Jupiter US beats benchmark but discount widens – Jupiter US Smaller Companies has published results for the year ended 30 June 2020. The company reports a 3.2% fall in NAV compared to a fall of 3.8% in the benchmark (sterling-adjusted Russell 2000 Total Return Index). The discount widened from 9.3% to 15.6% and the share price fell by […]
TRIG buys Haut Vannier wind farm – The Renewables Infrastructure Group has acquired a 100% interest in Haut Vannier SAS, with the rights to construct a 43MW wind farm located in Haute-Marne, approximately 65km northeast of the city of Dijon in France. The project was developed by Envision and Velocita, who will continue to carry out the […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 October 2020 Hg Capital has made a further investment in The Access Group. £38.8m of this is coming from the trust and other institutional clients of Hg are investing alongside HGT through the Hg Genesis 8 Fund. Pollen Street Secured Lending has changed its name and is now Alternative Credit Investments […]
Stephen Macklow-Smith retiring – The board of JPMorgan European Investment Trust has been informed by J.P. Morgan Asset Management that after 23 years with JPMorgan, all of which spent as the portfolio manager of the company, Stephen Macklow-Smith has decided to retire from asset management. He will leave J. P. Morgan Asset Management on 31st December 2020. […]
Round Hill Music prospectus published – We promised to bring you Round Hill’s prospectus when it was published – here it is. Round Hill Music Royalty Fund aims to provide investors with an attractive level of regular and growing income and capital returns from investment primarily in high quality, music intellectual property. The company will invest […]
Alliance swaps FPA for Lomas – Alliance Trust reports that its investment manager, Willis Towers Watson, has appointed Lomas Capital Management LLC as managers to a portfolio for its multi-manager investment strategy. Alliance Trust’s assets are managed by nine expert stock pickers. Each of these runs a high conviction, 20-stock portfolio. Lomas’ investment process identifies economic […]
Baring Emerging Europe heads for Middle East and Africa – Baring Emerging Europe has announced a proposed change of investment policy which will diversify the current mandate’s geographical scope to include the whole of Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) including, as opportunities arise, investing in select frontier markets within the EMEA region. The […]
JZ Capital sells part of US Microcap portfolio – JZ Capital Partners Limited has agreed to sell its interests in certain US microcap portfolio companies to a secondary fund led by Hamilton Lane Advisors, L.L.C. The sale will be structured as a sale to a newly formed fund, JZHL Secondary Fund LP, managed by an affiliate of […]
SDCL Energy Efficiency’s placing raised £105m at 100p per share against its target of £80m. Even with the expanded target, the issue was significantly oversubscribed. The announcement on Friday said that there had been “further positive progress with the negotiations to acquire an established, operational and regulated energy network in a major Western European city“. […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 October 2020: The remaining conditions for UIL’s sale of Ascendant to Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp have been satisfied. UIL will get $37.6m. Ascendant owns 100% of Bermuda Electricity Light Company Limited, Bermuda’s sole electricity provider. JPMorgan Brazil has published a circular in relation to its planned wind up. Its shares will be […]
