Investment Companies News
Investment companies are companies set up to make investments on behalf of their shareholders (also called closed-end funds and, in specific circumstances, investment trusts).
Investment companies are companies set up to make investments on behalf of their shareholders (also called closed-end funds and, in specific circumstances, investment trusts).
Globalworth (a recently launched Romanian property company) is buying two office buildings in Bucharest comprising c82 thousand square metres of office space and associated car parking. The buildings were completed in 2008 and 2009. The acquisition price is €152m. This deal was flagged in GWI’s prospectus and is part of a larger deal that the company says will take […]
Annual results have been released for the year ended 31 October 2013. The Board is making plans to wind up the fund by offering either a rollover into an open-ended fund or cash, consequently they have elected to prepare BRNE’s accounts on a liquidation basis. Over the year BRNE’s NAV rose by 27.4% and its […]
SDP’s Annual results for the period ended 30 September 2013 have just been released. They show the company produced a return of 1.9% in net asset value terms and 3% in share price terms while the benchmark, the MSCI All Countries Asia ex Japan index, delivered a total return of 5.3%. The manager says stock […]
Half year results to 31 October 2013 show an NAV uplift of 6.5% and an increase in the share price of 5.6%. MWGT’s benchmark is the return on Sterling LIBOR +2% (equal to 1.3% over the period – so MWGT comfortably outperformed its benchmark). MWGT’s return lagged that of the FTSE All-Share and MSCI World Indices […]
Greencoat has raised an additional £83m from investors and will issue 80.975m shares at 102.5p using the money to pay down part of its debt – to leave £50m outstanding.
RSE will contribute $100m towards $300m being committed by Riverstone companies towards Eagle Energy Exploration. Eagle’s focus is on oil & gas exploration and production in mid US (exploiting the Mississippi Lime trend).
Over the year to the end of October BRNA returned 17.1% in NAV terms and 16.5% in share price terms vs. a return for the Russell 1000 Value Index of 27.4% – underperformance relative to the index is attributed by the Board to the outperformance of “lower quality stocks” that BRNA does not hold.
JAI has released its results for the year ended 30 September 2013. In NAV terms the company returned 6.4%, beating its benchmark which returned 5.1%. The discount narrowed so the share price return was 7.2%. The Board are pleased that JAI beat its benchmark over the year but say they are determined that this should only be […]
Results for the six months ended 30 September 2013. NAV falls to 40.7p from 55.3p in part because of an 11% adverse shift in the sterling / rouble exchange rate but also because the valuations of AURR’s remaining investments has been reduced. AURR’s valuation of Unistream fell to £10.7m from £12m – growth has been lower […]
Praetorian Resources six months to the end of September 2013 saw the NAV fall from 32p to 21p as junior resources companies remained out of favour. The Board is asking for investors’ patience and hopes to raise more money for the fund to take advantage of what it thinks are the recovery prospects for its […]
DCG Iris has released a statement about the winter storm known as Xaver or Bodil. DCG believe the impact of the storm may have been less than that of Christian, the previous winter storm that struck Europe. Christian hit when the trees were in full leaf and caused many to topple while Xaver’s main impact […]
MedicX plans to buy a primary care medical centre in Buckley, Flintshire for £7.6m when it is complete in February 2015
Standard Life Investments Property Income has bought three retail warehouse investments (in Leyland, Kings Lynn and Bradford (pictured)) for £12.7m and will earn an initial yield of 8% on these investments.
Results for the year to end October 2013. SCIN had a good year, beating both the FTSE All-World Index and the FTSE All-Share (SCIN NAV +28%, SCIN share price +29%, World Index +24%, UK Index +23%). Gearing was positive, adding 1.4% to returns.
In its eighth deal, LBOW lends £13.25m against a London based portfolio of high street retail and residential properties. LBOW now 85.1% invested with an average coupon of 7.28% per annum and an average yield to maturity of 8.29%.
Lowland has published its results for the year ended 30 September 2013 and the fund has had another great year. The total return was 33.3% on the NAV and 37.5% on the share price. they compare themselves to the AIC UK Growth & income sector – this returned 26.4% on average – and the FTSE […]
Atlantis Japan Growth announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 October 2013. In NAV terms AJG outperformed its benchmark, the Topix, returning 5.1% vs. 2.9%. The manager believes the Tokyo market looks good value on a price / earnings and price / book basis. They also note that domestic investors have started buying […]
CTY has borrowed £35m at a fixed rate of 4.53% repayable on 22 January 2029 (via an issue of private placement notes)
Results for the year ended 30 September 2013. RIG’s NAV increased from 34.72p to 35.65p – shareholders total return in NAV terms was 7.2%. The various members of the CQS Group own 68.7% of RIG’s shares between them (CQS Cayman LP made a mandatory offer for RIG’s shares last year). There is a continuation vote […]
Schroder Real Estate buys 244-248D Commercial Road, Portsmouth (a 27,359 sq ft retail parade let to Sportsdirect.com, Mothercare, Tui and the Gold Centre) and for £7.2m. The initial yield on the purchase price is 8.3%.
Interim results for the half year ended 31 October 2013. NAV rose by 12.6%, well ahead of the Dow Jones World Technology Index which returned 8.9% in sterling terms. The fund moved from trading at a discount to trading at a premium to NAV and so the share price return was 17.1% over the period. […]
Interim results for IIP for six months ended 30 September 2013. NAV falls to 63p from 78p. Fall in value of Indian rupee and increase in the Indian risk free rate (used to value investments) unhelpful, Vikram Logistics having difficulty in getting disbursement of approved debt which is holding up construction. Stakeholders in Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power […]
Qannas has sold its entire holding of shares in Rak Petroleum for $6.66m (bought for $3.85m). QIL NAV now $0.92.
Results for year ended 30 September 2013 show total shareholder return of 13.1%. Quarterly dividends running at 1.425p per quarter, equivalent to a yield of 7.1%. c70% of dividend covered by underlying earnings, NAV fell from 63.7p to 63.1p per share.
Marwyn has written off its investment in Silverdell. this will take 6.47p off the NAV.
Results for the year ended 30 September 2013 show a net asset value total return of 16.9% and a share price total return of 9.7% as the discount (calculated with debt at fair value) expanded from 20% to 28.4%. The full year dividend was maintained at 10.5p per share (net revenue was less than 65% of […]
LBOW has made two further loans. One, to Halcyon Nominees for £8.6m, refinances 21 commercial freeholds. The other, to Carrara Nominees for £1.3m, refinances the ground rent on a freehold office property in the North of the UKBOW has now committed 72.2% of its capital.
VinaLand(VNL) is considering raising £20m by issuing 20m zero dividend preference shares at 100p. The new ZDPs would have a life of three years and the gross redemption yield would be determined by a bookbuild – potential investors will be asked to bid for the ZDPs at yields between 7% and 8%. The issue proceeds […]
Bilfinger Berger Infrastructure BBGI raises £145m from placing and offer for subscription. Issues 133.1m shares at 108.9p.