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06 Aug 2020

SDCL Energy Efficiency buys EV charging portfolio

SDCL Energy Efficiency buys EV charging portfolio – SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust has entered into an agreement with Electric Vehicle Network  (EVN) to buy a portfolio of 112 rapid and ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the UK for a total consideration of up to £50m. The EV charging sites will be developed and funded […]

06 Aug 2020

Stenprop buys in Glasgow

Stenprop buys in Glasgow – Stenprop has bought St Andrews Industrial Estate, a 73,248 sq ft multi-let industrial estate of nine high quality warehouse units near Glasgow city centre. The £5.5m acquisition price reflects a net initial yield of 7.3% and a capital value of £75 per sq ft. Located on the south side of Glasgow, […]

06 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 August 2020: VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity has completed its sale of its stake in International Dairy Products. The fund shares $45.4m with its co-investment partner Daiwa PI Partners. All in, this deal added 14 cents to the NAV but this is already in the NAV (has been reflected there since 10 July). […]

04 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 August 2020, as BP cuts its dividend for the first time in a decade: BMO Commercial Property is to reintroduce a monthly dividend from this month at 0.25p per share (half the previous rate). The NAV return for the three months ended 30 June 2020 was -2.9%. The retail and leisure […]

04 Aug 2020

Henderson Alternative Strategies disappoints again

Henderson Alternative Strategies disappoints again – On 3 July 2020, shareholders in Henderson Alternative Strategies approved a plan tp sell off the portfolio and return the proceeds to shareholders. Over the year to the end of March 2020, the NAV total return on the fund was -13.8%, well below the -6.0% return posted by the fund’s […]

31 Jul 2020

QuotedData’s weekly news show 31 July 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: The planned merger between Perpetual Income and Growth and Murray Income JPMorgan Brazil’s board’s decision to recommend voting against continuation Watch it again here We’ll […]

31 Jul 2020

A new champion

This week’s big story is the planned merger of Perpetual Income & Growth and Murray Income Trust. We think this is a great result – for PLI shareholders and could produce a new champion for the sector as a whole. The UK equity income sector has some great funds and managers, but it also seems […]

30 Jul 2020

BioPharma anticpates Lexicon prepayment

BioPharma anticpates Lexicon prepayment – BioPharma Credit has a $124.5m loan to Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (part of a $150m loan) which is secured against its XERMELO® (telotristat ethyl) product. Lexicon is planning to sell XERMELO to TerSera Therapeutics for $224m. BioPharma believes that Lexicon will use the upfront proceeds from the XERMELO sale to substantially reduce its debt, including […]

30 Jul 2020

JPMorgan Brazil gives up

JPMorgan Brazil gives up – JPMorgan Brazil has published results for the year ended 30 April 2020. The total return on net assets was -31.3%, compared with -33.2% returned by the benchmark, the MSCI Brazil 10/40 Index. However, since 30 April, the net asset value has risen by 40.0%, against an increase of 32.7% in the benchmark […]

30 Jul 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 July 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 July 2020: Secured Income Fund’s latest factsheet discloses that it extended loans accounting for 27.5% of its portfolio by 12 months in response to COVID-related pressures on the borrowers. This extends the weighted average maturity of the portfolio from 2.58 years to 2.89 years. Shareholders just voted to wind down […]