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16 Feb 2018

SEGRO announces final results

SEGRO announces final results. SEGRO, a leading owner, asset manager and developer of modern warehousing, light industrial and data centre properties, principally concentrated in London’s Western Corridor (including the Thames Valley) and in key conurbations in France, Germany and Poland, has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2017. The company has […]

16 Feb 2018
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Athelney Trust announces final results

Athelney Trust announces final results. Athelney Trust, an investor in small companies and junior markets has announced its final results for the year ended 31 December 2017. Key highlights are an NAV total return of 16.8% (31 December 2016: 5.7%); revenue return per ordinary share of 9.6p (31 December 2016: 10p) and a final dividend […]

15 Feb 2018

Brunner – 46 years of dividend growth

Brunner – 46 years of dividend growth. Brunner has announced its final Results for the year ended 30 November 2017. Its NAV total return was 19.5%, which is ahead of its composite benchmark index’s return of 15.1%. In terms of specific drivers of performance, the extract from the annual report released this morning does not […]

06 Feb 2018

Blue Capital Alternative Income reports improved market conditions

Blue Capital Alternative Income (BCAI) has provided an update on the January 2018 reinsurance renewals season. Mike McGuire, CEO of Blue Capital Management Ltd, says, “”Following the significant industry losses experienced in 2017, we are pleased to report improved market conditions during the January renewal period. On average, loss affected business benefited from renewing premium […]

24 Jan 2018

SQN Asset Finance Income’s Suniva to benefit from tariff protection

SQN Asset Finance Income Fund (SQN) has provided an update on Suniva, in which it notes that the White House has now announced protective measures, which it says are aiming to ensure the long-term viability of the US solar cell manufacturing industry. It says that this action is intended to restore a fair and competitive […]

23 Jan 2018

Princess Private Equity to receive US$24m from sale of Trimco International

Princess Private Equity has announced that Partners Group, the investment advisor to Princess Private Equity Holding (Princess), has agreed the sale of Trimco International Holdings Limited (Trimco), to funds advised by Affinity Equity Partners. The sale is for a total consideration of USD$520m, generating a 3.4x return on the original investment for Partners Group’s programs. […]

17 Jan 2018

Franklin Templeton snaps up Edinburgh Partners

Franklin Templeton Investments has announced that it has agreed, subject to the necessary regulatory approvals, to acquire Edinburgh Partners. Edinburgh Partners is an independent fund management house that is headed up by Dr. Sandy Nairn, a former Franklin manager. Dr. Nairn spent ten years at franklin Templeton, between 1990 and 2000, as an executive vice […]

21 Dec 2017

Warehouse REIT acquires seven-asset industrial portfolio for £18.25m

Warehouse REIT has announced that it has exchanged contracts to acquire a portfolio of seven industrial assets, in the North West of England, for £18.25m. The transaction is expected to complete today (21 December 2017) and the purchase price reflects a net initial yield of 7%. The acquired portfolio The acquisition brings the Company’s assets […]

21 Dec 2017

Greencoat Renewables makes its first acquisition and announces a new €250m RCF

Dromadda More Wind Farm acquired for €88.4m Greencoat Renewables, which listed on the AIM segment of the London Stock Exchange on 25 July 2017, has announced that it has acquired the 36MW Dromadda More wind farm, from Impax Asset Management, for an all in cost of €88.4m. Dromadda More is Greencoat Renewables first acquisition since […]

15 Dec 2017

FastForward’s Nuuvera aiming to be Canada’s leading low cost Cannabis producer

FastForward Innovations has announced that a transaction involving its investee company Nuuverra Corp, in which FastForward has an effective holding of 3.75%, has received conditional approval from the TSX Venture Exchange. In summary, Mira IX Subco Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mira IX, will amalgamate with Nuuvera. Prior to closing of the Transaction, it is […]