Investment Company News

26 Apr 2017

Hg Capital sells Qundis

HgCapital, the Manager of HgCapital Trust has agreed the sale of QUNDIS, a leading provider of sub-metering solutions in Europe, to a German investment group around KALORIMETA (“KALO”), a leading service providers for climate-intelligent solutions in the buildings sector, for a total enterprise value of c. EUR400 million. The sale of QUNDIS delivers a c. 3.5x […]

24 Apr 2017

LXi REIT buys Cambridge Belfry Hotel

Lxi REIT has acquired the Cambridge Belfry Hotel at Cambourne, Cambridge. The purchase price for the Property is GBP18.53 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.1% on the asset acquisition (net of acquisition costs). The property is fully let to Marstons Hotels Limited and guaranteed by its parent, QHotels Holdings Limited.  QHotels is a […]

24 Apr 2017

Civitas invests another £3.5m

Civitas Social Housing PLC has completed the purchase of a portfolio of regulated social housing for a total consideration of GBP3.5 million, comprising the freehold interest in 3 supported living properties, with 13 tenancies, in the West Midlands and South East of England. The portfolio is immediately income generating with an initial net yield of […]

24 Apr 2017

Kennedy Wilson Europe to merge with Kennedy Wilson Holdings

The Kennedy Wilson Holdings Board (KW) and the Independent Committee of Kennedy Wilson Europe (KWE) are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share merger.  Eeach KWE Scheme Shareholder will be entitled to receive: 0.667 New KW shares for each KWE share. Based on the closing price of US$22.50 per […]

21 Apr 2017

More patience required for Woodford Patient Capital shareholders

Woodford Patient Capital says that 2016 was a challenging year, with its net asset value declining modestly from 97.37p to 93.24p. Meanwhile, the share price moved from a 3.7 per cent premium to net asset value at the end of 2015, to a slight discount of -2.4 per cent at the end of the period, […]

21 Apr 2017

NextEnergy Solar Fund acquires six plants, totalling 28MWp, for £30.5m

NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has announced that it has signed six share purchase agreements to acquire the special purpose vehicles owning six plants, totalling 28MWp, with an investment value of £30.5m. Completion expected during the first half of 2017. The plants are Rampisham, Aller Court, Hill, Forest Farm, Wasing and Flixborough solar plants and are […]

21 Apr 2017

Hammerson secures a five-year revolving credit facility for £360m

Hammerson has announced that it has signed a £360 million unsecured Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) at an initial margin of 90 basis points. The RCF is with a syndicate of fourteen international banks and has a maturity of five years which may be extended to a maximum of seven years. Hammerson says that the new […]

21 Apr 2017

Aurora’s manager gets behind Mike Ashley

Aurora has announced its results for the 10-month period from 29 February 2016 to 31 December 2016. Its chairman, Lord Flight (pictured), explains that reason for the ‘short year’ is to align Aurora’s accounting period with that of its Investment Manager, Phoenix Asset Management Partners, who have been in place for approximately 15 months, following […]

21 Apr 2017

Vietnam Enterprise has a great 2016

Vietnam Enterprise Investments (VEIL) had a great 2016, its NAV rising 22.98%, outperformed the VN Index by 5.7%, despite a flurry of market-boosting new listings and the outlier performance of index heavyweights Faros (“ROS”, +791.7%, 3.3% of VN Index) and Sabeco (+51.5%, 8.5% of VN Index).  This was VEIL’s best relative performance against the VN Index […]