In QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 June 2024: abrdn Diversified Income & Growth (ADIG) has announced details of its planned return of £115m of capital (38p per share) via a B share scheme. The distribution needs to be approved at a meeting that will be held on 3 July 2024. The money should be with shareholders […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 June 2024: RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW) says its largest (13.4% of the portfolio) holding, Avidity Biosciences Inc. has announced positive initial data from its Phase 1/2 trial of AOC 1020, an investigational therapy that targets DUX4, the root cause of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). AOC 1020 demonstrated unprecedented and consistent […]
Impax believes the urgent need to detect, treat and destroy ‘forever chemicals’ in the world’s water is creating investment opportunities that are broader and more valuable than many appreciate Executive summary Understanding of the potentially grave and lasting threats to public health and biodiversity posed by ‘forever chemicals’ is driving public pressure, regulation and litigation […]
QD view: feet dragging by the current administration on an issue of considerable importance to the investment companies industry means that a new Labour government offers our best hope for a solution If you have been following the cost disclosure issue story on our website, you will know that one of the strands that the […]
There was an announcement from Pershing Square Holdings yesterday saying that its manager Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P is now 100% owned by a new limited partnership and that 10% of that limited partnership had been sold to external investors for $1.05bn. The largest shareholder of the new LP is Bill Ackman. The consortium of […]
In 2023, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust launched a capital recycling programme. In December 2023 the trust completed the sale of the Krzecin and Kuslin wind farms (totalling 59MW) in Poland, realising net proceeds of about £92m (7% of the total value of all investments as at 30 September 2023) – a 21% premium over the […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 June 2024: Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF) has bought a solar portfolio for £9.3m, using money from its revolving credit facility. The portfolio includes three solar assets with a total capacity of 13MW and comprises: 7.7MW of solar PV systems situated on residential rooftops owned by three different UK housing associations […]
Special Opportunities REIT is a new internally-managed REIT seeking to capitalise on the recent dislocation in UK real estate capital markets to deliver highly attractive total returns. It has published a prospectus. If successful, the shares would be admitted to the Official List (standard listing) of the FCA and to trading on the standard segment […]
Since GCP Asset Backed Income announced a strategic review on 13 December 2023, the board received several approaches from third parties to acquire the company. The board gave several of them access to detailed due diligence information. None of the potential offerors made a proposal at a level which, in the board’s opinion and taking […]
Harmony Energy Income says its has cancelled the (previously postponed) first FY2024 quarterly dividend and does not anticipate being in a position to declare a dividend in line with the new policy for the remainder of the current financial year, although based upon current market forecasts it is anticipated that a covered dividend will be […]
