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Hansa plans combination with Ocean Wilsons

The boards of directors of Hansa Investment Company and Ocean Wilsons Holdings have reached preliminary agreement on the key terms of a possible all-share combination of Hansa and Ocean Wilsons, under which Hansa would acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Ocean Wilsons. Hansa has held a strategic stake in Ocean […]

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Polar Capital Global Financials secures its future

Polar Capital Global Financials says that, in its latest five-yearly tender offer, 132,912,988 shares were validly tendered or 43.83% of the shares in issue. That means that the trust is more than large enough to continue for at least another five years. Simon Cordery (chair of the company) commented: “Retaining close to 60% of the […]

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QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 June 2025 – AEI, EGL, HEIT, AGR/PHP

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 June 2025: we see the return of the vowels at abrdn Equity Income, an investor presentation for Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure, and confirmation that the bid for Harmony Energy Income is complete We also have: Did you see from yesterday?

13 Jun 2025

Outlook brightens for investment trusts despite sector shakeout

Boards get proactive as discounts retreat and investors return Ahead of our 2025 Investment Trust Forum, I thought it might be worth looking at the state of the London-listed companies market. The message that I want to leave you with is that the outlook for the sector is pretty good. However, I am aware that […]

12 Jun 2025

GCP Infrastructure NAV slips again

GCP Infrastructure’s interim figures for the six months ended 31 March 2025 show a fall in NAV of 5.3p. This was driven largely by a reassessment of the long-term availability of its anaerobic digestion portfolio (biomethane to grid anaerobic digestion projects and a waste wood power station), which took off 2.87p, and lower than forecast […]

12 Jun 2025

QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 June 2025 – JZCP

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 June 2025: results from JZ Capital Partners We also have: Did you see from yesterday?

10 Jun 2025

Fidelity China trails significant market rebound

Fidelity China Special Situations has announced results covering the year ended 31 March 2025. Over that period, the NAV return was 31.5%, lagging the MSCI China Index which returned 37.5%. The share price return was 35.8%, helped by a narrowing of the discount from 10.5% to 7.2%. 30,841,184 shares (5.9% of the company) were bought […]

10 Jun 2025

QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 June 2025 – VOF, RMII, PINT

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 June 2025: VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity makes a disposal, RM Infrastructure Income is having a tender offer, and Pantheon Infrastructure has a new director. We also have: Did you see yesterday?

05 Jun 2025

Seraphim Space has published its May 2025 SpaceTech newsletter

Portfolio Update ICEYE demonstrates huge strategic growth and momentum across global markets ICEYE continued to expand its global presence and strengthen its position as a leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite technology. Developments during May 2025 underscore the company’s growing role in defence, national security and commercial Earth observation: ·           Japan: In Japan, ICEYE and IHI […]