Hipgnosis buys catalogue from Savan Kotecha – Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited has acquired a music catalogue from Savan Kotecha, an Indian-American songwriter and producer whose songs have been nominated for 17 Grammy Awards and who has just been named Music Week’s “Songwriter Of The Year” for 2019. Savan Kotecha songs have sold more than 375 million […]
Greencoat UK Wind buys two Scottish wind farms – Greencoat UK Wind PLC has agreed to acquire the Windy Rig and Twentyshilling wind farms from Statkraft UK Limited for a combined consideration of £104 million, to be paid on completion. Construction of the wind farms is expected to commence shortly, with the acquisition targeted to complete […]
Yew Grove REIT buys six offices – Yew Grove REIT has exchanged contracts to purchase a portfolio of six office buildings at Millennium Park, Naas, County Kildare. The purchase price will be EUR25.3 million, which represents a net initial yield of 5.8 per cent. after accounting for purchase costs. The portfolio is expected to have […]
3i Infrastructure sells Wireless Infrastructure stake – 3i Infrastructure has agreed to sell its 93% stake in Wireless Infrastructure Group (“WIG”), the independent wireless infrastructure operator headquartered in the UK, to Brookfield Infrastructure. The sale values the company’s stake in WIG at approximately GBP387 million, compared to a valuation of GBP291 million at 30 September 2019. […]
BioPharma Credit funds Global Blood Therapeutics – BioPharma Credit has entered into a definitive senior secured term loan agreement with Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GBT) alongside BioPharma Credit Investments V (Master) LP. The company will invest up to US$82.5 million in two tranches and BioPharma-V will invest an additional US$67.5 million. Global Blood Therapeutics […]
International Public Partnerships gets another OFTO project – International Public Partnerships Limited (INPP) says that Transmission Capital Partners – the consortium comprising INPP, Amber Infrastructure and Transmission Investment – has been appointed as preferred bidder for the long-term license and operation of a further offshore transmission project (OFTO). The latest scheme, comprising the transmission cable connection […]
Syncona invests $80m in Freeline – Syncona has made a $80.0 million commitment in a Series C financing by Freeline and has funded the first tranche of this commitment, amounting to $40.0 million (GBP30.6 million). Syncona has a 79% fully diluted ownership stake in Freeline at the point full current commitments are invested. Freeline is progressing […]
In QuotedData’s other news 19 December 2019 GCP Student Living hopes to riase £75m from a placing of shares at 186p (a 10.4% premium to the EPRA NAV and a 6.3% discount to the current share price). The money would be used to help fund the purchase of Scape Canalside in Mile End, London. EJF Investments […]
Another great year for Finsbury Growth – Finsbury Growth and Income’s net asset value total return per share for the year ended 30 September 2019 was 17.4%, matched by its share price total return. Both significantly outperformed the All-Share Index, which returned 2.7% over the same period. Dividends totalled 16.6p for the year, an increase of 8.5% but putting […]
This tortoise is no slouch – Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure is to change its name to Tortoise Global Infrastructure (adopting the name of its manager and reflecting the AIC’s decision to change the name of the utilities sector to infrastructure securities). This announcement coincides with the publication of its annual results for the year […]
