ICG Longbow wind down approved – ICG Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments has published the results of its extraordinary general meeting, which was held today. Shareholders approved the new investment objective and the new investment policy and the manager will now pursue a strategy of orderly realisation and the return of capital over time to […]
Schroder British Opportunities backs Rapyd – Schroder British Opportunities Trust has made an investment into Rapyd, a leading global ‘Fintech-as-a-Service’ company with significant UK operations. SBO’s investment forms part of Rapyd’s $300m Series D financing round, which was led by Coatue and which marks the company’s third private equity investment. SBO invested via its co-investment partner […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 January 2021: Polar Capital Global Financials has published a circular to convene a meeting on 1 February at which shareholders will be asked to approve the issue of up to 70,375,000 shares from treasury without pre-emption (first offering them to existing shareholders). The shares will be issued at a premium and […]
Why kowtow to the US? Invesco Asia makes statement on Order 13959 Today, Invesco Asia made the following announcement: “The board is aware of US Executive Order 13959 (“EO 13959”) relating to Communist Chinese Military Companies (“CCMCs”) and associated guidance issued by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), in particular relating […]
LondonMetric Property buys two urban logistics warehouses – LondonMetric Property has bought two urban logistics warehouses in Manchester and Birmingham for £39m, reflecting a blended yield on cost of 4.25%. The newly built warehouses are let for 15 years at an average rent of £6.60 psf and benefit from RPI linked rent reviews. In Manchester, […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 January 2021: UK Mortgages Limited is launching Hops Hill No.1, a securitisation of the portfolio of first ranking, buy-to-let mortgage loans originated by Keystone Property Finance. Keystone have been originating loans for UKML for the last two years with warehouse financing provided by NAB. The portfolio size reached almost £340m by 31st […]
Shift to premium boosts JPMorgan Asia after NAV underperforms JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income has published results for the year ended 30th September 2020. Over the year the NAV return was 9.3% compared with a return of 12.3% for the MSCI All Countries Asia ex Japan Index. .Fortunately, the return to shareholders was 22.3% as the discount moved […]
Schroder UK Public Private gets uplift from Kymab deal – Schroder UK Public Private Trust says that portfolio company Kymab, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing fully human monoclonal antibodies with a focus on immune-mediated diseases and immuno-oncology therapeutics, has announced its acquisition by Sanofi, a global biopharmaceutical company. Sanofi will acquire Kymab for an upfront payment […]
The riot in the Capitol Building may be dominating headlines but hopefully the orange cloud over Washington may soon dissipate. Does that mean Nothin’ but blue skies from now on…? For investors, one of the key events if 2021 to date may be the Democrat’s wins in the Georgia senate races. Joe Biden will now have […]
Oakley Capital’s Daisy Group sells Digital Wholesale Solutions – Oakley Capital Investments says its Oakley Capital Fund II portfolio company, Daisy Group, has reached an agreement to sell its stake in its Digital Wholesale Solutions division. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. The trust’s share of proceeds will be about £22m, which represents about a […]
