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11 Dec 2018
Triple Point Social Housing

Triple Point Social Housing acquires 24 supported housing properties

Triple Point Social Housing REIT has announced that it has completed the acquisition of 24 supported housing properties, comprising 143 units in total, for an aggregate commitment of £24.15m (excluding costs). The properties are located in the North East (20 units), the East Midlands (62 units), the West Midlands (8 units), the South East (9 […]

11 Dec 2018

Electra seeks to optimise value during managed wind down

Electra Private Equity has announced its final results for the year ended 30 September 2018. The trust is conducting a managed wind down of its portfolio. Commenting on the results, Neil Johnson, the trust’s chairman, had the following to say, “From a market capitalisation of £1.2bn at the start of October 2015 we have now […]

11 Dec 2018

MedicX is making progress and achieving notable milestones

MedicX Fund (MXF) has announced its final results for the year ended 30 September 2018. The company describes it as, “Another year of strong performance, reflecting progress and achieving notable milestones”. Financial highlights The announcement highlights the following from the financial results: 11.4% increase in EPRA earnings per Ordinary Share, from 3.5p per share to […]

11 Dec 2018

Schroder AsiaPacific navigates a volatile year

Schroder AsiaPacific Fund has announced its final results for the year ended 30 September 2018. Its chairman, Nicholas Smith, says that, during the year, “the Company retained the gains made in the two prior exceptional years, despite difficult market conditions generally”. The NAV produced a positive total return of 4.2%, very slightly trailing the benchmark, […]

11 Dec 2018

BlackRock Frontiers completes a transition year

BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI) has announced its final results for the year ended 30 September 2018. During the year, which the trust’s chairman describes as being a transition year, BRFI provided an NAV total return of -6.6% (in US dollar terms) thereby underperforming its reference index, which rose by 2.3%. (With effect from 1 April 2018, […]

10 Dec 2018

Local Shopping REIT makes significant progress with property disposal programme

The Local Shopping REIT has announced its final results for the year ended 30 September 2018. During the year, the Company made a loss of £7.15m (2017 loss £0.86 million) on an IFRS basis but made significant progress with its property disposal programme. As at 30 September 2018, the company’s portfolio was valued at £22.3 […]

10 Dec 2018

Scottish Investment Trust provides 35th consecutive year of dividend increase

Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN) has announced its final results for the year ended 31 October 2018. During the year, the share price total return was +1.9% and the NAV total return was +1.1%. SCIN does not have a formal benchmark but it says that, by way of comparison, the sterling total return of the international […]

10 Dec 2018

Greencoat Renewables acquires two wind farms for €88m

Greencoat Renewables has announced that it has acquired two windfarms, Monaincha and Garranereagh, for €88m. The seller is BlackRock Real Assets and the purchase is being funded by Greencoat renewables revolving credit facility of €380m. The transaction is expected to close by the end of December 2018 and the two farms combined have a 45.2MW […]

10 Dec 2018

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust IPO Raises £100m

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust Plc (SEEIT) has announced that its IPO has raised gross proceeds of £100m (through the issue of 100m shares at £1 per share). The company says that it expects that its shares, which are to be listed on the London Stock Exchange’s main market, will start trading on Tuesday 11 […]