Investment Company News

04 Jan 2017

Funding Circle SME Income publishes details of scrip dividend alternative

In its dividend announcement of 15 December 2016, Funding Circle SME Income Fund advised that its board has decided to offer shareholders a choice to receive dividends in cash or in shares via scrip dividend, with further details on the scrip dividend alternative to be provided in due course. The Company has now announced that it […]

03 Jan 2017

UK Mortgages expecting gross IRR greater than 8% for third transaction

UK Mortgages Limited has announced that terms have been agreed, and signed, for the purchase of an existing pool of mortgages, which, if completed, will be UKML’s third transaction and will deploy its remaining investible capital. The company says that it expects the transaction will be completed early in 2017, following the finalisation of certain […]

03 Jan 2017

VPC Specialty Lending completes first share repurchase for £1.15m

VPC Specialty Lending has announced that, on 30 December 2016, it completed its first share repurchase under its new buyback programme. 1.5m shares were repurchased at a price of 77.25p per share, this being a 20.4% discount to the company’s most recently published NAV of 96.99p per share on 31 October 2016. The company says […]

27 Dec 2016

Aberdeen Frontier Markets to invest directly

The Board of Aberdeen Frontier Markets in consultation with Aberdeen Fund Managers Limited and Numis Securities, and following discussions with certain shareholders, believe that there remains demand for a listed, Aberdeen-managed, closed end frontier market vehicle, providing exposure to the Frontier Markets of Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America. Following these […]

23 Dec 2016

Ranger Direct Lending exposed to Argon Credit bankruptcy

Ranger has made an announcement related to the bankruptcy of Argon Credit – it is a complex topic so here’s the main body of the text of that announcement. The Company notes the recent press coverage relating to the filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by Argon Credit, LLC and Argon X, LLC (together, “Argon”). The […]

23 Dec 2016

VPC Specialty Lending initiates discount programme in light of wide discount

VPC Specialty Lending has announced that, in light of the significant disparity between the Company’s share price and its Net Asset Value per share, it will commence a share buyback programme. As at the date of the announcement (22 December 2016), the Company says that its shares are trading at a 17.9% discount to net […]

23 Dec 2016

Civitas Social Housing acquires supported living portfolio for £15m

Civitas Social Housing (Civitas) has announced that it has completed a £15m acquisition of a portfolio, with an initial net yield of 6.5%, comprising the freehold interest in 17 supported living properties in Gloucester, Weston-Super-Mare, the Wirral and Durham. The acquisition is the company’s second since its IPO and the portfolio provides long term housing […]

23 Dec 2016

Tritax Big Box REIT to forward fund two new Howdens distribution facilities at Warth Park, Northamptonshire

Tritax Big Box REIT (Tritax) has announced that it has exchanged contracts (conditional on receiving planning consent) to provide forward funding for the development of two new distribution warehouse facilities at Warth Park, Raunds. The two facilities are pre-let in their entirety under two separate leases to Howdens Joinery Group Plc (Howdens) and the investment […]

23 Dec 2016

Custodian REIT acquires properties in Liverpool and Stoke-on-Trent

Custodian REIT has announced the purchase of two properties – one in Liverpool, for £6.4m, and one in Stoke-on -Trent for £4.855m. Both purchases have been funded from the company’s existing debt facilities increasing its loan to value to 18.0%. The Liverpool property is a 34,686 square foot unit on Hanover Street, which is located […]

23 Dec 2016

F&C Commercial Property sells 25 Great Pulteney Street, London W1, for £54.4m

F&C Commercial Property Trust has annnounced that, on 22 December 2016,it completed the sale of its Freehold interest in 25 Great Pulteney Street, London W1 for £54.4m, which reflects a net initial yield of 3.95 per cent. 25 Great Pulteney Street is a seven-storey building, which the trust says provides high quality, contemporary, Grade A […]