cambria Africa has just released its results for the year ended 31 August 2013 – ancient history really. Cambria Africa now holds just two core assets, Payserve Africa and Milchem Holdings and is selling off its remaining holdings – diversifying its focus away from Zimbabwe. Over the year it lost $5m on continuing operations and […]
JP Morgan Private Equity’s net asset value rose by 2.8% over the second half of 2013. The share price rose by 0.2% so the discount widened a little over the period. NAV gains were derived in part from disposals – JPEL received $41.5m and invested $3.3m during the six months. Since the start of 2014 […]
The Investment Company, managed by Gervais Williams and Martin Turner at Miton and invested in a range of preference shares, loan stocks, debentures and notes, saw a 15,5% increase in its net asset value and a 16.0% increase in its share price over the second half of 2013. Two dividends of 5p per share were declared […]
Strategic Equity Capital’s net asset value rose by 29.4% over the second half of 2013, 4.6% more than the return on the FTSE Smaller Companies ex Investment Companies Index. The manager’s reports notes five stocks that made a significant contribution to SEC’s performance during the period – E2V technologies, Wilmington, 4imprint, Andor Technology (recently highlighted […]
Derwent London has released results for the year ended 31 December 2013. Over the year its EPRA NAV rose by 20% to £22.64 and EPRA earnings per share rose by 7% to 53.9p. The dividend was hiked by 8.3% to 36.5p. Almost 250,000 sq. ft of projects were completed in 2013 and Derwent have another […]
TR European Growth outperformed its benchmark over the second half of 2013, generating a total return of 24.8% on its net asset value against an 18.9% return on the HSBC Smaller Europe (ex UK) Index. Shareholders did even better as the discount narrowed to 10.2% – helping push the total return in the shares to […]
Spark Ventures has sold its remaining stake in Kobalt, an independent music publisher, for £5.4m. Overall SPK has made 4.8x its money on this investment.
Alliance Trust has disclosed that activist group Elliott Capital have a 10% interest in the company comprising a 5% holding in Alliance Trust’s shares and a 5% interest held through contracts for difference. QD comment: The question must be, what is Elliott after? Alliance Trust’s shares are currently trading on a 11.4% discount, having moved […]
The Renewables Infrastructure Group has released its first set of results covering the period from 29 July to 31 December 2013. The £310m it raised was spent on acquiring 20 wind and solar projects. The net asset value return for the period was 3.5%. Distributions have been in line with projections and the Board says it […]
Over 2013 SEGRO’s EPRA NAV rose by 6.1% to 312p, helped by a 4.1% like for like increase in their property valuations, but the EPRA earnings per share fell by 8.3% to 17.7p. SEGRO sold almost £600m of property during the year at a price, on average, 4.7% higher than their value at end of 2012. […]
Herald Investment Trust has released its results for 2013. Over the year Herald’s net asset value rose by 26.9% but the share price did even better, rising by 33.5% as HRI’s discount contracted from 18.9% to 14.7%. By comparison the Numis Smaller Companies Index plus AIM ex investment companies rose by 27.7% and the Russell […]
Genesis Emerging Markets marginally underperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over the second half of 2013 as its net asset value fell by 1.4% against a fall of 1.2% for the index. Its discount narrowed however and shareholders saw the a share price return of 1%. The manager highlights currency weakness as a particular problem […]
JP Morgan Emerging Markets underperformed its benchmark over the six months ended 31 December 2013 with the net asset value posting a total return of -5.7% (-5.3% adjusting for the dilutive effect of the subscription shares) vs. a fall in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index of 1.4%. The discount narrowed a little and so the return to […]
Brunner’s final results for the year ended 30 November were released late on Friday 21st. Over the year Brunner’s net asset value rose by 23.2%. 4.% of that return came from the effect of marking its debt to fair value (as the maturity date of its very expensive date draws nearer). The benchmark return was […]
