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01 Oct 2021
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JPEL Private Equity’s manager to receive $1.7m performance fee

JPEL Private Equity (JPEL) has published its annual results for the 12 months ended 30 June 2021. During the year, JPEL’s NAV per US$ Equity Share increased 26.1%, to $2.03 from $1.61. JPEL’s NAV was positively affected by two of its largest underlying portfolio company investments, being MBI Holdings (MBI) and Milestone Investisseurs 2014 SLP’s […]

01 Oct 2021

Vietnam Holding approaches 15th anniversary with robust performance

Vietnam Holding (VNH) has published its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2021 and is now approaching the 15th anniversary of both its incorporation and its listing in London, having provided what its chairman, Hiroshi Funaki, describes as one of the most robust performances in the Company’s history. In the first half of […]

01 Oct 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 October 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 October 2021: SDCL Energy Efficiency Income (SDCL) has announced that it has acquired the remaining 35% equity interest that it did not already own in Primary Energy, a portfolio of recycled energy and cogeneration projects servicing the steel industry, located in Indiana, USA. The interest was acquired from a consortium […]

24 Sep 2021

Castelnau Group announces IPO on SFM and publishes prospectus

Castelnau Group Limited (Castelnau) has announced that it has published a prospectus in relation to an initial public offering (IPO) on the LSE’s specialist fund segment of the main market (SFM). Castelnau is targeting a capital raise of £170m (170 million shares at £1.00 per share) via an initial placing, an offer for subscription and […]

24 Sep 2021

New Star benefits from UK small cap and emerging market exposure

New Star Investment Trust (NSI) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30th June 2021, during which it benefited from its allocations to UK smaller companies and emerging markets but allocations to dollar cash and gold equities hurt performance. During the year, NSI generated a positive total return of 22.16%, taking the net […]

24 Sep 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 September 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 September 2021: Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF) has published its interim results for the 6 months to 30 June 2021. Over the period, NAVF’s NAV per share and share price total return had increased by 10.1% and 17.5% respectively, while its discount narrowed from 6.2% to 2.6%. In comparison, the […]

17 Sep 2021

A bumper year of outperformance for JPMorgan Mid Cap

JPMorgan Mid Cap has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2021, which show that it had a bumper year of outperformance that was derived from a number of sources. During the year, JMF says that its benchmark, the FTSE250, provided a total return of 36.7%, while JMF’s NAV total return for […]

17 Sep 2021

NextEnergy Solar announces battery storage JV and first acquisition

NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has announced that it has into a £100m joint venture partnership (JVP) with Eelpower Limited, a leading battery storage specialist in the UK.  The joint venture partnership is targeting the establishment of up to 250MW in projects with £100m in invested capital and has already signed its first acquisition of a […]

17 Sep 2021

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income raises £250m in oversubscribed issue

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income (SEIT) has announced that it has raised £250m from its oversubscribed issue, reflecting a strong level of support from both institutional and retail investors. Given the level of demand and the company’s acquisition pipeline, the Board has decided to increase the target size of the Issue from gross proceeds of £175 […]

17 Sep 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 September 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 September 2021: Middlefield Canadian Income has released its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2021, during which it generated an NAV total return of 26.5% and a share price total return of 23.3% (its share price also reached a record high in June). Surprisingly, the announcement doesn’t […]