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17 Dec 2021

Seraphim Space acquires holdings in ICEYE Oy and D-Orbit SpA

Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) has announced that it has acquired holdings in ICEYE Oy and D-Orbit SpA from  Seraphim Space LP as was set out in SSIT’s IPO prospectus. SSIT agreed to acquire four assets from the Seraphim Space Fund in exchange for new ordinary shares in SSIT and these two acquisitions represent the […]

17 Dec 2021
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 December 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 December 2021: Oryx International Growth (OIG) has published its interim results for the six months ended 30th September 2021. Both the chairman’s and manager’s statement are impressively succinct, so there’s surprisingly little that we can say here. However, we can report that during the period, OIG’s NAV has increased by […]

10 Dec 2021

River and Mercantile UK Micro-Cap provides another year of outperformance

River and Mercantile UK Micro-Cap (RMMC) has published its annual report for the 12 months ended 30 September 2021, during which the portfolio NAV increased by 59.5%, significantly outperforming its benchmark, the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM ex Investment Companies Index, which increased by 45.7%. Over the five years to 30 September 2021, the portfolio […]

10 Dec 2021

Edinburgh Worldwide looks to increase exposure to unquoteds

Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI) has announced its annual results for the year to 31 October 2021, during which it provided NAV and share price total returns of 18.3% and 11.1% respectively, both significantly behind its comparative index, the S&P Global Small Cap Index, which provided a total return of 35.9% (all in sterling terms). However, EWI’s […]

10 Dec 2021

ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust IPO raises US$150m

ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust (TLEI) has announced the results of its initial public offering, which will have raised US$150m once the Consideration Shares are issued (click here to for an explanation of these in our story covering the announcement of TLEI IPO). Before the issuance of the consideration shares, the IPO has raised gross cash […]

10 Dec 2021

Top quartile performance from Aberdeen Standard Equity Income

Aberdeen Standard Equity Income (ASEI) has published its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2021, which its chairman, Mark White, says puts it among the top quartile of investment trusts in the UK Equity Income peer group for the financial year. During the period, ASEI provided an NAV total return of 39.8% and […]

10 Dec 2021

HgCapital invest in Pirum Systems

HgCapital Trust’s (HGT’s) manager Hg has made an investment in Pirum Systems, which HGT describes as “a leading provider of post-trade automation and collateral management technology for the global securities finance industry”. Although the terms of the transaction are not disclosed, HGT is investing approximately £9.4m in Pirum Systems, alongside other institutional clients of Hg […]

10 Dec 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 December 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 December 2021: Miton Global Opportunities (MIGO) has announced that it has changed its name to MIGO Opportunities Trust, in order to make it easier 1) for potential investors to find and identify the company, which it says has increasingly become known as MIGO, and 2) promoting its success in the […]

03 Dec 2021

Downing Renewables and Infrastructure enters into new loan agreements

Downing Renewables and Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has announced that it has entered into two separate loan facility agreements: a £25 million Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) with Santander UK plc and a seven-year EUR 43.5 million debt facility with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) for its Swedish hydro assets. Both of these loan agreements have been […]

03 Dec 2021

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure placing and REX Retail Offer raise £74m

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has announced the results of its placing and REX retail offer that we previously reported on 19 November 2021 (click here to see read coverage of the announcement). ORIT says that it has raised aggregate gross proceeds of approximately £73.9 million (net proceeds of approximately £72.4 million), of which approximately […]