Aberdeen Smaller Cos Income held its nerve through pandemic – Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust has published results for the year ended 31 December 2020. Over the year, the trust returned -4.1% in NAV terms, just ahead of the Numis Smaller Companies Index which returned -4.3%. Share price performance was slightly behind the benchmark with a return […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 March 2021 LXI REIT’s share issue was significantly oversubscribed. The company upped the amount raised from the initial £75m target to £125m. It will issue 100,401,606 shares at 124.5p. Secured Income Fund, which is in the throes of organising a return of capital to its shareholders, says it will up the […]
Power price hit to Foresight NAV – Foresight Solar Partners has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2020. Highlights are: Global portfolio generated 969,564 MWh of clean electricity. This is enough to power 334,000 homes and helped to avoid 749,000 tonnes of carbon emissions. The NAV fell to £582.2m (31 Dec 2019: £628.0m) and […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 March 2021: Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO) has bought seven supported housing properties, comprising 68 individual units in total, for an aggregate consideration of approximately £12.1m. The properties are located in the North West (24 units), the North East (23 units), Yorkshire (10 units), the East (7 units) and the South East […]
If you listened into this week’s interview with Nick Brind, one of the managers of Polar Capital Global Financials Trust, you will have heard how rising long-term interest rates are helping to drive a recovery in the financials sector, particularly for banks. Long-term interest rates are climbing in part because investors are expecting that inflation […]
Strategic Equity Capital has substantial support for continuation – Strategic Equity Capital has published a circular convening a meeting on 30 March 2021. The meeting is to satisfy the requisition by two shareholders. At the meeting, shareholders will be asked whether they want to support the continuation of the trust. Strategic Equity Capital holds these […]
Alliance Trust celebrates 54 years of rising dividends – Alliance Trust has published results for the year ended 31 December 2020. Over the year, the share price increased to a near record high and the return to shareholders was 9.4%. In an volatile year, the net asset value total return of 8.5% lagged the 12.7% return on the […]
Supermarket Income plans fundraise as it picks up Tesco from Ediston – Ediston Property Investment Company (EPIC) has sold a Tesco Superstore, which forms part of Prestatyn Shopping Park, to Supermarket Income REIT. The sale price was £26.5m, which is equivalent to a net initial yield of 5.3%, in line with the property’s valuation as […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 March 2021: International Public Partnerships (INPP) has renewed its corporate debt facility for a further three years to March 2024. The new facility has the same overall £400m capacity but is structured more efficiently as £250m on a fully committed basis together with a flexible ‘accordion’ component which will allow for […]
Strategic Equity Capital pins its hopes on strategy shift – Strategic Equity Capital reports, on a total return basis, an 18.1% increase in its NAV and 19.3% increase in its share price over the second half of 2020. These numbers lag the 28.5% return posted by the FTSE Small Cap Index, the manager attributes this to […]
