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28 Feb 2024

Management team shake-up for JPMorgan European Discovery

JPMorgan European Discovery Trust (JEDT) has announced that Jon Ingram, Jack Featherby and Jules Bloch will be appointed as named Portfolio Managers with effect from 1 March 2024, replacing Francesco Conte and Edward Greaves. The team change follows an internal review of the portfolio management team and its investment process, which was led by the […]

27 Feb 2024

Law Debenture provides 4.9% increase in dividend following “creditable” year

Law Debenture (LWDB) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2023 during which it provided an NAV total return with debt and the Independent Professional Services (IPS) business at fair value of 9.4% (8.9% with debt at par), which LWDB says outperformed its All-Share Index that returned 7.9%. LWDB’s share price […]

26 Feb 2024

Financier, Lord Jacob Rothschild, founder of RIT Capital Partners, passes away aged 87

We at QuotedData express our condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Lord Jacob Rothschild, whose passing has just been announced by his family. The family has said “Our father Jacob was a towering presence in many people’s lives, a superbly accomplished financier, a champion of the arts and culture, a devoted public servant, […]

09 Feb 2024

Syncona’s Autolus announces strategic collaboration with BioNTech

Syncona’s (SYNC’s) portfolio company Autolus Therapeutics plc has announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with BioNTech SE, a next-generation immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases. The strategic collaboration is aimed at advancing both companies’ autologous CAR-T programmes towards commercialisation, pending regulatory authorisations. In connection with the strategic […]

09 Feb 2024

QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 February 2024 – INOV, RTW, ADIG

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 February 2024: Schroders Capital Global Innovation Trust (INOV) has invested US$1.6m in Neurona Therapeutics through its Series E financing round, which raised US$120m. The fundraising was co-led by Viking Global Investors and Cormorant Asset Management with participation from new and existing investors including The Column Group, Passaic Capital Management, Lyfe […]

02 Feb 2024

Merck Mercuriadis no longer CEO of SONG’s manager but stays on as chair

In a statement issued today (2 February 2024) on Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s (SONG’s) website (click here to read), it has been announced that Merck Mercuriadis, founder of SONG’s the management company has stepped down from his role as its chief executive but will be staying on as the chair of the manager’s board. Ben Katovsky, […]

02 Feb 2024

Harmony Energy Income follows GRID in slashing dividend

Following a similar announcement from Gresham House Energy storage (GRID – click here to see our coverage of this from yesterday), Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) has also issued a trading update ahead of the publication of its quarterly Net Asset Value update and audited annual results later this month. Like GRID, HEIT says that […]

02 Feb 2024

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure acquires four solar farms near Dublin

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has acquired four newly-constructed solar farms located close to Dublin, Ireland for a total cost of €160m. The solar complex totals 199MW and was acquired from Statkraft Ireland Limited, which developed and constructed the projects under ORIT’s oversight. Following the acquisition, ORIT’s total capacity of operational renewable energy assets reaches […]

02 Feb 2024

Tuan Anh Le becomes lead manager for Vietnam Enterprise Investments

Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited (VEIL) has announced that Mr. Tuan Anh Le (Tuan) has been appointed as the lead portfolio manager, stepping up from deputy manager, with effect from 1 February 2024. Tuan succeeds Mr. Dien Vu Huu (Dien) who is moving to a new role at Dragon Capital. Tuan joined Dragon Capital as a […]

02 Feb 2024

QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 February 2024 – AGA, GRID, HGT, BCPT, RGL, GCP, SHIP, GABI, VEIL, CGL

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 February 2024: On 1 February 2024, Apax XI Fund announced that it had closed the acquisition of WGSN, a consumer trend forecaster, from Ascential Plc. Apax Global Alpha (AGA), which is a limited partner in Apax XI, says that it has invested approximately €21.5m in WGSN on a look-through basis […]