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19 Feb 2019

Renewables Infrastructure Group sees portfolio generation close to budget

The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has announced its final results for the year ended 31 December 2018. During the year, TRIG provided an NAV total return of 11.6%. It describes the year as one of “Strong financial performance during the year with portfolio generation close to budget” and has provided the following key highlights: Portfolio […]

19 Feb 2019
Civitas Social Housing

Civitas Social Housing buys nine properties for £7.8m

Civitas Social Housing has announced that it has completed the purchase of 9 regulated social housing properties, comprising 42 tenancies, for a total consideration of £7.8m. The properties are leased to Encircle Housing Limited, Auckland Home Solutions C.I.C. and Inclusion Housing C.I.C. all of which are regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and are […]

19 Feb 2019

Primary Health properties to fund Athy Primary Care Centre in County Kildare

Primary Health Properties (PHP) has announced that it has contracted to fund and acquire a purpose built primary care centre in Athy, County Kildare, in the Republic of Ireland. The transaction is being conducted through Primary Health Properties ICAV, an Irish investment vehicle wholly owned by PHP, for a total cost of €11.4 million. Construction […]

18 Feb 2019

NB Distressed Debt sells largest holding for €34m

NB Distressed Debt has announced the sale of its combined largest holding, a lodging and casino sector investment, for proceeds totalling approximately $34 million. It says that the sale price is “substantially equal to the carrying value in the most recent Net Asset Value announcements” and represents a gain of approximately $9 million over the […]

18 Feb 2019

HICL Infrastructure ups its stake in the N17/N18 Gort to Tuam PPP Scheme

HICL Infrastructure has announced that it has agreed to acquire a further 40% interest in the N17/N18 Gort to Tuam PPP Scheme for €23m. The purchase is being funded from HICL’s revolving credit facility and the transaction is expected to complete by the end of February 2019. Harry Seekings, Co-Head of Infrastructure at InfraRed (HICL […]

18 Feb 2019

AEW UK REIT acquires Lockwood Court Warehouse, Leeds, for £7.3m

AEW UK REIT(AEW) has announced that it has acquired Lockwood Court, a 187,794 square foot warehouse located on the Parkside Industrial Estate in Leeds, for a gross purchase price of £7.3m, reflecting a initial yield of 7.7%. About Lockwood Court The Lockwood Court warehouse asset is fully let to LWS Yorkshire Ltd, a logistics and […]

15 Feb 2019

Yew Grove REIT buys office block at Cork Airport Business Park for €7.5m

Yew Grove REIT has announced that it has exchanged contracts to acquire Unit 2600, an Office Block located in Cork Airport Business Park. The €7.5 million acquisition represents a net initial yield of 7.85 per cent. after accounting for purchase costs. This is Yew Grove’s first investment in Cork. Unit 2600 Unit 2600 is a […]

15 Feb 2019

BB Healthcare has “another successful year”

BB Healthcare Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 November 2018. During what the trust’s chairman, Professor Justin Stebbing, describes as “another successful year”, the trust provided Nav and share price total returns of 24.0% and 21.6% respectively. These returns are ahead of the MSCI World Healthcare Index, which it says […]

15 Feb 2019

Cost of debt restructuring contributes to Brunner underperformance

Brunner Investment Trust has announced its final results for the year ended 30 November 2018. During the year, Brunner provided an Nav total return of 2.7%, which the trust says a little behind the composite benchmark index (70% FTSE World Ex-UK and 30% FTSE All-Share Index). BUT says its benchmark rose by 4.1% on a total […]

12 Feb 2019

Polar Capital Global Financials navigates a topsy-turvy year

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 November 2018. In what the chairman’s statement describes as a topsy-turvy year for global equity markets, PCFT provided NAV and share price total returns of -1.5% and -1.7% respectively, which it says compares against a total return for its […]