Advance Developing Markets (ADMF): The board of the global emerging markets fund proposes a change of the benchmark from the S&P/IFCI Emerging Markets Composite Index to the MSCI Emerging Markets Net Total Return Index from November 1. They believe this will better align the fund’s benchmark with the majority of its peers.
Amati VCT (ATI): The board intends to declare an interim dividend of 2p per share. Due to the fact that company’s distributable reserves have been gradually reduced by share buybacks and dividends over the last few years, the company wishes to cancel its share premium account and capital redemption reserve, worth over £23 million, and make them a distributable special reserve. The changes are subject to shareholders’ and court approval.
BH Macro USD (BHMU): Schroders has increased its stake by almost 9% in the hedge fund to nearly 18%.
Dragon Ukrainian Properties (DUPD): Having increased its stake by 3.5 million shares last week, Lars Ernest Bader has sold 2.9 million shares this week to take its stake to roughly 8%. The company remains the second biggest shareholder of the fund.
F&C Managed Portfolio Growth (FMPG): The board of the £18 million global growth fund intends to issue new growth shares to raise an additional £20 million. The fund currently trades at a small premium of 0.67% to its NAV compared with its 12-month average premium of almost 2%. The same decision has been taken in case of the Income fund- FMPI. The proposed share issue will be voted on at the EGM being held on November 25.
Ingenious Media Active Capital (IMAC): The company has sold one of its biggest holdings, Two Way Media, to the existing management team.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC): Numis Securities has been appointed as broker and financial adviser of the company.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU): Canaccord Genuity has been appointed new adviser and corporate broker of the company. It has replaced previous adviser HSBC who and broker Winterflood Investments.
Puma VCT III (PUMC) and Puma VCT IV (PUMD): Shareholders of both funds have voted in favour of an early voluntary liquidation. Both funds have been suspended from trading and were delisted from the LSE on October 31.
Thames River Hedge+ GBP (TRMA): The Co-operative Asset Management has sold almost 3 million shares in the multistrategy fund of funds to take its stake to 21%.