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07 Dec 2020
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Marwyn launches three new investment vehicles

Marwyn launches three new investment vehicles – Marwyn Value Investors Limited has announced that three new UK listed acquisition companies, Marwyn Acquisition Company I Limited, Marwyn Acquisition Company II Limited, and Marwyn Acquisition Company III Limited have been admitted to the standard segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market. The […]

04 Dec 2020

QuotedData’s weekly news show 4 December 2020

QuotedData’s weekly news show 4 December 2020 Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on youtube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: Polar Capital Global Financials’ remarkable share price rise Invesco Income Growth’s planned merger Golden Prospect Precious Metals’ influx […]

04 Dec 2020

QD view – Good governance might start with you

On Tuesday next week we will hold the third and final day of our ESG conference and the main focus will be on governance. The importance of this area to investors cannot be understated. Just think of the damage done at BHS, Carilion, Wirecard, Patisserie Valerie, Boohoo and Volkswagen. It wasn’t just investors taking the […]

03 Dec 2020

Hg invests in Benevity

Hg invests in Benevity – Hg, the manager of HgCapital Trust has announced an investment in Benevity, Inc., a global leader in global corporate purpose cloud software. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed and closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals which are expected in January 2021. HgCapital Trust will invest approximately £27.3m, […]

03 Dec 2020

Derwent London sells Johnson Building

Derwent London sells Johnson Building – Derwent London has exchanged contracts to sell its 192,700 sq ft freehold interest in Johnson Building, 77 Hatton Garden and 5-7 St Cross Street EC1 to Eurazeo Patrimoine, the real assets division of Eurazeo. The headline price is £170m before rental top-ups of £2.4m for incentives and vacant space. The […]

03 Dec 2020

Golden Prospect subscription shares exercised

Golden Prospect subscription shares exercised – Golden Prospect Precious Metals Limited says that the subscription trustee has exercised all of the 10,336,782 outstanding subscription share rights (the rump of subscription shares that hadn’t been taken up by subscription share holders). The ordinary shares that arose from the exercise of the rump have been sold by finnCap […]

03 Dec 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 December 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 December 2020: Jupiter UK Growth’s board has agreed in principle to a voluntary winding up of the company and the offer of cash or a rollover into an open-ended UCITS fund, the Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund. The rollover fund’s investment objective is to achieve capital appreciation by investing primarily in […]

01 Dec 2020

Sirius buys Nuremberg business and industrial park

Sirius buys Nuremberg business and industrial park – Sirius Real Estate has notarised the acquisition of a multi-tenanted business park in Nuremberg for a total acquisition cost of €13.7 million, reflecting an EPRA net initial yield of 7.1%. The purchase will be funded from existing cash resources, with completion expected in January 2021. Sirius is acquiring […]

01 Dec 2020

Alternative Income REIT buys retail park

Alternative Income REIT buys retail park – Alternative Income REIT has exchanged contracts to acquire the Droitwich Spa Retail Park for £4.75m, in an off market transaction. The price represents a discount to replacement cost and reflects a net initial yield of 7.95%. This is the first deal that the trust has done led by its […]

01 Dec 2020

Invesco Income Growth plans merger with IP Select

Invesco Income Growth plans merger with IP Select – The board of Invesco Income Growth Trust has agreed heads of terms with the board of Invesco Perpetual Select Trust for a merger. The scheme would be effected by way of a scheme of reconstruction under Section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and a voluntary winding […]