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20 Jun 2025

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure agrees recommended cash offer from Bagnall

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has announced that its board has agreed terms for a recommended all-cash acquisition by Polar Nimrod Topco Limited (Bidco), a newly formed vehicle wholly owned by Bagnall Energy Limited. The transaction, which will be implemented via a Court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement, values DORE at approximately £174.6m, or 102.6016p per […]

20 Jun 2025

Aquila European Renewables completes Sagres disposal

Aquila European Renewables (AERI) has confirmed the completion of its previously announced Sagres disposal (a hydropower asset in Portugal), with the company receiving €14.7m in sale proceeds. The deal marks a key step in AERI’s managed wind-down process, following the board’s strategic review and shareholder backing for a staged realisation of assets. Looking ahead, the […]

20 Jun 2025

Octopus Renewables adds sixth solar site to Ballymacarney complex

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has agreed a conditional forward purchase of a sixth solar site at its Ballymacarney complex in Ireland. The new site, named Irishtown, will add 32.6MW of capacity and increase the total output of the complex by 14% to 274MW. The €27m acquisition will be completed following the site’s construction and […]

20 Jun 2025
18 Jun 2025

European Opportunities completes 25% tender offer in full

European Opportunities Trust (EOT) has announced the results of its 25% tender offer, initially announced in February 2025 (click here to see our coverage of that), saying that it received applications for 29,961,689 shares – 9,938,378 relating to the basic entitlement and 20,023,311 that were excess applications – around 1.93x the number of shares that […]

18 Jun 2025

Personal Assets maintains steady course through turbulent year

Personal Assets Trust (PNL) has released its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2025, reporting a NAV total return of 7.5%, which it says is in line with the All-Share Index. Shareholders saw a total return of 7.4%, with the share price ending the year at 511p. Despite elevated volatility across global markets, […]

18 Jun 2025

Rockwood Strategic delivers standout results and continues to scale

Rockwood Strategic (RKW) has reported another impressive set of results for the year to 31 March 2025, delivering a NAV total return of 21.0%, materially outperforming both the AIM All-Share (down 8.2%) and the FTSE Small Cap ex-IT index (up 3.4%). The company’s share price total return for the period was 20.8%, as shares continued […]

18 Jun 2025

Gore Street Energy Storage announces fee cut and strategic review

In a wide-ranging update, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) has announced a material overhaul of its fee arrangements with investment manager Gore Street Investment Management, following a recent shareholder consultation. Effective 1 October 2025, the management fee will be reduced and calculated on a blended basis – 1% per annum of the average of […]

18 Jun 2025

MIGO announces manager change and shift to high-conviction strategy

MIGO Opportunities Trust has announced that long-serving co-manager Nick Greenwood will step back from portfolio management after over 20 years at the helm. Charlotte Cuthbertson, already co-manager, will now be joined by Tom Treanor, Asset Value Investors (AVI’s) head of research (both pictured), effective 18 June 2025. Nick will remain at AVI as a consultant. […]