Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE) has announced that it has exchanged contracts to acquire two operational portfolios of hydropower plants located in central Sweden for a total consideration of approximately €25m. The first is a circa 12 GWh portfolio of hydropower plants from ÄSI Kraft AB located in the SE3 electricity pricing zone for approximately […]
Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) has announced today (21st January 2021) that it is considering an equity issue under its placing programme. There is currently strong interest in the financials sector and, reflecting this, strong demand for PCFT’s shares. Since 30 November 2020 to 20 January 2022, PCFT says that it has raised some […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 January 2022: Hg, the manager of HgCapital Trust (HGT) has announced that it is making an additional investment into Lyniate, which it describes as “a leader in healthcare data interoperability”. The terms of the transaction are not disclosed. The transaction will result in HGT investing approximately £8.1 million in Lyniate, […]
There is a natural bias with financial analysis and commentators towards writing about securities that are perceived as being cheap and less so about those that may, at least optically, look expensive. There is a lot of emphasis placed on trusts trading at marked discounts to net asset value but much less focus on trusts […]
Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) has published a shareholder circular convening a General Meeting for Tuesday, 1 February 2022. The purpose of the meeting is to ask shareholders to renew the board’s authority to issue new ordinary shares (while disapplying the pre-emption rights in respect of such allotments). Since its 2021 AGM, PCFT has […]
Round Hill Music Royalty Fund (RHM) has acquired the music publishing, master rights and master rights royalties for the catalogue of Whitesnake frontman and Deep Purple lead singer from 1973 to 1976, David Coverdale. RHM has also entered into a long-term administration agreement for the neighbouring rights income from the catalogue. RHM says that, due […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 January 2022: Cordiant Digital Infrastructure has announced that the final condition outstanding for the completion of the acquisition of DataGryd Datacenters LLC has now been satisfied and, accordingly, its acquisition of DataGryd is now complete. BMO Private Equity Trust (BPET) says that it has been advised by Singer Capital Markets […]
Staude Capital’s Global Value Fund has published an open letter to the ordinary shareholders of Third Point Investors Limited, which has been reproduced below. 7 January 2022 Dear Fellow Ordinary Shareholders of Third Point Investors Limited (‘TPIL or the ‘Company’), A Christmas pantomime It was a piece of spin to put a smile […]
Schroder British Opportunities (SBO) has announced that one of its private equity investments, Waterlogic Group Holdings, has agreed to combine with Culligan International to create a leader in sustainable drinking water solutions and services. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2022, subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and the satisfaction […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 January 2022: Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR) has announced that Sainsbury’s has exercised its purchase option to acquire eight stores within a 26-asset portfolio owned in partnership by SUPR, British Airways Pension Trustees Limited and Sainsbury’s. Sainsbury’s acquisition of the eight stores will be completed in July 2023 upon expiry of […]
