Greencoat buys Bishopthorpe wind farm – The Board of Greencoat UK Wind PLC has announced that it has acquired Bishopthorpe Wind Farm from BayWa r.e. for a total consideration of GBP47 million. The acquisition, which completed on 30 June 2017, was funded by Greencoat UK Wind’s revolving credit facility (GBP38 million) plus cash resources (GBP9 […]
Derwent London sells Copyright building – Derwent London is pleased to announce that it has exchanged contracts on the sale of its long leasehold interest in The Copyright Building, 30 Berners Street W1 to Union Investment Real Estate GmbH (“Union Investment”). The consideration is GBP165.0m, or GBP148.7m net of top-ups relating to rent free periods […]
BBGI SICAV has announced that it has signed an agreement to invest in five existing PPP projects and gain access to what it describes as, “a robust pipeline of future PPP projects in Canada”. The agreement is with a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Group to invest in an investment vehicle (referred to as a “Partnership”) which […]
CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities has announced the result of its placing of sterling and euro treasury shares (originally announced on 19 May 2017). The Company has raised £77.55 million and €13.87 million from the sale of sterling and euro treasury shares respectively. It says that it will therefore sell, from treasury, 69,197,176 Sterling ordinary […]
Caledonia Investments has announced that it has reduced its holding in Cobehold SA (Cobehold) from 8.7% to 5.4%, realising €58.2m. As a result of a forward foreign exchange contract previously put in place to hedge the proceeds from the anticipated sale, Caledonia says it will receive £50.6m. Cobehold is the holding company of Cobepa SA, […]
Globalworth Real Estate Investments has announced that it has acquired Building “C” of the Green Court Bucharest campus, developed by the Swedish group Skanska, for a gross transaction value of approximately €38m. The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of this year. Green Court Bucharest Located to the north of Bucharest in […]
For the year ended 30 April 2017, Miton Global Opportunities net asset value per share rose to 248.7p (2016: 182.4p), a total return of 36.3% (2016: 0.4%). The share price ended on an all-time high of 242.3p (2016: 164.3p), a total return of 47.5%. The fund has outperformed a number of other comparators such as the […]
HgCapital Trust has announced that it and other institutional clients of HgCapital will re-invest in Visma Group Holdings (Visma), which it describes as a leading provider of mission-critical business software to SMBs in the Nordic region. The transaction follows a decision by KKR to sell its holding in the group. HgCapital, the trust’s manager, is […]
Syncona writes up NightstaRx value – Syncona investment, NightstaRx has completed a US$45m funding round. Syncona has invested $12.5m at this stage and retains a 46% stake in the business. The existing investment in NightsaRx has been written up by £20.3m (3.1p per Syncona share) to £69.7m. NightstaRx also attracted investment in this round from […]
NextEnergy Solar Fund has announced results for the year ending 31 March 2017. Highlights Investment portfolio of 48 solar PV plants for a total of c.483MW installed capacity in operation. NextEnergy Solar Fund is the largest listed solar energy fund on the London Stock Exchange in terms of both installed solar capacity and market capitalisation. Significant […]
