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11 May 2016

SEGRO secures €780m bank facilities

SEGRO plc has announced that it has agreed amended bank facilities totalling EUR780 million (GBP614 million). The facilities comprise a EUR610 million  syndicated revolving credit facility and two bi-lateral revolving credit facilities of EUR100 million and EUR70 million each. The net impact of the changes is a EUR110 million (GBP87 million) increase in the unsecured committed […]

11 May 2016

Vinaland and VOF sell Century 21 stakes

Vinaland and VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunities (VOF) are selling their entire stakes in the 21(st) Century International Development Joint Stock Company (Century 21 Project) located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The site is a future residential – mixed use development site, with a total site area of 301,060 square metres which was acquired in 2006 for […]

10 May 2016

Online lenders distance themselves from Lending Club

Both P2P Global Investments and VPC Speciality Lending have come out with statements saying they have no equity investment in Lending Club. VPC Speciality Lending said “it does not hold a position in LendingClub Corp and has never had any exposure to them nor any loans originated by them”. P2P Global said its investment manager is […]

10 May 2016

Hg Capital invests in STP

HgCapital has today announced an investment in STP Group, a leading provider of insolvency and law practice software, based in Germany, in partnership with the current CEO and co-founder Gunther Thies. Mr Thies retains a significant interest in the business and will continue as CEO. The investment was made from HgCapital’s Mercury Fund which focuses […]

10 May 2016

LondonMetric Property sells three retail parks

LondonMetric Property Plc has announced that the Metric Income Plus Limited Partnership (“MIPP”), its joint venture with Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd (“USS”), has sold its retail parks in Bridgwater, Chatham and Grimsby for GBP15.9 million (LondonMetric share: GBP8.0 million), reflecting a blended NIY of 5.7%. The 33,000 sq ft Range store in Bridgwater has been […]

10 May 2016

Polar Capital Global Healthcare lags benchmark in first half

Polar Capital Global Healthcare says, for the six months to 31 March 2016 it generated a Net Asset Value total return of 0.5% which was behind its benchmark, the MSCI Healthcare Index (total return in Sterling with dividends reinvested) which rose by 5.1% over the same period. The share price fell by 3.7% over the […]

10 May 2016

Revealed: The investment trust winners and laggards in April

The recent recovery in the mining sector extended into April, with commodity trusts among the best performers for the month, according to QuotedData’s latest report. http://www.investmentweek.co.uk

09 May 2016

K&C REIT buys retirement and residential portfolio

K&C REIT has announced that, on 6 May 2016, it agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of The Osprey Management Company Limited from Ms Susan Hards for an aggregate consideration of £1.6m.  Osprey owns a portfolio of freehold interests in a number of high quality retirement and residential properties in London and southern England.  In addition, […]

06 May 2016

JPMorgan Elect results show small falls in NAVs

JPMorgan Elect has published its interim results. For the half year ended 29th February 2016, the total return on the company’s net assets was -1.3% for the Managed Growth portfolio and -1.1% for the Managed Income portfolio. The total return on the Managed Cash portfolio was +0.3%. The Managed Growth portfolio has delivered a total […]

05 May 2016

Kennedy Wilson expands portfolio

Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate has completed the acquisitions of two suburban office assets in Sandyford and Blackrock in South Dublin for an aggregate consideration of EUR76.9 million (GBP60.8 million) and Towers Business Park in Manchester for GBP82 million. The acquisitions will be funded from the Company’s existing cash resources. KWE completed the acquisition of […]