Warehouse REIT (WHR) announced that it has received valid applications and commitments for the issue announced on 18 June, raising approximately £153m. Neil Kirton, chairman of WHR, commented: “The result of this equity raise, ahead of our original £100m March target, is a strong endorsement of our strategy. We are extremely grateful to both the new UK […]
Riverstone Energy (RSE) announced the pausing of its £50m share buyback programme until August, after the reporting of its interim results, for the six months ended 30 June 2020. Since the company’s announcement of the share buyback programme was made, on 1 May 2020, 10.81m ordinary shares have been bought back at a cost of approximately £30.5m. Elsewhere, two big retail […]
Miton UK MicroCap (MINI), the tech and healthcare-focused (around half of the portfolio) UK smaller companies-sector company, has reported annual results for the year ended 30 April 2020. Over the year, total NAV returns fell by (8.2%), while the shares were down by (20.%). MINI noted that, over the same period, the FTSE SmallCap index (excluding […]
Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) announced that it had secured a further 131MW portfolio under exclusivity, including 81MW of cash generating operational assets. The operational assets, have an anticipated closing of mid-August, subject to the completion of due diligence. The 131MW portfolio of assets under exclusivity announced today is in addition to the 20MW London asset […]
HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) announced results for the year ended 31 January 2020. NAV per share increase of 14.5% to $27.6 over the 12 months. The company was a net investor over the year, with $324.2m cash invested, compared with distributions of $308.2m. HVPE committed $570m over the year, to new HarbourVest funds, with the majority weighted towards primary […]
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income (SEIT) announced that after seeing the strong support given to the initial issue of new ordinary shares, announced on 18 June, the issue size has been increased from £60m to £110m. Augmentum Fintech (AUGM) announced that portfolio company, Zopa, has been awarded its full banking licence by the Prudential Regulatory Authority. […]
Performance figures over BMO Global Smaller Companies’s (BGSC) annual results period to 30 April 2020 reflected the sharp fall in prices over March. A total NAV return of (13.8%) was slightly ahead of the benchmark’s (14.1%), while the shares were down (16.5%) – they have increased by about 6% post-period. BGSC’s portfolio was geographically allocated as […]
BioPharma Credit (BPCR), the specialist life sciences debt investor, has announced that its discount control mechanism has been activated. The company will be required to purchase shares in the market as a result of the shares trading in excess of a 5% discount to NAV over a three-month rolling period, using the methodology described in the company’s […]
FastForward Innovations (FFWD) has announced that investee company, Factom, has filed for has filed for a Chapter 11 reorganisation. Factom is a blockchain-focused company, which FFWD invested into in 2018. FFWD notes that such a re-organisation includes an application for the ‘writing off’ of various debts of Factom, including FFWD’s $6m SAFE note. FFWD’s interest in Factom is divided […]
Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire 100% interest in Ferrymuir Energy Storage, a 50MW energy storage project. Project takes GSF’s total portfolio size to 239MW The project has been acquired from a group of investors comprising Abbey Properties, Yoogen and Intelligent Land Investments, consists of a 50MW […]