In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 August 2021: Invesco Bond Income Plus has published its first set of accounts since it was created from the merger of City Merchants High Yield and Invesco Enhanced Income. Over the first half of 2021, it returned 4.3% in NAV terms and 3.3% in share price terms. The half-year dividend was […]
At QuotedData, we don’t tend to make too much of a fuss about interim reports from investment companies. However, with the summer lull upon us, we have had a closer look than we might otherwise have at some interim statements this week and some interesting things have emerged. Good returns from growth-focused private equity Part […]
Good start for RWC at Temple Bar – Temple Bar (TMPL) has announced its interim results for the half-year ended 30 June 2021. The first half of 2021 saw TMPL perform extremely well as mispriced Value stocks generally did significantly better than the rest of the UK market. For the six months to 30 June 2021, the […]
Chrysalis backs Tactus Holdings – Chrysalis Investments is making a £40m investment in Tactus Holdings Limited. Tactus is a consumer technology business specialising in gaming, education and entry level computing. It is committed to making technology more accessible to consumers all over the world. Tactus will use the money to accelerate its international buy-and build-strategy, with […]
Apax Global Alpha goes from strength to strength – Apax Global Alpha’s results for the first six months of 2021 are impressive. Highlights are: Total NAV return of 17.4% – driven by returns of 24.5% from the private equity portfolio and 9.8% from the derived investment portfolio (debt and equity positions in companies that Apax […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 August 2021: Custodian REIT has paid £1.9m to buy a 29,676 sq ft industrial unit on Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate, Dundee, adjacent to the A90. The unit is occupied by Menzies Distribution Limited with an unexpired term to first break or expiry of 5.2 years. The unit has a passing rent of £117,500 […]
Chrysalis backs InfoSum – Chrysalis Investments has made a $65m investment in the US based parent company of InfoSum, as part of its Series B scale-up round. Previous investors in InfoSum include IA Ventures and UpFront Ventures, among others. InfoSum is a data infrastructure business that has built a way for organisations to share data with […]
Electra demerger plan progressing – Electra Private Equity says that its board is confident that the value creation opportunity arising from both the demerger of Electra’s hospitality brands (mainly TGI Fridays) by spinning them off into a new company Hostmore, and the subsequent transition of Electra to AIM as the parent company of Hotter Shoes is […]
Riverstone Energy invests in batteries – Riverstone Energy Limited has bought an interest in one of Samsung Ventures’ battery technology focused venture capital portfolios for $30.0m. Other affiliates of the manager invested a further $3.0m. Within the portfolio are seven unrealised investments, including around 1.66m shares of Solid Power, Inc, which account for most of the […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 August 2021: We noted yesterday that RTW Venture was conducting a quick fundraise. In the event, RTW issued 1,419,276 new shares. AEW UK REIT (AEWU) is managed by AEW UK Investment management LLP, a joint venture between AEW in Europe and Richard Tanner, Rachel McIsaac and Nick Winsley – investing through an […]
