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30 Sep 2022
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 September 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 September 2022: NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has announced that it has increased the commitments available under its Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) with AIB Group (UK) Plc and NatWest from £75m to £135m – an increase of £60m. The additional commitments have been agreed at a margin of 120bps over SONIA […]

28 Sep 2022
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 September 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 September 2022: AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT) has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2022. During the period, AJOT provided NAV and share price total returns of -9.74% and -12.81% respectively, both underperforming the trust’s benchmark, the MSCI Japan Small Cap Total Return Index, which returned […]

16 Sep 2022

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure makes onshore and offshore wind investments

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure (ORIT) has announced that it has purchased a further 7.75% ownership interest in the Lincs Offshore Wind Farm from a fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management. This follow-on investment adds to the original 7.75% stake in this wind farm that ORIT acquired in May 2022. Following this transaction, Lincs represents approximately 16% […]

16 Sep 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 September 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 September 2022: RTW Venture’s (RTW’s) portfolio company, Third Harmonic Bio Inc., has completed its initial public offering (IPO) and has listed on Nasdaq (ticker: THRD). The upsized issue raised US$185.3m by offering around 10.7m shares at US$17.00 per share. Third Harmonic Bio is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a first-in-class, […]

12 Sep 2022

Independent Living REIT prospectus

Independent Living REIT has published its prospectus you can access this here Application forms are towards the back of the document. There is an intermediaries offer – if you are interested, contact your usual investment platform to ask if they are participating. Access to the IPO is restricted by geography. In particular, you should not be accessing […]

09 Sep 2022

Sam Vecht becomes lead manager of BlackRock Latin American

BlackRock Latin American (BRLA) has announced that Ed Kuczma is stepping down from his role as a portfolio manager and, with immediate effect, Sam Vecht will become the lead portfolio manager and Christoph Brinkmann will become the deputy portfolio manager. Mr Vecht is a Managing Director in BlackRock’s global emerging markets equities team and has […]

09 Sep 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 September 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 September 2022: Riverstone Credit Opportunities Income (RCOI) has announced that it is upsizing its investment in Hoover Circular Solutions, a sponsor-backed company that is a global leading specialty rental provider of containers and mobile asset management solutions across the energy, industrial, refining, and petrochemical industries. In October 2020, RCOI participated in a […]

02 Sep 2022

Go nuclear and go large!

“Go nuclear and go large and go with Sizewell C”, the final words from Boris Johnson as prime minister, before he hands over the office to possibly Rishi Sunak or, more likely, Liz Truss, next week. It is not surprising that Johnson, known for his love of grandstanding while being simultaneously sketchy on the details, […]

02 Sep 2022

Finally, a resolution to the Trian Investors 1 conundrum

Trian Investors 1 (TI1) has announced that, following consultation with major shareholders, it will compulsorily redeem no less than 95% of each shareholders’ holding by 30 June 2023 at the latest. It says that this redemption is to be satisfied by a distribution of the investment partnership’s underlying assets (including an in specie distribution of […]

02 Sep 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 September 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 September 2022: ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT) has announced that it has made a US$20m commitment to Green Equity Investors IX, managed by Leonard Green & Partners (LGP). This is the first commitment by ICGT to a fund managed by LGP. Founded in 1989, LGP is a private equity investment manager […]