Investment Company News

10 Oct 2016

Harbourvest considering bid for SVG’s portfolio

In a new twist, Harbourvest has said in a press statement that it might bid for SVG’s portfolio. It followed this up with a statement this morning that said “HarbourVest announces today that it has approached the Board of SVG Capital with a view to engaging immediately with the Board to put forward a firm […]

10 Oct 2016

Atlantis Japan expands as embedded subscription rights exercised

Atlantis Japan has reported that 7,614,446 embedded subscription rights (like subscription shares but a right that attaches to the ordinary shares and doesn’t trade separately) have been exercised at 143.76p, raising c£11m for the company. AJG : Atlantis Japan expands as embedded subscription rights exercised

10 Oct 2016

JZ Capital sell Southern Petroleum Labs and Metpar

JZ Capital has announced that its has sold two of its investments, Southern Petroleum Laboratories and Metpar, for a combined $11.5 million. JZCP received proceeds of $8.4 million from the sale of Southern Petroleum Laboratories , a leader in oil & gas measurement and laboratory services, which is approximately the company’s carrying value. JZCP also received warrants […]

07 Oct 2016

Custodian REIT acquires Cummins distribution centre in Daventry for £3.08m

Custodian REIT has announced that it has acquired a 44,643 square foot distribution unit, on the Heartlands Business Park, Daventry, for £3.08m. The unit is let to Cummins Limited, on a lease expiring on 15 July 2019, and the current passing rent is £221,045 per annum, which reflects a net initial yield of 6.75%. The […]

07 Oct 2016

Electra sells Vidal Group

Electra Partners has announced that its portfolio company AXIO Group has received a binding offer from M3, Inc. to purchase Vidal Group, a leading European provider of reference drug information for healthcare professionals, for EUR100 million. The proposed transaction, which remains subject to certain conditions including consultation with the relevant works council in France and […]

07 Oct 2016

HabourVest makes an extension to its offer for SVG Capital

HarbourVest has announced that, in light of the proposals disclosed by SVG Capital yesterday, to sell SVG Capital’s entire portfolio to funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Alternative Investments & Manager Selection Group (Goldman Sachs AIMS Group) and certain investment entities managed by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for approximately £748m, it believes […]

07 Oct 2016

Empiric buys five more properties

The Board of Empiric Student Property plc has acquired the freeholds of five operating properties, one in Exeter, two in Leicester and two in Portsmouth, with a total of 464 beds, for an aggregate cash consideration of GBP26.69 million (excluding acquisition costs) from assets managed by LaSalle Investment Management. All the properties were fully let […]

07 Oct 2016

Ground Rents Income wants to borrow more

The Board of Ground Rents Income believes that the ability to utilise borrowings in addition to equity, and to leverage assets over a longer term period, will allow the Company to take advantage of attractively priced debt currently available to it, and provide greater flexibility now that the Company’s equity is fully invested, to allow the […]

07 Oct 2016

Henderson Diversified may move onshore

Henderson Diversified Income Limited is mulling a change to its corporate structure (currently it invests through a Luxembourg subsidiary). Since it was launched, there have been a number of developments in Luxembourg tax legislation and practice, in particular in relation to transfer pricing. The OECD has recently introduced the BEPS (base erosion profit shifting) framework under […]