Dignity Plc, the UK funeral services provider, which is Castelnau Group’s (CGL’s) largest holding, saw its share price jump following announcement on Wednesday 4th January, after the market had closed, that Dignity’s board was minded to recommend a revised possible offer from a consortium comprising SPWOne V Limited and Castelnau Group Limited. The offer is […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 January 2023: On 30 December 2022 Alvarium RE Limited entered into an agreement to sell Alvarium Home REIT Advisors Limited (AHRA), the investment advisor to Home REIT (HOME), to a newly formed entity owned by the management of AHRA funded by way of a promissory note. These arrangements were made […]
Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has acquired a 46.4 MWp solar portfolio that comprises two large ground mounted solar assets located in Cumbria, in the UK. Both are 1.4 ROC assets that have been operational since 2015 and approximately 60% of their projected revenues are contracted and regulated. The larger of the two assets is […]
Activist investment fund, Crystal Amber (CRS) has sent the board of Hurricane a requisition notice requiring Hurricane to convene a general meeting at which resolutions will be proposed to remove six directors and appoint two new directors. The directors that CRS proposes removing are executives Antony Maris and Richard Chaffe, Non-Executive Chairman, Philip Wolfe and, […]
Aquila European Renewables (AERI) has announced that Jaén, a 50 MWp solar PV asset located in southern Spain that is part of the Greco portfolio, has completed construction and is now operational. Jaén was acquired, in full, in March 2022 and following the completion of the project, AERI has paid consideration of €42.5m to the […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 December 2022: Schroder European Real Estate (SERE) has completed the early refinancing of its largest debt expiry in 2023, a €14m loan with VR Bank Westerwald, secured against its Hamburg and Stuttgart office investments. SERE says that competitive financing terms were obtained from five different lenders with VR Bank Westerwald […]
Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth (ADIG) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2022. The report opens with a quote from the managers (Nalaka De Silva, Heather McKay, Simon Fox and Nic Baddeley), which says “We feel that the company is well protected in the current environment, and ready to take […]
Infrastructure India (IIP) has announced its annual results for the twelve months ended 31 March 2022. The key takeaways, from what we can see, are that IIP now has a value per share of 0p, or nil, and the accounts have not been prepared on a going concern basis. [QD comment: Unfortunately, this is no […]
BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE) has announced that Stefan Gries has become the manager of its portfolio, effective immediately. Sam Vecht, Managing Director in BlackRock’s Global Emerging Markets Equities team, will be stepping aside from his role as co-portfolio manager, which apparently reflects the current focus and asset allocation within the portfolio. About Stefan Gries Stefan […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 December 2022: Doric Nimrod Air One (DNA) has announced that, following the lease end date and previously announced agreement to sell its Airbus A380-861 aircraft to Emirates (announced on 5 July 2022), sale proceeds of £25.30m have been received with the title of the aircraft passing to Emirates. DNA’s board […]
