Castle Alternative Invest’s quarterly report ending September 2013 is now available.

 Key messages:USD NAV increased by 1.34% (USD 0.24 per share) during the third quarter of 2013. The result is moderately lower than during the third quarter of 2012, when USD NAV increased by 3.3% (USD 0.52 per share).Year to date, the USD NAV increased by 7.5%, a better result than for the same period last year when the NAV increased by 3.3%.Share price up 4.9% to USD 15.00 per share on SIX during the third quarter of 2013.Discount to NAV in USD (SIX) narrows to 17.1% at end September compared to 19.6% at end June 2013.Since 22 August 2013, the issued share capital of the Company has consisted of 13,371,710 registered shares with a par value of CHF 5.On 6 June 2013 the Company started the fourth share buyback for cancellation on the second trading line.By 19 November 2013, 416,000 shares had been purchased on the second line and the company held 106,406 shares in treasury.A further 82,500 shares were purchased for cancellation in the previous second line buyback programme which ended on June 5, 2013.The total number of shares in issue (excluding all of the above holdings) amounted to 12,766,804 shares.To view the full report please click herehttp://www.castleai.com/en/cai/reports/quarterly-reports.html