SDCL Efficiency Income (SEIT) has suspended dividends while it reduces debts which had increased to 71.9% of net asset value above a 65% limit. The announcement from the former 14%-yielder came in a circular for a meeting on 10 July for shareholders to approve the managed wind-down proposed in April. Its shares tumbled 25%, or […]
Monks and HarbourVest Global Private Equity remind investors they also hitched a ride on $2.3trn SpaceX. Monks (MNKS), a £2.4bn investor in global equities, and HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) are bidding for attention as two of the just seven UK investment trusts that invested in SpaceX before its record $1.77trn (£1.3trn) flotation on Friday. […]
Robert Naylor, activist chair of Aquila European Renewables (AERS) looks to be preparing to dismiss Aquila Capital for possible breach of contract after suggesting the fund manager may have “withheld information material to the company’s valuation”. In an update to the row that broke out in May when Aquila Capital pulled out of a proposed […]
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has taken a big first step in achieving its 12-month £400m disposal target with the £155m sale of its 17.5% stake in the Beatrice offshore wind farm. TRIG will use the proceeds to reduce the £240m drawn on its credit facility as the £1.7bn investment company prioritises the return of […]
British & American (BAF), the £2m self-managed global equity income trust, has been “surprised” by the resignation of auditor MHA BakerTilley International over its use of an independent valuer to assess its £3.5m of film rights. “Whilst those procedures were completed to our satisfaction, and we concluded that the value recognised by management, supported by […]
Update: Scottish Mortgage (SMT) shares rallied 5% after bullish SpaceX investors shook off a warning from fund manager Tom Slater of the potential for volatility in Elon Musk’s company heading for a record $1.77trn (£1.3trn) flotation this afternoon. Shares in the £15.9bn Baillie Gifford flagship advanced 68.5p to £14.94 before slipping to close at […]
Partners Group Private Equity (PEY) has written off its €20m (£17.3m) investment in Pharmathen, a Greek developer of advanced drug delivery technologies hit by an import alert from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last year. “Despite major operational turnaround initiatives over the last year,” PEY said restrictions to US exports meant “the implied […]
Picton Property Income (PCTN) has said it is still assessing the joint bid from LondonMetric (LMP) and Schroder Real Estate (SREI) after delivering “solid” results for the year to 31 March. “The company is engaging with all stakeholders and due diligence is ongoing,” the company said in relation to the all-share offer it received a […]
Glenstone, the largest shareholder in Alternative Income REIT (AIRE), has made a £56.3m cash bid for the company, three weeks after making a public approach. The 70p per share offer is 3.5p, or 5.3%, higher than its previous offer of 66.5p which the AIRE board rejected in November 2025. However, it is just 0.4% above […]
Bending Spoons, the unquoted Italian digital turnaround company, has filed plans for a $20bn (£15bn) flotation in the US, boosting Baillie Gifford European Growth (BGEU) and its private equity stable mate Schiehallion (MNTN), which both hold it as a top position. BGEU, a £306m investment trust trying to revive its performance under new fund manager […]
