In a statement issued today (2 February 2024) on Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s (SONG’s) website (click here to read), it has been announced that Merck Mercuriadis, founder of SONG’s the management company has stepped down from his role as its chief executive but will be staying on as the chair of the manager’s board. Ben Katovsky, […]
Following a similar announcement from Gresham House Energy storage (GRID – click here to see our coverage of this from yesterday), Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) has also issued a trading update ahead of the publication of its quarterly Net Asset Value update and audited annual results later this month. Like GRID, HEIT says that […]
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has acquired four newly-constructed solar farms located close to Dublin, Ireland for a total cost of €160m. The solar complex totals 199MW and was acquired from Statkraft Ireland Limited, which developed and constructed the projects under ORIT’s oversight. Following the acquisition, ORIT’s total capacity of operational renewable energy assets reaches […]
Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited (VEIL) has announced that Mr. Tuan Anh Le (Tuan) has been appointed as the lead portfolio manager, stepping up from deputy manager, with effect from 1 February 2024. Tuan succeeds Mr. Dien Vu Huu (Dien) who is moving to a new role at Dragon Capital. Tuan joined Dragon Capital as a […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 February 2024: On 1 February 2024, Apax XI Fund announced that it had closed the acquisition of WGSN, a consumer trend forecaster, from Ascential Plc. Apax Global Alpha (AGA), which is a limited partner in Apax XI, says that it has invested approximately €21.5m in WGSN on a look-through basis […]
Marble Point Loan Financing (MPLF) is convening EGMs (for both its liquidating share class and ordinary share class) following the receipt of a requisition notice from Freestone Advantage Partners III LP to consider proposals for amending MPLS’s articles of incorporation to allow for a liquidating share opportunity every year (rather than every other financial year […]
Smithson (SSON) has published its manager’s review for the year ended 31 December 2023, during which its net asset value per share (NAV) increased by 13.3% and its share price increased by 8.2%. In comparison, the MSCI World Small and Mid-Cap Index (‘SMID’), SSON’s reference index, increased by 9.1% during the same period. 2023 saw […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 January 2024: Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has announced that it has terminated its option to acquire 175MW of ready-to-build solar projects in Spain. ORIT originally entered into a conditional acquisition agreement over the sites in 2020, but having reassessed the projects “on a risk-adjusted basis” and taking into account […]
Tuesday this week (9 January), saw the announcement that Ben Whitmore, a star investment manager at Jupiter focused on value equities, would be leaving to set up his own investment management firm. This is no small development for Jupiter as Ben is a popular manager responsible for a significant portion of the firm’s AUM (he […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 January 2024: Pantheon International (PIN) has agreed a private placement of US$150m (£118m equivalent) of loan notes that have been structured over different maturities of 5, 7 and 10 years, resulting in a weighted average maturity of 6.9 years. PIN says that the loan notes were three times oversubscribed at […]