Further to its announcement of a new revolving credit facility (RCF) two days ago (click here to read more on this), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG) has announced that it has now completed the interest rate swap agreements that it said were in negotiations when it made the RCF announcement. Crucially, at a time of rising […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 October 2022: Brunner (BUT) has announced that Julian Bishop will be joining the AllianzGI team managing the trust’s portfolio on 1 November 2022 as a senior portfolio manager with a view to becoming co-lead manager alongside Christian Schneider in due course. Julian has 25 years investment experience as a global […]
BB Biotech saw an almost 3% rise in its NAV yesterday to CHF51/share, helped by a 36% jump in the share price in one of its holdings – Myovant – triggered by a cash buy-out offer. BB Biotech’s share price, however, was largely unchanged at CHF52.8, which has had the effect of reducing the investment […]
Henderson Eurotrust (HNE) has published its annual results for the 12 months ended 31 July 2022. During the year, which HNE’s chairman, Nicola Ralston, describes as “a tough one for the Company’s investment portfolio”, HNE provided NAV and share price total returns of -13.9% and -19.6% respectively. In comparison, HNE says that its benchmark, the […]
Vietnam Holding (VNH) has published its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2022. During the year, VNH’s NAV per share declined by 4.36% in USD terms, while the market as a whole, as measured by the Vietnam All Share Index (VNAS), declined by 16.5%. However, in sterling terms, VNH’s NAV increased by 9.0% […]
Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has published its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2022. It has been a very successful year for BSIF, which has recorded its highest earnings and dividend since its launch, along with 320m of solar and battery investments; an oversubscribed fundraise of £225m, 1.1GW of capacity being developed […]
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2022. During the year, JGGI provided an NAV total return of -3.4% and a share price total return of -4.8%, both of which compare to a return on the trust’s benchmark, the MSCI AC World Index of -4.2% […]
Crystal Amber (CRS) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2022. The year was a defining one for the fund in that it was not able to secure a 75% majority in favour of its continuation at its AGM on 1 November 2021. Following this, shareholders approved a new investment policy […]
JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2022. During the year, JMG provided NAV and share price total returns of -17.3% and -20.6% respectively, both underperforming its benchmark, (the MSCI Emerging Markets index) which provided a total return of -15.0% (all in sterling terms). Stock selection was […]
JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN) and Foresight Solar (FSFL) have announced the acquisition of Gigabox No 4 Limited, which holds the development rights to construct a 49.9MW lithium-ion battery energy storage plant based in Angus, Scotland. Both parties are taking a 50% equity stake in the project which will see each of them invest up to […]
