Pantheon benefits from substantial discount narrowing – for the year ended 31 May 2021, Pantheon International posted an NAV return of 19.6% but shareholders got a return of 31.7% as its discount narrowed considerably. The share price returns were ahead of the UK market but about 5.9% behind those of the MSCI World Index (which […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 August 2021: JPEL Private Equity is returning $85m to investors – using cash it had on its balance sheet and the proceeds of its sale of Swania International. Effectively, this will mean the compulsory redemption of about 42.5m JPEL shares, about 51.5% of the company. The redemption price is based on […]
Great results from BMO Managed Portfolio – over the year ended 31 May 2021, BMO Managed Portfolio’s growth and income pools both beat the UK market. The Income pool delivered an NAV return of 29.0%, beating the UK market by 5.9% and the Growth pool returned 32.5%, beating the UK market by 9.4%. The dividend […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 August 2021: Vietnam Holding (VNH) proposes to hold a tender for up to 30% of its issued share capital. To be eligible to participate, shareholders must have owned the share on 2 August. Shareholders will be asked to approve the tender at a meeting scheduled for 31 August 2021 and payment […]
Only a month ago, I was enthusing about funds investing in unquoted Chinese stocks. I finished up though by saying “If I had to pick a reason why the boom in interest in Chinese stocks might lose momentum, it’s politics.” As I discuss below, that prediction came to pass just days later. However, one management […]
EPE Special Opps backs British homeware brands – EPE Special Opportunities Limited says that on 28 July 2021, ESO Investments 1 Limited (which is 100% owned by the company) bought a majority stake in Hamsard 3634 Limited. Hamsard is a recently incorporated holding company which now owns a collection of six heritage British homeware brands, including […]
INPP closes on Beatrice OFTO project – International Public Partnerships (INPP) says that Transmission Capital Partners, the consortium comprising INPP, Amber Infrastructure Group and Transmission Investment, has successfully reached financial close for the long-term ownership and operation of the transmission link to the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm (the OFTO), Scotland’s largest operational offshore wind farm. […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 July 2021: Chrysalis Investments (CHRY) has sold its stake in Embark Group to Scottish Widows, part of Lloyds Banking Group for £390m. Existing shareholders of Embark, including Chrysalis, will retain its Rowanmoor SIPP and SSAS administration business. Chrysalis first invested in Embark in July 2019 and invested further follow-on capital in May 2020. […]
RTW Venture backs Artios Pharma – RTW Venture says it participated in Artios Pharma’s $153m series C funding round. The oversubscribed financing was co-led by Omega Funds and TCG X. Additional investors include Avidity Partners, Invus, Deep Track Capital, Sofinnova Partners, Tetragon Financial Group, Soleus Capital, Piper Heartland Healthcare Capital, CaaS Capital Management, and Schroders Capital. […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 July 2021: HICL Infrastructure has reaffirmed its 8.25p dividend target for the year ended 3 March 2022. traffic volumes on its toll roads are recovering but international traffic on High Speed 1 (the Channel tunnel rail link) is running at 15% of normal levels. The company says that discussions with lenders […]
