Investment Company News

14 Jul 2014

Juridica Investments invests in AC Kinetics

Juridica Investments has announced an investment in AC Kinetics, a privately-held US-based developer of an advanced induction motor control algorithms, which aim to reduce energy consumption while improving performance. In announcing the purchase JIL, which invests directly and indirectly in a wide variety of business-to-business related litigation and arbitration claims, advised that they believe the AC […]

14 Jul 2014

British Land : BLND – Second letting at Marble Arch House

British Land has agreed to let the 4,500 square foot sixth floor of its Marble Arch House property (located on Seymour Street in the Portman Village) to Access Industries on a ten-year lease. Access will join Fulcrum Asset Management, who signed a ten year lease for the building’s 9,000 square foot fifth floor earlier this summer. […]

11 Jul 2014

HgCapital Trust : HGT – Co-investment in Sequel Business Solutions

HgCapital Trust is to invest £4.4m in Sequel Business Solutions, a leading software and service provider to the Lloyd’s of London insurance market. The trust will be participating through the HgCapital Mercury Fund, which is focused on growth buyouts in the software and technology sector, alongside other institutional clients of HgCapital. Sequel’s management team are to retain a significant interest in […]

11 Jul 2014

Custodian REIT : CREI – Purchase of second Castleford property

Custodian REIT has announced the purchase of a second property in Castleford for £1.61m. The property is a 12,940 square foot trade counter, let to MKM Building Supplies Limited, on a 20 year lease. The rent is 110,000 per annum, which reflects a net initial yield of 6.45%. Custodian REIT listed on the LSE on 26 March 2014, acquiring […]

11 Jul 2014

Derwent London : DLN – Stephen Street pre-let to Freud Communications

Derwent London has pre-let 28,000 square feet, of newly refurbished office space, at its 1-2 Stephen Street property in W1, London, to public relations firm Freud Communications. The lease is for 15 years with an initial rent of £1.8m pa, rising to £2.1m pa after five years, with an open market upward-only rent review, or tenant break, at year ten. Derwent purchased 1-2 […]

10 Jul 2014

FORESIGHT SOLAR FUND : FSFL – on target for a first year dividend of 6.0p

Foresight Solar Fund, which raised £150m in its IPO in October 2013 to develop a portfolio of solar assets in the UK, has announced it’s on track to deliver its target dividend of 6p per share for its first financial year. We expect there will be further announcement from Foresight Solar fund in August. If they get […]

10 Jul 2014

BlueCrest BlueTrend : BBTU – US Dollar share class to close around 17 July

BlueCrest BlueTrend’s US Dollar share class no longer meets the FCA’s ‘Shares in Public Hands Requirement’ following its tender offer (for both its Sterling and US dollar share classes). The remaining US Dollar shares, not purchased under the tender offer, are to be compulsory converted into Sterling shares.  The conversion will take effect on or around 17 July 2014 […]

09 Jul 2014

Independent Investment Trust : IIT – interim results

Independent Investment Trust, managed by Max Ward (pictured), delivered a total return on its net asset value of 5.2% over the six months ended 31 May 2014 compared to returns of 4.8% for the FTSE All-Share Index and 4.0% for the FTSE World Index. The discount widened from 6.5% to 8.6%. The dividend is unchanged at […]

09 Jul 2014

Keystone : KIT – fee changes

Keystone, managed by Mark Barnett (pictured), has announced that the management fee on the fund will fall from 0.8% of market capitalisation to 0.6%. This change is effective from July 1 2014. At the same time Keystone is changing the structure of its performance fee in a way that will make it slightly easier to earn […]

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