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11 Aug 2023
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Atlantis Japan Growth to merge with Nippon Active Value

Atlantis Japan Growth (AJG) and Nippon Active Value (NAVF) have both announced this morning that their boards have agreed heads of terms for a proposed merger of the two trusts with AJG rolling over into NAVF. Similarly to the abrdn Japan (AJIT) scheme, which is already underway, the transaction would result in a larger company […]

11 Aug 2023
GCP Infrasutcture GABI Merger

GCP Infrastructure and GCP Asset Backed Income to merge

The boards of both GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP Infrastructure) and GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI) have agreed terms for a merger of the two funds. Under the proposals, the merger will take effect via a solvent winding-up of GABI and the transfer of its assets to GCP Infrastructure in exchange for the issue of new […]

11 Aug 2023

QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 August 2023 – RMII, LBOW, MYI

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 August 2023: Confirmation from RM Infrastructure Income (RMII) that its board has received a proposal from GCP Infrastructure Investments, as referred to in its announcement on 10 July 2023, regarding a potential partial combination with GCP Infrastructure. The proposal would be effected by way of a scheme of reconstruction of […]

14 Jul 2023

QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 July 2023

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 July 2023: Dunedin Income Growth (DIG) has renewed its £30m multi-currency revolving credit facility with Bank of Nova Scotia London Branch, which will now expire on 11 July 2024. Under the terms of the facility, DIG also has the option to increase the level of the commitment from £30m to £40m at […]

07 Jul 2023

QD view – Divining higher income in an inflationary environment

As I write this, the outlook for the UK equity market looks particularly depressed. As I discussed in my QD view “Bargain Britain” two weeks ago (click here to read), inflation in the UK has remained stubbornly high, which was somewhat of a surprise to many commentators who had expected to see signs of this […]

07 Jul 2023

Fondul Proprietatea guides that its NAV is at least 5% overstated

Fondul Proprietatea (FP.) has announced that, based on the preliminary data held by AIFM (Franklin Templeton International Services S.À R.L.), there is a high probability that the next reported NAV will be at least 5% lower than the most recent NAV as of 31 May 2023 (which was published by the fund on 15 June […]

07 Jul 2023

QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 July 2023

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 July 2023: GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI) has extended its £50m revolving credit facility (RCF), with Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited, that was due to mature in August 2023, by 12-months to August 2024. The terms are the same as for the previous facility. The current drawn balance on […]

28 Jun 2023

abrdn Private Equity Opportunities shows NAV resilience

abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO) has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2023. Key highlights from the results announcement are as follows: Performance – NAV total return (NAV TR) for the six months to 31 March 2023 was 3.0%. The valuation of the underlying portfolio increased by 5.4% during the […]

28 Jun 2023

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income targeting 4% dividend increase for current financial year

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income (SEIT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2023. Key highlights from the report are as follows: Net Asset Value (NAV) per share of 101.5p as at 31 March 2023 (31 March 2022: 108.4p), which includes a reduction of 7.3p from 70bps increase in weighted average unlevered […]

28 Jun 2023

QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 June 2023

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 June 2023: Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to sell the electricity generated by Project Skeeby, a 50MW solar PV project in Richmond, North Yorkshire. As announced in April, Skeeby is a recent acquisition and is currently under installation, with an expected energisation date of […]