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01 Apr 2022

TRIG acquires 49% interest in Spanish solar park, Project Valdesolar

The renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has announced that it has acquired a 49% equity interest in Project Valdesolar, an operating solar park in the province of Badajoz, Spain, from Repsol (a Spanish-listed global energy company). Valdesolar represents approximately 3% of TRIG’s portfolio, by value and, following this acquisition, Spain represents 8% and solar photovoltaic (PV) […]

01 Apr 2022

Greencoat Renewables raises €281.5 million in oversubscribed placing

Greencoat Renewables (GRP) has announced that its placing, which was launched on 21 March 2022, was oversubscribed and has raised gross proceeds of €281.5m. Due to substantial demand, 251,351,351 placing shares will be issued at the placing price of €1.12 per share. This will utilise the remaining capacity of GRP’s 400m share issuance programme. The […]

01 Apr 2022

BlackRock Latin American performance driven by Brazil and Mexico

BlackRock Latin American (BRLA) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2021, during which BRLA’s NAV fell by 12.5% (in US$ and total return terms), underperforming its benchmark, which fell by 8.1%. In sterling total return terms, BRLA’s NAV fell by 11.7% over the same period, while its benchmark fell by […]

01 Apr 2022

Final update on offer for CIP Merchant Capital

Corporation Financiere EuropeenneSA (CFE) has provided a final offer update on its cash offer for CIP Merchant Capital (CIP); an offer that CIP’s board has previously rejected, having described it as “Highly opportunistic” – click here to read our article from 23 March 2022 which covered the rebuttal of this final offer. Separately, CIP’s board […]

01 Apr 2022

Triple Point Energy Efficiency Infrastructure invests in BESS assets

Triple Point Energy Efficiency Infrastructure (TEEC) has announced that it has signed contracts to provide a debt facility to a subsidiary of Virmati Energy Ltd (trading as “Field”), for the purposes of building a portfolio of four geographically diverse Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) assets in the UK. The total facility amounts to £45.6m and […]

01 Apr 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 April 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 April 2022: Syncona (SYNC) has provided an update on investee company Freeline, following the publication of Freeline’s full year 2021 financial results. The update highlights that: Phase 1/2 programs on track in Hemophilia B and Gaucher disease and accelerated in Fabry disease Extended financial runway and streamlined organization support Company […]

25 Mar 2022

A very strong performance from BMO Private Equity

BMO Private Equity Trust (BPET) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2021. During the year, BPET provided an NAV total return of 35.8%, which it says compares against a total return from the All-Share Index for 2021 of 18.3 per cent. During the year, BPET’s share price discount to NAV […]

25 Mar 2022

Aquila European Renewables Income acquires 100MW solar project in Andalucía

Aquila European Renewables Income (AERS) has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of a 100 MWp solar PV portfolio, otherwise referred to as the Greco portfolio, which is currently under construction in Andalucía, southern Spain. Upon Project completion, Greco will increase AERS’s total portfolio generation capacity by 30% to 432 […]

25 Mar 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 March 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 March 2022: Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) has published its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2021. During the period, SEC’s NAV per share (on a total return basis) increased by 1.9%, while its Small Cap (ex Investment Trusts) Total Return benchmark, which is used for comparison purposes […]

18 Mar 2022

Symphony International benefits from improving hospitality, healthcare and life style sectors

Symphony International Holdings (SIHL) has released its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2021. During the period, SIHL’s NAV increased by 28.94%. The chairman, Georges Gagnebin, says that the improved operating environment particularly benefited SIHL’s investments in the hospitality, healthcare, and lifestyle sectors while ongoing disruptions to supply chains facilitated stronger margins in […]