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13 Oct 2022
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Oakley Capital sells majority of Wishcard holding

Oakley Capital Investments Limited (OCI) has announced that Oakley Capital Fund IV, in which it holds an investment, has agree to sell part of its stake in Wishcard Technologies Group, one of Europe’s fastest growing gifts and rewards platforms. After the sale, Fund IV will retain a residual shareholding in Wishcard. OCI’s look through share […]

13 Oct 2022
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 October 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 October 2022: Riverstone Credit Opportunities Income (RCOI) has announced that it has reached an agreement to extend its EPIC Propane, a sponsor-backed infrastructure company that provides propane purity offtake transportation to the Gulf Coast export market. EPIC Propane is part of the broader EPIC Midstream system that includes over 1,695 […]

12 Oct 2022

Harmony Energy Income C share raises £15m against “a very challenging market backdrop”

Harmony Energy Income (HEIT) has announced the results of its C share issue that was announced on 28 September 2022 (click here to see our coverage of this). HEIT has raised gross proceeds for the C share issue of around £15m, which will be used to fund the acquisition of projects in its pipeline (totaling […]

12 Oct 2022

Taylor Maritime makes all cash offer for Grindrod Shipping

Further to its announcement on 30 August 2022 that it had made an indicative all cash offer of US$26 for each Grindrod Shipping Holdings Limited share that it didn’t already own (consisting of a cash purchase price of US$21.00 per share plus a special cash dividend from Grindrod of US$5.00 per share to its existing […]

12 Oct 2022

Fidelity Asian Values board delighted that “approach is beginning to pay off”

Fidelity Asian Values (FAS) has announced its final results for the year ended 31 July 2022, during which its NAV increased by 3.9%, compared to the MSCI All Countries Asia ex Japan Small Cap Index (net) total return (in Sterling terms) which returned -5.6% over the same period. The chairman, Kate Bolsover, says that Nitin […]

12 Oct 2022

New Star hindered by low allocations to US and large cap UK

New Star (NSI) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30th June 2022, during which it provided an NAV total return of 9.53%, leaving the NAV per ordinary share at 174.56p. By comparison, the Investment Association’s Mixed Investment 40-85% Shares Index fell 7.12%. The MSCI AC World Total Return Index fell 3.73% in […]

12 Oct 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 October 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 October 2022: JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust (MATE) has announced its interim results for the half year ended 31 August 2022. During the period, MATE provided an NAV total return of -6.4%, which was an underperformance of 9.4% compared to the trust’s reference index (although it should be noted that MATE’s reference […]

10 Oct 2022

Sustainable Farmland Trust pauses IPO

The Sustainable Farmland Trust Plc (SFT) has announced that it “has decided to pause its initial public offering (IPO) due to the current high levels of market volatility and uncertainty.” SFT published its IPO prospectus on 15 September 2022 (click here to read more on that) and SFT’s board and manager say that they are […]

10 Oct 2022

QuotedDatas morning briefing 10 October 2022

In QuotedDatas morning briefing 10 October 2022: abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO) has announced an increase in the size of its loan facility from £200m to £300m. The facility, which is a syndicated multi-credit facility agreement, has seen the Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited join as a lender and Natwest Markets Plc replace […]

07 Oct 2022

Fidelity Emerging Markets suffered double-whammy from Russian invasion

In its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2022, Fidelity Emerging Markets’ (FEML) chairman, Hélène Ploix, says that “there have been multiple factors which have led to the poor performance of emerging markets, and the performance of the portfolio, during the period but the most significant of these was doubtless Russia’s invasion of […]