Further to its announcement on 30 March 2023 (click here to see our coverage), The Investment Company (INV) has announced that it expects to publish a circular and prospectus shortly, in relation to the following proposals, which require shareholder approval: appointment of Chelverton Asset Management Limited (“Chelverton”) as external investment manager to the company; amendment […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 June 2023: International Public Partnerships (INPP) has reached financial close on its acquisition of five New Zealand availability revenue-based social infrastructure investments (as announced on 9 December 2022), following regulatory approval from New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Office (‘OIO’). These are INPP’s first New Zealand investments and the c.NZD 218m (c.£108m) […]
Chrysalis (CHRY) portfolio company The Brandtech Group has completed the acquisition of Jellyfish, a global digital media and marketing group. CHRY says that the deal creates the number one digital-only marketing group in the world with over US$1bn in revenue, over 7,000 employees, working for eight out of ten of the world’s largest advertisers, and […]
TR Property (TRY) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2023, which its chairman, David Watson (pictured), has described as “a very difficult year for the property market, for property shares and for the Company”. During the period, TRY’s NAV total return was -35.5%, which is modestly worse than its benchmark’s […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 June 2023: Apax Global Alpha (APAX) has announced that it expects to invest approximately €1.7m in Swing Education on a look-through basis, via the Apax Global Impact Fund (AGIF). APAX Partners describes Swing Education as “a pioneering online marketplace that connects schools and substitute teachers”. Founded in 2015 by former […]
HICL Infrastructure (HICL) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2023. The chair, Mike Bane, describes the financial performance in the year as being resilient, with NAV growth of 1.8p per share to 164.9p. The return from the portfolio was 10.2% (March 2022: 9.6%), outperforming the company’s expected return of 6.6% […]
Capital Gearing (CGT) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2023, which its chairman, Jean Matterson, describes as a difficult year for the trust and traded markets generally (however, she notes that it is only the second year in the last 41 years, when CGT has failed to achieve a positive […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 May 2023: Weiss Korea Opportunities Fund (WKOF) has announced that, due to the very limited number of elections received for the realisation opportunity (the results of which were announced on 10 May 2023), all of the realisation shares will be compulsory redeemed utilising WKOF’s existing cash reserves. The redemption price […]
For the second time in five years, investors are finding themselves in the grips of a global bear market that has punished most asset classes. The reasons underpinning the latest bout of selling have been well covered by market commentators, with QuotedData being no exception. Alongside this, many column inches have also been devoted to […]
Boussard & Gavaudan Holding (BGHL/BGHS) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2022. During the year, BGHL’s NAV for the euro and sterling shares decreased by 4.90% and 3.47%, respectively, while the associated market prices decreased by 4.72% for the euro shares and increased by 5.26% for the sterling shares. As […]
