Schroder Oriental Income (SOI) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 August 2022, during which it provided an NAV total return of 2.5%, which compares favourably with the -7.7% of its reference benchmark over the same. Its chairman, Paul Meader, comments that the financial year saw two very different environments in the […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 November 2022: Castelnau Group (CGL) has made a further investment in Ocula Technologies Holdings Ltd, a data sciences business in which it owns a majority stake. The additional investment of approximately £700,000 is part of a proposed additional funding round which it is hoped will see new, third-party investors become […]
Schroder British Opportunities Trust (SBO) has announced that the merger between Culligan International and Waterlogic Group Holdings (an SBO holding) has completed. As result of the merger agreement, SBO will receive £2.38m in cash, which represents 3.2% of its NAV as at the 30 June 2022. The NAV of the Waterlogic investment in SBO already […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 November 2022: Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID) has announced that it has agreed £155m of additional debt through an accordion facility on its existing senior debt facilities that were secured in September 2021. The interest rate remains unchanged at SONIA + 3%, while the term of the debt facility has […]
Industrials REIT (MLI) has published a trading update for the second quarter of its financial year (1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022), which includes up-to-date information on transactions and rent collection across the MLI’s whole portfolio. MLI reports that tenant demand has continued to be strong, with the average uplift in rent upon lease […]
Grit Real Estate Income Group (GR1T) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2022. While GR1T says that it produced a “robust underlying portfolio performance”, there was a 21.6% EPRA net reinstatement value (NRV) per share reduction, which predominantly relates to the dilutive impacts of the Company’s equity issuance in December […]
Henderson International Income Trust (HINT) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 August 2022, during which it provided an NAV total return of 6.3% (debt at fair value) and a share price total return of 7.8%. In comparison, HINT’s new benchmark, the MSCI ACWI (ex UK) High Dividend Yield Index (sterling adjusted), […]
Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies (SST) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 August 2022, during which it provided an NAV total return of 10.0% and a share price total return of 10.3%. In comparison, it says that these compare favourably to the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Small Cap Index, MSCI AC […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 October 2022: GCP Infrastructure (GCP) has announced that Alex Yew has been appointed as a director with effect from 1 November 2022. This follows Ian Reeves’ notification that he will retire from the board on 31 October 2022. Alex, a United Kingdom resident, is a qualified solicitor in Singapore and […]
Manchester and London (MNL) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 July 2022, during which an NAV total return of -23.0%* (2021: 8.7%*), which represents a 30.3% underperformance against its benchmark (the MSCI UK Investable Market Index). Software, which represents a large percentage of MNL’s portfolio, had a tough year with the […]
