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03 Mar 2023
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Octopus Renewables Infrastructure signs 10 year PPA with Iceland Foods

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has entered into a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the electricity to be generated at its Breach Solar Farm project with Iceland Foods Limited. Breach is a circa 67 MW solar PV project in Cambridgeshire, UK that ORIT acquired in June 2022. Breach is currently in construction and is […]

03 Mar 2023
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 March 2023

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 March 2023: Pacific Horizon has released its interim results for the six months to 31 January 2023. During the period, PHI’s NAV increased by 0.3%, while the share price increased by 4.1%, compared to the comparative index which rose 4.0% (all figures in sterling total return terms). The weakest performing […]

28 Feb 2023

Law Debenture held up by IPS business

Law Debenture (LWDB) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2022. During the year, LWDB provided an NAV total return with debt and Independent Professional Services (IPS) business at fair value for FY 2022 of 0.6% (-6.8% with debt at par). Similarly, it provided a share price total 0.4% for 2022 […]

28 Feb 2023

Smithson’s significant underperformance driven by growth sell off

Smithson (SSON) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2022. It is the company’s fourth set of annual results and the first in which it has reported a decline in NAV and while the drop is significant and SSON has underperformed its benchmark, it comes a against a backdrop of a […]

24 Feb 2023

QD view – In search of storage solutions

The need to decarbonise the global economy to address the myriad issues that are being created by climate change is now well understood. For this, a range of solutions is required but it is clear that for many economies, the UK included, renewables – primarily solar and wind but with smaller contributions from other technologies […]

22 Feb 2023

NextEnergy Solar details proposed energy storage strategy

NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has today published information for investors regarding its proposed energy storage strategy. The document provides details on how NESF will take advantage of energy storage opportunities in the UK to complement and diversify its existing large portfolio of 99 solar assets. The report is comprehensive and so we would recommend readers […]

22 Feb 2023

The Renewables Infrastructure Group delivers strongest results since IPO

The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2022. The company’s chairman, Richard Morse, says that the results have been the strongest in TRIG’s history since its IPO and that this has been against a challenging macro-economic backdrop, demonstrating the inherent quality of the TRIG’s portfolio and […]

22 Feb 2023

QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 February 2023

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 February 2023: The merger between Capital & Counties (CAPC) and Shaftesbury (SHB) has been cleared by the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA). The merger is expected to complete on 6 March 2023. CAPC and SHB shareholders approved the merger at the respective shareholder meetings held on 29 July 2022. Primary […]

21 Feb 2023

Polar Capital Global Financials grows during a tough year

Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 November 2022. During the period, PCFT provided a positive NAV total return of 1.9% although, reflecting a widening of its discount, it provided a share price total return of -7.6%. In comparison, the MSCI ACWI Financials provided a total return […]

21 Feb 2023

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure’s Emitel signs agreement with Polish public broadcaster

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure’s (CORD’s) Polish portfolio company, Emitel SA has signed an agreement with Polish public broadcaster Telewizja Polska SA for an expansion of its channels’ transmissions through a new, sixth digital television multiplex (MUX-6). The agreement came into effect on 1 February 2023. Emitel has developed the new digital terrestrial television MUX-6 over the […]