RTW Venture Fund Limited announced that Abdera Therapeutics has completed its $142M Series A and Series B financing rounds in which it participated. Abdera is a privately held pre-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging antibody engineering to design and develop new precision radiopharmaceuticals for cancer. The company is building a pipeline of potentially best-in-class therapies for […]
NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE) announced annual results for the year-end 31 December 2022. NAV fell 7.5% over the 12-month period with the decline driven by changes in quoted holdings and FX. Despite the falling NAV, the underlying portfolio performance was solid with operating performance of 14% LTM revenue and 12% LTM EBITDA growth, respectively. […]
Round Hill Music Royalty Fund announced its full-year results for the year end December 2022. The company saw a 13% increase in NAV to US$519.6m driven by active rights management and positive structural music industry tailwinds while revenue increased 32% YOY. The performance continues an impressive period for the company, which has delivered a 35% […]
GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (GABI) announced its quarterly update for the period ended 31 March 2023. NAV increased 0.24% over the three months driven by an increase in the weighted average annualised yield on the investment portfolio, from 8.0% as at 31 December 2022 to 8.4% as at 31 March 2023 and from the […]
AVI Japan Opportunity Trust announced a Q1 update with NAV increasing by 7.4% over the quarter despite a -3.2% weakening in the Japanese Yen. This was well ahead of the MSCI Japan Index which returned +3.3% (all in GBP). [The outperformance was driven by strong stock selection and was particularly impressive considering the general underperformance […]
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust announced annual results for the year ended 31 January 2023. The company returned 17.5% in NAV terms, underperforming its benchmark index, the Numis Smaller Companies + AIM (excluding investment companies) Index, which returned –12.4%. The company’s share price total return for the year was 17.0%. The performance stands […]
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund has announced that Thuy Dam has retired from her position as director of the company with effect from 18 April 2023. Thuy has been a director of VOF for nine years since 2014 and her retirement is in compliance with best corporate governance practices. Thuy played an important role in the […]
Fair Oaks Income announced annual results for the year ended December 2022. The company generated share NAV and share price total return of -0.9% and -6.5% respectively in 2022 with shares closing out the year trading at a discount to NAV of -14.4%. Its realisation share NAV and share price generated a total return of […]
Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF) announced the publication of its first dedicated ESG report. The report outlines the company’s ambitious sustainability and ESG vision and provides stakeholders with an update on the company’s delivery against its key sustainability and ESG objectives over the period ended 30 September 2022. With the release of this document, the company […]
Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets Trust, a new UK investment trust seeking to achieve long-term capital appreciation through investment primarily in quoted securities that provide exposure to global emerging markets, announces its intention to launch an initial public offering targeting gross proceeds of £100 million through the issue of 100 million ordinary shares at an issue […]
