SEGRO has sold Pegasus Park in Brussels for €83.4m (no change on the valuation as at 31 December 2013). The property generated a yield, after admin costs, of 9.0%. Pegasus park is an 81,500 sqm office park close to Brussels airport. The high yield reflects the vacancy rate – about 20% – and relatively short […]
NextEnergy Solar Fund has bought a solar plant in Bilsham, Sussex that is being developed by BNRG Renewables. The plant is being built in two phases – one of 12.5MW and another of 2.5MW. NextEnergy Solar Fund will hand over £15m for the plant once it is awarded its preliminary acceptance certificate (expected August 2014). The […]
ARC Capital has been trying to sell its holding in Funtalk China Holdings. Shareholders have approved the deal but today ARC Capital Holdings has announced that one of the other conditions that needed to be satisfied before the deal could take place has not been fulfilled yet – namely that PAG Asia I LP (a vehicle […]
Artemis Alpha Trust has released results for the period ended 30 April 2014. It generated a net asset value total return of 13.3% for the period, ahead of the 10.5% return generated by the FTSE All-Share Index. The dividend increased from 3.05p to 3.2p. The fund’s discount widened however so the return to shareholders was […]
Real Estate Investors has sold Cathedral Place, 42-44 Waterloo Street, Birmingham to Can Like UK for £4.6m. This price equates to an initial yield of 4.1%. They say that other disposals are on the cards. Real Estate Investors has also updated the market on the position of the company as at 30 June 2014. All of […]
Small Companies Dividend Trust has published its anual accounts for the year ended 30 April 2014. It was a remarkable period for the fund as its net asset value per share rose by 37.9% and its share price by 46.3%. By contrast the MSCI UK Small Cap Index rose by 19.3%. The discount narrowed from […]
NextEnergy Solar Fund has bought a solar plant in Bilsham, Sussex that is being developed by BNRG Renewables. The plant is being built in two phases – one of 12.5MW and another of 2.5MW. NextEnergy Solar Fund will hand over £15m for the plant once it is awarded its preliminary acceptance certificate (expected August 2014). The […]
Burford Capital has released a trading update covering the six month period to the end of June. They say that, since the inception of the fund, 26 investments have generated $173.9 million in gross investment recoveries and $67 million net of invested capital, producing a 63% net return on invested capital. They go o to say […]
LondonMetric Property has a joint venture with Universities Superannuation Scheme called Metric Income Plus Limited Partnership. this joint venture is buying Trostre South Retail Park in Llanelli from Benesco, a charity, for £12.8m, equivalent to a net initial yield of 6.8%. The 75,400 sq ft Tostre South Retail Park is let to B&Q, Pets at Home and KFC […]
Investors in Global Real Estate has announced that it has selected Schroder Property Investment Management Limited as its new manager (starting today!). The portfolio will be run by a new Global Property Securities team established by Schroder consisting of Tom Walker (from AMP where he was Deputy Head of Global Listed Real Estate), Hugo Machin (from AMP where […]
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