JRIC : Japan Residential Investment Company Sells Branche Kanamecho IV for £3.2m Japan Residential Investment Company has sold its Branche Kanamecho IV property (a 20 unit apartment building in Toshima Ward, Tokyo) for Yen 550m (£3.2m) excluding taxes and sale costs. This represents a 34.1% premium to the 31 May 2014 valuation, of Yen 240m, and  is a […]

RCP : RIT Capital struggling to find attractive investments RIT Capital Partners has published its interim figures covering the first half of 2014. The net asset value total return was 2.4% for the period. This compares to a 4.1% return on the MSCI All Countries World Index and a 2.6% return on a benchmark of […]

ALPH : Alpha Pyrenees edges closer to negative NAV territory Alpha Pyrenees’ interim results published on 15 August show a fall in its net asset value to 5.3p from 12.7p. (12.0p from 22.8p if, as Alpha Pryenees do, you adjust for the fair value movement on the currency swap – eliminated in October 2013, the interest […]

RSS : RAB Special Situations will hold continuation vote at end 2015 RAB Special Situations saw an increase in its net asset value over H1 2014 – from 16.83p to 17.25p per share. The increase comes in spite of falling index values fro AIM stocks and the FTSE AIM Basic resources Index. The Board and […]

MCT : Middlefield Canadian Income powered by energy sector Middlefield Canadian Income, managed by Dean Orrico, Richard Faiella and Andy Nasr, reported its interim figures for the period ended 30 June 2014 today. Its net asset value return of 8.8% was well ahead of the return on the S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index which returned 0.6%. […]

CAT : No disasters in 2014 for CatCo CatCo Reinsurance Opportunities has said that its net asset value has been unaffected by any significant insurance event in H1 2014. This means that the NAV return for H1 was 4.3%. The share price return for the period was 4.0%. European winter storms and severe weather in the […]

DLN : Good start to 2014 from Derwent London Derwent London’s interims show a 13.6% increase in its EPRA NAV for the first half of 2014. The interim dividend has been increased by 8.4% to 11.65p on the back of a 12.3% improvement in EPRA earnings. Derwent London has undrawn facilities of £364m and its loan […]

NBLS / NBLU : Flat first half for NB Global Floating Rate Income Both NB Global Floating Rate Income’s US dollar and Sterling net asset values were remarkably stable over the first half of 2014 (difference was fractions of a cent / penny). Adjusting for income, the total return on net asset value was 1.8% for […]

SPK : Spark Ventures final results show big cash inflow Spark Ventures has published its results for the year that ended 31 March 2014. £33m of cash came in during the year from sales of investments including Kobalt, notonthehighstreet and IMIMobile. Shareholders have received distributions of 6.5p. The net asset value fell 18% to 10.65p. Most […]

BRWM : BlackRock World Mining says past the bottom of the commodity cycle BlackRock World Mining’s interims, covering the first half of 2014, show the net asset value underperforming its benchmark – returning 0.8% vs. a 3.0% return on the Euromoney Global Mining Index. The ordinary share price total return was 2.4%. The managers believe that […]

VNH : Vietnam Holding says CEO of manager has resigned Vietnam Holding has announced that the CEO of its management company, Pham Ngoc Bich, has resigned and plans to leave VietNam Holding Asset Management on 30 September 2014. As a temporary measure, the Board of Vietnam Holding has appointed one of its own members, Vu […]

PEY : Half of Princess Private Equity portfolio now in direct investments Princess Private equity has published its interim results for the period that ended 30 June 2014. They say that more than 50% of the portfolio is now invested in direct private equity investments (in line with the objective they adopted some time ago). […]

LAND : Land Securities sells its Bristol shopping centres Land Securities has sold its 50% stake in Cabot Circus shopping centre, the adjacent Quaker Friars luxury goods and dining centre and high street shops. Collectively these generated rents of £17.3m for Land Securities – they fetched £267.8m, equivalent to a yield of 6.5%. Land Securities […]

CREI : Custodian REIT buys property in Nottingham Custodian REIT is paying £1.741m for 15 St. Peter’s Gate in Nottingham. The retail unit is let to the White Company until June 2020 at a rent of £140,000 per annum – equivalent to a net initial yield of 7.75%. Custodian REIT is paying for the property […]

WTAN : Witan benefits from discount narrowing but underlying performance dull Witan delivered a return to shareholders of 6.9% for the six months ended 30 June 2014. This was almost entirely down to discount narrowing however as the fund shifted to trade on a 1.5% discount. the underlying net asset value total return was 1.1% […]

SLI : Standard Life Investments Property puts another £29m to work Standard Life Investments Property Income has spent £28.65m on three logistics assets. Tetron 93 and Tetron 141 (pictured) both in Swadlincote in Derbyshire and Denby 242 on the Denby Hall estate, also in Derbyshire were built in 2008/9 and throw off rent of £2.1m between them – equivalent […]

ERE : Board considering leaving AIM after Eredene asset value falls sharply Eredene published its accounts for the year ended 31 March 2014 today. The net asset value fell to 11.3p from 18.5p. They are still trying to sell off the portfolio and cut overheads and have had some success – the recent Sattva deal […]

DIVI : Diverse Income races ahead, leaves All Share standing Diverse Income Trust has published its third set of final accounts. These cover the year that ended on 31 May 2014. over that period Diverse delivered a return on net assets of 26.1%. The level of the premium was unchanged on the year and so […]

WKP : Workspace jv to build 98 flats in Hayes Workspace Group has got planning permission to redevelop Enterprise House in Hayes. The plan is to create 98 apartments and 38,000 sq t of space dedicated to creative industries (one anchor tenant is the Vinyl Factory – a business making vinyl records. The redevelopment will […]

SVI: SVG Capital sees net inflow in first half SVG Capital received £92.5m in H1 2014 as Pemira stepped up the pace of realisations within its funds and it has seen a further £116.6m flood in since the end of June. SVG reinvested £78.6m of this in the first half and has had calls of […]

NewRiver Retail pays £140m for three shopping centres NewRiver Retail is acquiring a portfolio of three shopping centres. The purchase is being made through its Bravo joint venture – both parties are taking a 50% equity stake in the venture. In total they are buying 758,000 sq ft of space, let to 185 tenants, in three […]

MYI : Murray International outperforms in H1 Murray International Trust, managed by Bruce Stout (pictured), beat its benchmark over the first half of 2014, delivering a total return on net assets of 5.4% vs. a 2.8% return on the company’s benchmark (40% FTSE World UK and 60% FTSE World ex UK). The share price total return […]

TRIG : Renewables Infrastructure buys three more solar parks The Renewables Infrastructure Group has acquired three operational solar parks in Dorset, Norfolk and Cornwall. Combined the parks have the capacity to generate 56.6MW. Parley Court Farm in Dorset is a 24.2MW plant built by Isolux Corsan and attracts a subsidy of 1.6 ROCs. Egmere Airfield […]

DCI : Dolphin Capital refinances its Amanzoe project Dolphin Capital has announced that Colony Capital will loan Dolphin’s Amanzoe project €40m. The money will be used to return a €10m deposit from Archimedia, repay a loan from Dolphin Capital and finance the extension of the project. Amanzoe is an Aman beach club, spa, villa and hotel […]

New name and new objective for Investors in Global Real Estate IGRE : Investors in Global Real Estate plans to change its name to Schroder Global Real Estate Securities (provided shareholders approve that is). The change reflects the appointment of Schroders as managers of the fund earlier this month. The Board, following conversations with Schroders, […]

IERE : Invista European shaves €5m off debt pile with Spanish sale Invista European Real Estate, managed by Ludovic Berard (pictured), has sold a logistics asset in Alovera, Spain for €12.2m. Their plan is to use €7m of the proceeds from the sale to fund capital expenditure that they have planned elsewhere in their portfolio and […]

JLEN : John Laing Environmental says fire will not affect dividend A fire that struck John Laing Environmental’s Frog Island Mechanical Biological Treatment Facility in East London has been brought under control. The full extent of the damage is still being assessed. The facility is fully insured and John Laing Environmental says it expects the […]

JAM : JPMorgan American technology overweight pays off JPMorgan American, managed by Garrett Fish (pictured), has published its interims for the period to end June 2014. It outperformed its benchmark over this period, delivering a net asset value total return of 4.1% vs. a 3.6% return on the S&P500 Index. The return to shareholders was 4.2%. […]

KWE : Kennedy Wilson Europe buys exposure to 99 assets in four months – and keeps going Kennedy Wilson Europe has published its first set of figures since listing late in February 2014 (the second largest real estate IPO on the LSE ever). They show that by the end of June 2014 it had spent […]