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18 Oct 2016

Harbourvest to buy SVG portfolio for £807m

SVG Capital has announced that it has sold 100% of its portfolio having today signed an asset transfer deed with Harbourvest. Harbourvest Structured Solutions III LP is paying £807m for the portfolio. The price is a small (0.6%) premium to the NAV at end July 2016. Taking that figure, adding SVG’s existing cash pile and allowing […]

17 Oct 2016

LondonMetric Property buys distribution warehouse

LondonMetric Property has acquired a distribution warehouse in Stevenage for GBP7.3m at a NIY of 6.25%. The 74,000 sq ft distribution warehouse is located immediately adjacent to the A1(M), on an established South East distribution park. The unit is let to Dixons Carphone for a further 9 years at a rent of GBP6.50 psf with […]

17 Oct 2016

EPE Special Opportunities benefits from Luceco IPO

EPE Special Opportunities is reporting an IPO for one of its investments, Luceco plc. The IPO is of 71.6 million shares at a price of 130.0 pence per share. Luceco plc will admit its entire issued share capital of 160.8 million shares to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, implying a market […]

17 Oct 2016

Picton sells 1 Chancery Lane

Picton Property Income has disposed of its interest at 1 Chancery Lane, WC2 for GBP17.25 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 3.9%. 1 Chancery Lane comprises a 15,000 sq ft multi-let retail and office block, located in London’s Midtown, arranged over basement, ground and five upper floors. The disposal formed part of and now […]

17 Oct 2016

SME Loan Fund running at 7.2% yield on issue price

The SME Loan Fund has produced its first set of results, covering the period from launch until 30 June 2016. The Group’s NAV at 30 June 2016 was GBP53.4 million   (101.31p per Ordinary Share) compared to GBP51.7 million (98.15p per Ordinary Share) at launch. The total return for the Group for the period was 7.1% on the opening NAV. […]

17 Oct 2016

Wolf Minerals close to completing funding solution

Wolf Minerals expects to complete discussions with its lenders and major shareholder, RCF, on funding arrangements to support the ramp up towards commercial production and design performance at the Drakelands open pit tungsten/tin mine by 21 October 2016. Once the agreements are complete, the company will release its annual report to 30 June 2016. In […]

17 Oct 2016

From $5 to $1.22 the 200 year journey of the pound against the dollar

One of the most dramatic movements in the financial world following the EU referendum was the fall of the pound. the pound-dollar exchange rate fell from a pre-referendum level of around $1.49 to a rate today of around $1.22. In the short-term that has been good news for investors with…. you can read the rest […]