News

14 Dec 2015

Blackstone / GSO Loan Financing considering raising a fundraise

Blackstone / GSO Loan Financing has announced that it is considering raising additional capital through an issue of shares. The company’s board say that this reflects what they consider to be an attractive investment and funding environment. They also say that any fundraise will be subject to market conditions and further details will be announced in due […]

11 Dec 2015

Infrastructure India suffers from weak currency and soft logistics market

Infrastructure India has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2015. The announcement says that the value of the Company’s investments decreased 10% to £331.6m during the period (£368.6m as at 31 March 2015), whilst its NAV decreased by 12% to £329.3m (£373.6m as at 31 March 2015). Reflecting this, the […]

11 Dec 2015

LXB Retail Properties looking towards 2017 wind up

LXB Retail Properties has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the company’s EPRA NAV per share has reduced by 23.1% but this largely reflects the return of £82.6m of cash to shareholders in June. The company says that, taking into account the cash return, there has been […]

11 Dec 2015

Foresight Solar sees Copley connected

Foresight Solar Fund has announced that its 30MW Copley asset (located in Claypole, Newark) has been successfully connection to the Grid and will qualify for the 1.3 Renewable Obligation Certificate banding under the Renewable Obligation 12-month grace period for projects greater than 5MW. Following the connection of Copley, all 16 assets in the Company’s 338MW […]

11 Dec 2015

St Peter Port Capital suffering from commodity weakness

St Peter Port Capital has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV has by 21% to 46.2p per share. The company says that, although some companies continue to make good progress, the resource related part of the portfolio has suffered from the weakness in […]

11 Dec 2015

Edinburgh Worldwide benefits from strong healthcare performance

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, managed by Douglas Brodie (pictured), has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 October 2015. During the year the company’s NAV by 10.0% and its share price by 13.8% beating its comparative index, the S&P Global Small Cap Index, which increased by 3.5% in sterling terms. The Company says […]

10 Dec 2015

Standard Life Investments Property Income extends fundraising timetable

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust has announced that it is extending the timetable for its initial placing and offer until 11 a.m. on 18 December 2015. The company says that the Investment Manager is in advanced legal negotiations in relation to the sale of one of the properties in the company’s portfolio, which is […]

10 Dec 2015

Terra Catalyst – Don’t expect distributions in the short to medium term

Terra Catalyst Fund has announced its interim results for the six months to 30 September 2015. Terra Catalyst’s sole remaining asset is Spazio Investments NV, an externally managed property fund that specialises in investment in Italian industrial real estate. Spazio owns a portfolio of 169 properties of predominantly industrial and logistics use, located throughout Italy. […]

10 Dec 2015

GLI Finance will not issue CULS with a conversion price below NAV

GLI Finance Limited announced, on 17 November 2015, plans to consider the issue of further securities in order to refinance certain existing borrowings as well as to provide additional working capital and finance growth. The related prospectus and circular to shareholders were published on 3 December 2015. One option detailed in this Circular is to […]

09 Dec 2015

Ediston buys Wrexham’s Plas Coch retail Park for £22.4m

Ediston Property has announced that the acquisition of Plas Coch Retail Park in Wrexham for £22.4m (net of acquisition costs) from Diageo Pension Trust. The acquisition, which provides a net initial yield is 6.52% (rising to 7.35% in March 2016 on expiry of a rent-free period), will be funded from existing cash resources and completion […]