Greencoat UK Wind raising cash to buy Scottish wind farms – Greencoat UK Wind (UKW) has entered into agreements to acquire 49.9% stakes in the Stronelairg and Dunmaglass wind farms from SSE (in partnership with a major UK pension fund whose investment is also managed by Greencoat Capital). UKW will acquire a net 35.5% stake in […]
Baker Steel Resources buys royalty in Queensland coal – Baker Steel Resources Trust has bought a 0.75% gross revenue royalty over the future production of coal from the Wilton and Fairhill properties in Queensland, Australia for A$6 million. The deal includes the option to acquire an additional 0.25% for a further A$2 million (exercisable any time […]
Aberdeen Emerging: underlying managers struggled in 2018 – Aberdeen Emerging Markets underperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over the year to the end of October 2018, returning -12.4% in NAV terms against -9.0% for the benchmark. The discount widened, leaving shareholders with a return of -15.7%. total dividends of 21p were paid in accordance with the […]
Primary Health reports static earnings but increases dividend – Primary Healthcare Properties has published results for the year ended 31 December 2018 [a remarkable feat given this is just one month later]. Highlights are: A 4.4% increase in the EPRA NAV to 105.1p. The net initial yield of the portfolio fell to 4.85% from 4.91% EPRA […]
PRS REIT buys four more development sites – PRS REIT signed contracts over four additional private rental sector development sites in January. Three of the sites are ones which PRS will develop in conjunction with partners and the remaining site will be bought once it is fully-completed. The four sites are expected to deliver approximately 310 […]
Hipgnosis buys catalogue from Itaal Shur – Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited has bought a music catalogue from Itaal Shur, best known for co-writing the multi platinum song ‘Smooth‘ which according to Billboard magazine is the second most successful song of all time. ‘Smooth’ is the only song to have ever appeared on two Billboard decade ending […]
CEIBA fully invested – CEIBA Investments Limited says it has now successfully deployed all of the £30m raised in its IPO. The company repaid the outstanding EUR30 million bridge loan (that was previously provided by its largest shareholder) in order to expand their interest in the Meliã Las Americas, Meliã Varadero and Meliã Sol Palmeras hotels […]
Drum Income Plus REIT ups dividend – Drum Income Plus REIT says that its net asset value per share at 30 September 2018 was 93.8 pence, 0.2% lower than the figure at the end of the previous year. When dividends paid during the year are included the net asset value total return for the year […]
Hg picks up Transporeon from TPG – Hg, manager of HgCapital Trust, has agreed to invest in Transporeon Group, one of the world’s leading cloud-based logistics platforms. HgCapital Trust will invest approximately GBP35.0 million in Transporeon, with other institutional clients of Hg investing alongside the Company through the Hg8 Fund. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in […]
BlackRock Commodities Income to ease up on option writing – BlackRock Commodities Income reports that, for the year ended 30 November 2018, the company returned 3.6% in NAV terms, outperforming both the MSCI World Energy Index which returned 3.5% and the EMIX Global Mining Index which returned 0.4%. However, a widening of its discount meant that the […]
