EF Realisation proposes wind-up terms and the in-specie distribution of its Lonestar holding. The winding up of EF Realisation (EFR) and an in-specie distribution of the company’s shares in Lonestar to certain larger shareholders will require shareholders to vote in favour of resolutions at an EGM of the company, which will happen on 24 September 2018. UPDATE: 25 September […]
Hg announces an investment in BrightPay into Transition Capital – HgCapital (HGT) has announced that it has invested in BrightPay, a provider of accounting and HR payroll software to SMEs in Ireland and the UK. The terms of the investment are not disclosed. Transition Capital’s first investment In early 2018, HgCapital made a £75 million commitment to invest in Transition Capital and […]
Regional REIT reports on a disposal and on letting news – Regional REIT (RGL) has completed a sale of Cheshunt office site for £17.25m and has agreed the first letting for Aztec West. Disposal of Cheshunt office site The company, which is a REIT that specialises in UK regional office and industrial property, has announces it has […]
Crystal Amber reports on a good year – The activist fund, Crystal Amber (CRS) has delivered its full annual report for the year ending 30 June 2018. Positive performance The NAV per share rose by 19.7% over the reporting period. NAV total return for the year was 22.8%. This compares well when compared with the performance of the reference benchmark, the Numis […]
Pacific Horizon (PHI) – Strong stock selection delivers for Pacific Horizon’s shareholders. The company’s NAV rose by 13.6% on a total return basis. This was an outperformance of 7.6% of the company’s benchmark, the MSCI AC Asia ex-Japan index, which returned 6.0% on the same basis. The share price returned 26.9% (total return), an outperformance of 20.0%. Strong stock selection delivers for Pacific […]
Phaunos Timber gets new offer from Catchmark Timber Trust – CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CTT) announced today the company is evaluating a potential offer to acquire Phaunos Timber Fund. If completed, the transaction would significantly increase CatchMark’s market capitalization and enterprise value. At current stock prices, the combined company would have an $850 million equity value and $1.3 billion enterprise value. […]
Triple Point Social Housing fully invested and ready to expand again – Triple Point Social Housing REIT has completed the acquisition of five supported housing properties, exchanged contracts on one further supported housing property, and has acquired the land and entered into forward funding arrangements to develop another supported housing scheme, comprising 38 units in total, for […]
IBT-investee Sangamo set to disclose gene edited drug data US biotech Sangamo Therapeutics (Nasdaq: SGMO), a mid portfolio but recently enlarged holding for the UK-listed International Biotech Trust (IBT), is set to report the first clinical data from its SB-913 in vivo genome edited therapeutic for Hunter syndrome, at a scientific conference later this week. Sangamo will […]
AZN lupus setback shifts focus to J&J/Lilly drugs The failure last week of the first of two Phase III studies of an AstraZeneca monoclonal antibody in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) – and the now assumed lower prospects for success in the second almost identical trial – looks as if it will reduce yet further the industry’s […]
IP Group-backed Genomics raises £25m in a Series B Genomics plc, a University of Oxford spin-out backed by UK-based healthcare/tech VC investor IP Group (LSE: IPO), has closed a £25.0m Series B financing round led by the major US biotech, Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Woodford Investment Management – manager of the Woodford Patient Capital Trust (WPCT) – Invesco Perpetual, Oxford […]
