Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust has bought two hydropower plants for a total of €5.8m. The two operational hydropower plants are located in Sweden’s SE2 electricity region. The deals are being funded through Downing’s available cash reserves. The first acquisition, completed in February 2023, is a c. 2.5 GWh hydropower plant in Högforsen, on the […]
ICG Enterprise Trust is investing alongside funds advised by PAI Partners to support European Camping Group’s acquisition of Vacanceselect in a transaction that is expected to create the 3rd largest operator of mobile holiday homes in Europe. The investment is being led by PAI Europe VII and PAI Europe VIII and the trust will invest […]
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD) says portfolio company České Radiokomunikace (CRA) has signed a 5-year agreement with blue chip pay TV broadcaster AMC Networks International. The agreement, effective from 1 March 2023, allows AMC channels that were up to now only available on subscription or via the internet to be broadcast. This was enabled by CRA’s […]
RTW Venture Fund, alongside other investment vehicles managed by its investment manager, co-led participation in Oricell Therapeutics’ $45m Series B-1 financing round together with Qatar Investment Authority, with participation from existing investors, including Qiming Venture Partners and C&D Emerging Industry Equity Investment. Oricell, which was founded in 2015, is a China-based innovative pharmaceutical company committed […]
Mobius Investment Trust has published results for the period from 1 December 2021 to 30 November 2022. The NAV and share price on a total return basis decreased by 12.3% and 15.0% respectively. The MSCI EM Index lost 13%. The shares traded at an average discount to NAV of 2.3%, closing at a discount of […]
For calendar year 2022, Fondul Proprietatea produced an NAV return of 19.1% and a share price return of 12.2% (in RON terms) or 3.9% in US dollar terms. At the year end, the shares were trading on a 20% discount. There’s a RON0.05 dividend and the board may yet declare a special dividend. The highlights […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 February 2023: Princess Private Equity (PEY) is abandonng (from April 2023) its currency hedging strategy, which had a considerable negative impact on the fund last year. Dividends based on 5% of NAV will resume in June with a 36 cent payment. The chair Richard Battey, who has been on the […]
Following the deadline on 24 February 2023 for receipt of forms of proxy in respect of the upcoming meeting on 28 February 2023, Aquila Energy Efficiency has announced the result of the proxy votes cast as at 2 p.m. on 24 February 2023. Votes over a total of 46,553,793 (about 55.58% of total votes cast) […]
Greencoat Renewables says that for the year ended 31 December 2022: NAV per share increased by 7.3 cents to 112.4 cents per share Declared dividends totalling 6.18 cents per share, with a target of 6.42 cents for 2023 (+3.9%) The portfolio generated 2,487GWh of electricity in the period (2021: 1,522GWh) that’s enough to power 538,958 […]
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund secured contracts in the 2023 T-4 capacity market auction across six of its battery energy storage sites. The T-4 auction is designed to secure capacity for the power grid for a period of 15 years commencing in four years’ time. Gore Street Energy Storage’s revenue for the first year (between […]
