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16 Sep 2020
BioPharma Credit leads new $315m loan to Sebela

BioPharma Credit interim period investments total $236m

BioPharma Credit (BPCR) has published interim results to 30 June 2020. The company says it is London’s only specialist debt investor to the life sciences industry. It seeks to achieve returns primarily through investments in debt assets secured by royalties or other cash flows derived from the sales of approved life sciences products. NAV per share decreased […]

16 Sep 2020
Energy

Premier Global Infrastructure posts circular setting out plans to amend investment policy and name

Premier Global Infrastructure posts circular setting out plans to amend investment policy and name – Premier Global Infrastructure (PGIT) is to seek approval from shareholders to amend its investment policy and, if the company’s new investment policy is to be adopted, to change its name to Premier Miton Global Renewables Trust. In the announcement today, […]

16 Sep 2020

Nearly 70% of US Solar’s projects now operational

US Solar (USF) announced interim results to 30 June 2020, with its NAV at the period-end coming in at $192.9m – a 0.8% decrease from 31 December 2019. USF, which launched in April 2019, said that as at the period-end, more than 60% (now almost 70%) of its projects were operating and the remaining projects in […]

16 Sep 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 September 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 September 2020: UK equity income sector company, Law Debenture Corporation (LWDB), said it remained committed to at least maintaining 2019 full-year dividend level of 26p. LWDB is a unique combination of an equity portfolio and independent professional services business. LWDB said today that “we approached 2020 with a professional services business […]

14 Sep 2020

Honeycomb shows resilience

Direct lending sector company, Honeycomb (HONY), delivered an 8.2% annualised NAV return for the first six months of the year (30 June 2019: 7.5%). The portfolio has displayed solidity over the pandemic to-date, with the underlying returns increasing in Q2 2020. The manager notes that the portfolio has seen the majority of underlying customer loans […]

14 Sep 2020

Partial sale of Visma among highlights from HgCapital Trust’s interims

HgCapital Trust (HGT), which provides exposure to Hg, Europe’s largest investor in software & service businesses, has this morning reported interim results to 30 June 2020, with NAV and share price total returns coming in at (7.3%). The portfolio ended the period valued at a multiple of  20.6x EV/EBITDA. Over £250m returned to HGT Over £250m was […]

14 Sep 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 September 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 September 2020:: Martin Currie Global Portfolio (MNP) held up well over its interim results period to 30 June 2020, delivering a total NAV return of 8.4%. The result was well ahead of MNP’s benchmark, at 0.2%. MNP sits in the global sector, with healthcare and technology making up about half of […]

09 Sep 2020

Hipgnosis increases dividend target and updates on C share spend

Hipgnosis Songs (SONG) announced that the company has invested approximately 82% of the net proceeds from its July C share fundraising. Accordingly, the board has announced that the company intends to convert the C shares (Ticker: SONC) into ordinary shares (Ticker: SONG). Increase in target dividend to 5.25p The board also announced an increase in […]

09 Sep 2020

Gold exposure provides a buffer in tough year for CQS Natural Resources Growth & Income

Over CQS Natural Resources Growth & Income’s (CYN) annual results period to 30 June 2020, the company returned (10.6%) and (5.9%) in total NAV and share returns. In the sections that follow, we include commentary from the fund’s managers, Ian Francis, Keith Watson, Rob Crayford, on precious metals, base metals and gold. Precious metals – ‘Low […]

09 Sep 2020

Annuals from Standard Life UK Smaller following long-predicted downturn

Standard Life UK Smaller (SLS) has reported its annual results to 30 June 2020, with total NAV and share returns coming in at (0.5%) and (0.1%) respectively. The company’s reference index, the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM (ex-investment companies) index, returned (10.7%). March was a particularly sombre month for the UK smaller companies sector – […]

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