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14 Feb 2024
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Another solid year for Brunner

Brunner Investment Trust (BUT) released its annual results for the period ended 30 November 2023. The company’s NAV total return was 8.7%, versus 5.5% for the composite benchmark (70% FTSE World Ex. UK / 30% FTSE All-Share). This marks the 5th consecutive year of outperformance of the benchmark by the trust. Despite the outperformance, the […]

13 Feb 2024

QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 February 2024 – JGGI, TRIG, INOV, BPCR

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 February 2024: JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI) announced a placing and retail offer of shares in light of the ongoing demand in the market (with a total of 50,975,336 JGGI shares being issued over the last 12 months) and a recent approach by a large wealth manager who has […]

07 Feb 2024

RIT Capital Partners provides a year end update

RIT Capital Partners has announced an annual update for the year ended 31 December 2023. The company’s NAV was up 3.2% over the 12 month period and the company expects to provide full details of the year’s performance when the annual report is released in March. Commenting on the performance, the manager noted that the […]

07 Feb 2024

HydrogenOne provides market update

HydrogenOne (HGEN) has announced an update for Q4, with NAV increasing 1.6% over the 3 month period to December 31 2023. This marks a total NAV return of 5.8% for the year. The company highlighted the ongoing growth of its portfolio, which delivered an aggregate £74m over the 12 months to 31 December 2023, an […]

07 Feb 2024

QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 February 2024 – UKCM, CREI, PSDL

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 February 2024: UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) posted a 2.5% fall in NAV to 78.7p per share in the quarter to 31 December 2023. The group’s portfolio value dropped 2.1% in the period to £1.25bn. On the operational side, the company grew earnings 6.3% over 2023 to 3.35p per share. […]

06 Feb 2024

Aquila European Renewables provides Q4 update

Aquila European Renewables has provided a Q4 update for the period ended 31 December 2023. The company saw a NAV total return of -2.6% while total shareholder return over the quarter was -4.1%, with the discount widening to 20.3%. Key drivers of the NAV movement in Q4 2023 were the impact of changes to Norway’s […]

06 Feb 2024

Chrysalis allegations against Revolution Beauty remain unresolved

As previously announced, Chrysalis (CHRY) continues to pursue legal action against Revolution Beauty Group based on misstatements and material omissions made by its management when CHRY originally invested in the company. In January 2024, following a letter of claim from CHRY, Revolution Beauty requested further time to formulate a response as the initial December deadline […]

06 Feb 2024

QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 February 2024 – AUGM

QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 February 2024: Augmentum Fintech (AUGM) announced a £4 million investment into London based insurtech Artificial Labs. Augmentum has led Artificial’s £8 million Series A+ round, which also includes participation from existing investors MS&AD Ventures and FOMCAP IV, alongside other investors. Artificial is an established underwriting technology provider for the London Insurance […]

31 Jan 2024

Chrysalis portfolio company Sorted sold to Location Sciences

Location Sciences (LSAI) has announced the acquisition of Chrysalis (CHRY) portfolio company Sorted Holdings, for an aggregate nominal consideration of approximately £66.73 to be paid in cash at completion. The company is a SaaS business that supports retailers’ deliveries and collections which has received a significant amount of capital investment, in excess of £70m, to […]