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22 Nov 2016

NextEnergy Solar announces acquisition of Kentishes Solar Plant in Braintree, Essex

NextEnergy Solar Fund has announced that has signed an agreement to acquire the Kentishes solar plant, which is located at Stisted, Braintree, Essex. The company says that the 5 MWp plant is nearing the end of construction and is set to be accredited under 1.2 Renewable Obligation Certificate regime qualifying for the significant investment grace […]

22 Nov 2016

Hammerson raises £400m of fixed rate debt in US private placement

Hammerson has announced that it has signed an agreement with eleven institutional investors, from both the US and the UK, for the placement of £400m of private placement notes with maturities at 7, 9, 11 and 14 years. The fixed rate notes are denominated in Euro (EUR 177m), British Pound Sterling (£50m) and US Dollar […]

18 Nov 2016

New India grows 21.5% in half year, in line with benchmark

New India has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2016. During the period, the trust’s NAV per share increased by 21.5% to 439.98p while the Ordinary share price also gained by 21.5% to reach 380.75p. By comparison, the trust says that its benchmark MSCI India Index increased by 21.6% and […]

18 Nov 2016

No tender offer for CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities

CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities has announced that, following its announcement, on the 14 November, of the unaudited net asset value of the Company’s Ordinary Shares and C Shares as at the close of business on 31 October 2016, the Company notes that its ordinary Shares and C Shares were trading at a 0.25% discount and a […]

18 Nov 2016

GCP Infrastructure Investments placing aims to raise £60m

GCP Infrastructure Investments has announced a placing of new Ordinary Shares under its placing programme. The Placing will seek to raise gross proceeds of approximately £60 million in accordance with the prospectus. The company says that the placing is being effected to allow it to take advantage of a number of attractive investment opportunities in […]

17 Nov 2016

HgCapital Trust contributes £3.1m to an investment in fundinfo

HgCapital, the Manager of HgCapital Trust, has announced an investment in fundinfo AG, which it describes as, “a technology platform for fund data and documents publication and dissemination to the global fund industry, headquartered in Zurich”. The terms of this transaction have not been disclosed. HgCapital Trust plc will invest in fundinfo, alongside other institutional […]

17 Nov 2016

SVG Capital opens tender offer for £1.05bn

SVG Capital has announced that, further to its announcement on 18 October 2016 regarding the proposed sale of 100% of its investment portfolio and wind down, it has published a circular for shareholders with details of: a proposed change of investment objective and policy; a proposed sale of the Company’s investment portfolio (completion of which […]

17 Nov 2016

TwentyFour Income Fund benefits from performance of European ABS market

TwentyFour Income Fund has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2016. During the period, the company’s NAV increased by 6.3% to 110.23p per share and it also declared 3p of dividends. The share price increased by 5.9%. The company’s chairman, Trevor Ash, says that for the majority of the period […]

17 Nov 2016

Shires Income beats benchmark aided by rising oil and commodity prices

Shires Income has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2016. During the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of 15.9% and a share price total return of 16.4%, both of which outperformed its FTSE All-Share Index benchmark, which it says returned 12.9%. The trust’s chairman, Anthony B Davidson, […]

11 Nov 2016

British Empire returns 31.0% beating its benchmark

British Empire Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2016. The company says that, during the period, its NAV total return per share was 31.0%, its benchmark return was 28.0% (the MSCI All Country World ex-US Index), whilst its share price total return was 34.3%, reflecting a narrowing of the […]