Overview
Tau Capital was originally established to support the strong growth prospects of Kazakhstan and its neighbouring countries, through a mix of public and private equity, and special situations. The Company invested primarily in the dynamic Kazakhstan economy but also in other countries in the region, including the Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Russia and Mongolia.
From July 2012 it adopted a realisation strategy and is in the process of selling its assets and returning the proceeds to shareholders.
News
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24 Oct 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 24 October 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 24 October 2019 Gabelli Merger Plus reported a return of 3.7% on NAV but, after discount widening, a return to shareholders of -6.5% for the year ended 30 June 2019. The best index comparisons are probably the S&P Merger Arbitrage Index which returned 8.33%, and the CS Merger Arbitrage Liquid Index, up […]
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09 Oct 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 9 October 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 9 October 2019 AEW UK REIT has a loan from The Royal Bank of Scotland. It has just negotiated changes to the covenants on this loan that permit the company’s borrowings to rise to 55% (loan to NAV), from 45% previously. The announcement stresses that the company has no plans to increase […]
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23 Apr 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news – 23 April 2019
QuotedData’s other news – 23 April 2019 CIP Merchant Capital has acquired 950k ordinary shares in CareTech Holdings (CTH) for a consideration of around £3.2m. CTH is a provider of specialist social care services supporting adults and children with a wide range of complex needs in more than 250 specialist service centres around the UK. […]
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22 Jul 2015 1 min read
The Investment Trust winners and losers in Q2
UK smaller companies funds feature quite prevalently in the lists on the back of a decisive election result in the UK and some funds close to the end of their lives made significant progress during the quarter for stock specific reasons. http://whichinvestmenttrust.com/the-investment-trust-winners-and-losers-in-q2/
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16 Jul 2015 1 min read
Small company investment trusts got election boost
Investment trusts specialising in smaller companies were among the top performers of the past few months after a decisive election result improved confidence in the sector, new research shows. But commodity and Asia-focused investment trusts were among the stragglers as investors shunned stocks exposed to an economic slowdown in China or a US rate rise, […]
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10 Jun 2015 1 min read
Tau Capital edging closer to sale of last holding
Tau Capital has completed the sale of its investment in Lucent for $250,000 and is working on the sale of Stopharm. They have a $7m offer for their investment but Stopharm needs a cash injection so they are exploring whether they can lend Stopharm $700,00 out of the proceeds of the sale and then sell the […]
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27 Jun 2014 1 min read
Tau Capital : TAU – results for 2013
Tau Capital has published its results for the year to the end of December 2013. These are somewhat academic now but, for what it’s worth, its NAV declined from $0.53 to $0.30. Since the year end its investment in Stopharm has been written down further.
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13 Jun 2014 1 min read
Tau Capital : TAU – Stopharm
Tau Capital has cut the value of Stopharm again and will now vale this investment at $8m. Tau Capital say the devaluation of the Tenge in February made Stopharm’s imports of pharmaceuticals (most of which are priced in euros or US dollars) more expensive without automatically allowing it to raise prices in Tenge as sales prices […]
