HgCapital Trust is to invest £4.4m in Sequel Business Solutions, a leading software and service provider to the Lloyd’s of London insurance market. The trust will be participating through the HgCapital Mercury Fund, which is focused on growth buyouts in the software and technology sector, alongside other institutional clients of HgCapital. Sequel’s management team are to retain a significant interest in […]
Custodian REIT has announced the purchase of a second property in Castleford for £1.61m. The property is a 12,940 square foot trade counter, let to MKM Building Supplies Limited, on a 20 year lease. The rent is 110,000 per annum, which reflects a net initial yield of 6.45%. Custodian REIT listed on the LSE on 26 March 2014, acquiring […]
Derwent London has pre-let 28,000 square feet, of newly refurbished office space, at its 1-2 Stephen Street property in W1, London, to public relations firm Freud Communications. The lease is for 15 years with an initial rent of £1.8m pa, rising to £2.1m pa after five years, with an open market upward-only rent review, or tenant break, at year ten. Derwent purchased 1-2 […]
Foresight Solar Fund, which raised £150m in its IPO in October 2013 to develop a portfolio of solar assets in the UK, has announced it’s on track to deliver its target dividend of 6p per share for its first financial year. We expect there will be further announcement from Foresight Solar fund in August. If they get […]
BlueCrest BlueTrend’s US Dollar share class no longer meets the FCA’s ‘Shares in Public Hands Requirement’ following its tender offer (for both its Sterling and US dollar share classes). The remaining US Dollar shares, not purchased under the tender offer, are to be compulsory converted into Sterling shares. The conversion will take effect on or around 17 July 2014 […]
Alliance Trust (headed by Katherine Garrett-Cox pictured) has secured £100m of fixed rate financing through an unsecured private placement note. The notes have a 15 year life (31 July 2014 to 31 July 2029) and pay a coupon of 4.28%. The cash raised is to be used to retire £100m of the ATST’s existing debt (currently £380m – all […]
