International Public Partnership (INPP) has announced that it has reached financial close on ten Building Schools for the Future (BSF) interests from Balfour Beatty, investing £72.3m. INPP already held 10% interests in seven of the Balfour Beatty investments in question, and as a result of the transaction has increased its stake to 90% in each […]
TwentyFour Income Fund has announced the results of its placing, which raised £48m (before costs and expenses) through the issue of 43,743,734 new ordinary shares at a price of 109.73p per share. The company says that the placing price represents a premium of 2% to the unaudited NAV of 107.58 pence per share as at […]
European Real Estate Investment Trust has announced that it is to return €20.7m to shareholders by way of a compulsory partial redemption of shares. The capital return, which is equivalent to 115 pence per share, follows the sale of Panrico on 11 August 2016. The company says that the return represents a substantial proportion of […]
Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust has announced that its new discount control mechanism (DCM), which is designed to ensure that the company trades close to net asset value, takes effect from 1 August 2016. The policy is described in more detail in the company’s most recent annual results but, in summary, the company will […]
Infrastructure India has announced its annual results for the twelve months ended 31 March 2016. During the period, the value of the Company’s investments increased marginally to £334.5m as at 31 March 2016 (30 September 2015: £331.6m; 31 March 2015: £368.6m) whilst total net assets fell to £325.8m (30 September 2015: £329.3 million; 31 March […]
Ranger Direct Lending has announced that it has conditionally placed 30 million zero dividend preference shares (ZDP Shares) at 100 pence per share to raise gross proceeds of £30m. The company says that the ZDP Shares will have a life of five years and a final capital entitlement of 127.63 pence per ZDP Share on […]
John Laing Environmental Assets has announced that it has acquired New Albion Wind Farm from John Laing Group plc for a cash consideration of £11.8m, including working capital. New Albion Wind Farm is located near Kettering, Northamptonshire and comprises seven Senvion MM92 turbines with a total generating capacity of 14.4MW. The site has been operational […]
Herald Investment Trust has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 30 June 2016. During the period the Trust’s net asset value per share increased by 0.9% to 889.6p in the first half of 2016. The chairman, Julian Cazalet (pictured) says that this small disguises what has been a very volatile period for the […]
NextEnergy Solar Fund has announced that its first Tap Issue has raised gross proceeds of £42.16m. The Company says that it has received applications from existing and new investors pursuant to the Issue for 41,991,242 New Shares at 100.4p per share and that, accordingly, it will sell all of the 30,850,000 ordinary shares currently held […]
Alliance Trust has announced its interim results for the year ended 30 June 2016. During the period, the trust’s NAV per share increased by 5.4%, whilst its share price increased by 1.4%. The trust also paid dividends of 5.65p (2015: 5.065p). Share price total return, including the dividends was 2.6% whilst NAV total return was […]
