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17 Jan 2025

Saba: the view from the boards

Boaz Weinstein, head of New York-based hedge fund Saba Capital, pulled no punches when discussing the boards of investment trusts in his recent webcast. They were “obstinate”, a “boys’ club”, protecting their own interests, “part of an ecosystem of greed taking fees away from the pensioners.” Their actions verged on “almost malpractice”, distributing misinformation to […]

17 Jan 2025

RTW announces Windward Bio and Umoja Biopharma investments

RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW) has announced that it has made a new investment in series A fundraising of Windward Bio, a Swiss private, clinical-stage drug development company committed to improving outcomes for people living with advanced immunological diseases with an initial focus on severe respiratory conditions. The Series A round raised US$200m in funds which […]

17 Jan 2025

QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 January 2025 – ENRG, FGEN, MTU, BOOK

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 January 2025: VH Global Energy Infrastructure (ENRG) has energised two additional solar distributed generation (DG) sites in Brazil, bringing its total operational solar DG projects in the country to 12, with a capacity of 34.3MWdc. ENRG expects a third solar site to be energised in the first quarter of 2025, […]

17 Jan 2025

HydrogenOne’s Elcogen secures investment from SmartCap

HydrogenOne Capital Growth’s (HGEN’s) portfolio company, Elcogen Plc, a leading European manufacturer of solid oxide technology that enables the delivery of efficient, affordable green hydrogen and emission-free electricity, has announced that it has secured a €5m investment from SmartCap, an Estonian state-owned venture capital fund supporting Estonian ‘greentech’ companies. HGEN says that SmartCap’s investment will […]

16 Jan 2025

Fight back against Saba! – let us show you how

Saba Capital, a US-based hedge fund, has been on the offensive against the UK’s investment trust sector. Having built substantial stakes in seven investment trusts, ranging from 20% to just shy of 30% of the trusts’ outstanding shares (a key level that would require them to make a bid for the trust), it is using […]

16 Jan 2025

Safestore investing in growth

Safestore says that over the year ended 31 October 2024, its EPRA NAV rose by 14.6% to 1091p from 952p, but adjusted diluted EPRA earnings per share fell by 11.7% to 42.3p. Revenue was flat at £223.4m The occupancy rate fell to 74.6% from 77.0% of the maximum lettable area (MLA). There is a 1% […]

16 Jan 2025

Macau Property Opportunities wind up limps on

Macau Property Opportunities has been selling off its portfolio for many years now, and a formal wind down process began in 2022. However, progress has been painfully slow. In its latest update, covering the second half of 2024, it says that two villas at The Fountainside were sold, along with five additional units at The […]

16 Jan 2025

Bankers looks to increased US exposure to address underperformance

Bankers has announced results for the year ended 31 October 2024. Over that period, the trust delivered an NAV return of 21.1%, trailing its benchmark (the FTSE World Index) by five percentage points and extending the period of underperformance out beyond 10 years (+168.7% versus +174.0%). The discount narrowed from 15.8% to 13.4%, which meant […]