News

02 Sep 2019

LXI announces £55m of acquisitions

LXi REIT (LXI) has announced a number of acquisitions for a combined total investment of approximately £55 million. All are long-let and index linked, and the purchase price reflects a weighted average net initial acquisition yield of 5.70%. The company says that this compares favourably to its latest portfolio valuation yield of 5.13% as at […]

02 Sep 2019
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure-SEQI

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund proposes a placing

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income (SEQI) has announced a proposed placing of up to 125,000,000 new ordinary shares.. The placing price is to be announced separately on or around 13 September 2019, alongside the Company’s unaudited NAV as at 30 August 2019. Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (“Stifel”) is acting as financial adviser and sole bookrunner to […]

02 Sep 2019

Hipgnosis Songs Fund gears up with a £65m RCF

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited has announced that it has signed a Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) of £65 million from JPMorgan Chase Bank (as Lead Arranger). The RCF will be available for three years and the Company may request an increase in the RCF commitment by a further £35 million subject to certain conditions. Hipgnosis says […]

02 Sep 2019

Vulcan Value Partners joins Alliance Trust’s manager line up

Alliance Trust has announced that Willis Towers Watson, its appointed investment manager, has added a new stock picker, Vulcan Value Partners (VVP), to its list of list underlying investment managers. Alliance Trust follows, what it describes as, a “best-in-class multi-manager investment strategy”. The appointment of VVP takes the number of stock pickers selected for the Trust […]

02 Aug 2019

Augmentum Fintech invests £5m in Habito

Augmentum Fintech has announced that it has invested £5m in the on-line mortgage broker and lender, Habito. Habito (www.habito.com) says that it searches the whole market (90+ lenders, 20,000+ mortgages) to find its customers the best mortgage based on their circumstances About Habito Habito describes itself as “transforming the United Kingdom’s £1.3 trillion mortgage market […]

02 Aug 2019

FlowStream Royalties Limited Pre-IPO prospectus

Flowstream Royalties Limited (FSR) has published a prospectus (see below) in relation to an IPO that is targeting a capital raise of up to US$250m (with a minimum of US$100m) to invest in royalties and streams on assets related to the upstream oil and gas industry, and associated infrastructure. Once the Company is fully invested, it intends to […]

02 Aug 2019

QuotedData’s other news 2 August 2019

In QuotedData’s other news 2 August 2019 Capital and Regional has provided a trading update for the first half of 2019, ahead of its half-year results, which will follow on 11 September. The company says that it is seeing continued evidence that its community strategy is working; strong leasing momentum with new lettings undertaken at […]

02 Aug 2019

Diverse Income has a challenging year

Diverse Income Trust’s annual results, for the year ended 31 May 2019, suggest it has been a challenging year for the trust. During the period, the trust’s NAV fell by 5.9% on a total return basis, while its share price fell by 13.6% in total return terms, reflecting a widening of the discount during the […]

02 Aug 2019

Neil Hermon’s Henderson Smaller Companies mildly underperforms

Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL), managed by Neil Hermon (pictured) has announced its annual results, for the year ended 31 May 2019, during which it mildly underperformed its benchmark. The chairman, Jame Cayzer-Colvin, highlights that this is just the second year of underperformance in the 16 years that Neil Herman as managed its portfolio. Specifically, HSL’s net assets […]

30 Jul 2019

More woes for Woodford? Benevolent AI and Industrial Heat delist from TISE

Woodford Funds has issued a statement that Benevolent AI and Industrial Heat have delisted from The International Stock Exchange (TISE). These are major holdings in both the Woodford LF Equity Income Fund (a UCITS fund) and Woodford Patient Capital Trust (WPCT – a UK investment trust). While WPCT, with its closed ended structure, may suffer from […]