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11 Jun 2021
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 June 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 June 2021: Grainger, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord, has acquired The Forge, in Newcastle, a Build-to-Rent (BTR) asset comprising 283 rental apartments, for £57m from Moorfield Real Estate Fund III. The purchase price represents a gross yield of 6.25%. Target Healthcare REIT has completed the acquisition of a luxury care home in […]

03 Jun 2021
Biotech overweight hurts Worldwide Healthcare

Worldwide Healthcare expands on benchmark beating returns

Worldwide Healthcare Trust has announced results covering the 12 months ended 31 March 2021. It was a great year for the trust, especially given the backdrop of COVID-19. The NAV total return for the period was 30.0%, well-ahead of the return on the trust’s benchmark (MSCI World Health Care Index) of 16.0%. The shares did […]

28 May 2021

QD view – Got gas?

This week, I was given the opportunity to speak at the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association’s (ADBA’s) spring finance forum. We heard from a number of interesting speakers on the challenges that this relatively new industry faces and the innovative solutions that are being implemented to address these. At present, within the listed renewables funds […]

28 May 2021

Volta Finance directors in the firing line?

Volta Finance has made an announcement in relation to the results of its AGM, which was held on 8 December 2020, and raises questions as to whether some shareholders are disgruntled and whether some of the directors might be in the firing line. To summarise, the votes against the resolutions to approve the re-election of […]

28 May 2021

HarbourVest Global Private Equity posts largest annual NAV increase since launch

HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 January 2021, during which it has provided NAV per share increase of 30.4% over the financial year – the largest 12-month increase in HVPE’s 13-year history. It says that this compares against a return of 17.4% for its FTSE All-World […]

28 May 2021

Edinburgh reports on first year under Majedie

Edinburgh Investment Trust(EDIN) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2021, the first since the appointment of Majedie Asset Management as portfolio manager. The results are good news for shareholders, with EDIN providing an NAV total return of 34.8% and a share price total return of 46.4%, both of which are […]

28 May 2021

Volta Finance highlights dodgy website

Volta Finance Limited (VTA) has brought a dodgy website to investors attention this morning. In its announcement, it says that it has discovered a website purporting to represent Volta Investment Group (VIG), which is an entity entirely unrelated to VTA. However, the website for VIG incorrectly states that a number of VTA’s Directors are involved […]

28 May 2021

Ashoka India Equity announces fundraising

Following shareholder approval of the implementation of a placing programme at a general meeting earlier this week, Ashoka India Equity (AIE) has now announced that it intends to conduct a fundraising by way of an initial placing, offer for subscription and intermediaries offer. This initial issue will be part of a proposed ongoing share issuance […]

28 May 2021

Civitas Social Housing acquires 10 supported living properties

Civitas Social Housing (CSH) has announced that it has completed the acquisition of 10 supported living properties across Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk and Wales for a total consideration of £8.6 million (excluding purchase costs). The portfolio provides adapted homes along with personalised specialist care for 41 individuals with complex mental health care needs, administered by three […]

28 May 2021

VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities invests in Brazilian solar

VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO) has announced that it has made a $63m commitment to fund the construction of 18 remote distributed solar generation projects across ten Brazilian states with a total capacity of 75MW. GSEO says that the fully-equity funded projects are at the ready-to-build stage and are expected to be operational in […]