The Cayenne Trust has posted its figures for the year ended 31 January 2014. The Cayenne Trust generated a net asset value total return of 13.6% for the year – 3.6% more than the return on the FTSE Equity Investments Instruments Index.
Carador has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2013. Over the year it generated a NAV return of 3.99% as an NAV fall of 7.75% was offset by dividend payments totalling 13.1 cents. The target dividend for 2014 is 10 cents (to be paid in quarterly chunks of 2.5 cents)
British Land has sold two retail parks – The 250,000 sq ft St James Retail Park in Dumbarton (sold to Legal & General for £45.75m) and the 136,000 sq ft Cwmbran Retail Park (sold to UBS for £32.3m). The net initial yields on these transactions were 5.9% and 6.4% respectively. British Land said they are […]
ICG Longbow has released its first set of results, for the period ended 31 January 2014. At that stage the company had made eight investments, was 85% invested and the NAV per share was 98.79p. The earnings for the period were 1.29p per share – lower than anticipated at the time of the IPO – this […]
Hg Capital has bought a stake in Visma (a software and business process outsourcing company centred on the Nordic region) – acquiring a 31% stake for £405m. £40m of this will come from the Hg Capital Trust and the rest from Hg’s limited partnership vehicle, Hg Capital VII. The net effect of the transaction will be that […]
Candover has sold Innovia (a manufacturer of films for packaging and the substrate for polymer banknotes – they are working on the new £5 and £10 notes) for €498m. this was the last asset in Candover’s 2001 fund. Candover Investments (the fund) will get €12.8m of proceeds and €7.6m of carried interest from the transaction. […]
Utilico Emerging Markets has consulted shareholders and decided not to proceed with its plan to issue long term debt and hold a continuation vote. It has instead extended a £50m bank borrowing facility it has with Scotiabank until April 2016.
Foresight Solar Fund has announced that its 16MW Pitworthy plant is now connected to the grid and operational. Also RWE Supply and Trading will finance construction of Foresight Solar Fund’s 37MW Kencot plant and Foresight no longer plans to buy a plant in Deptford that was highlighted as a potential acquisition in the fund’s prospectus. […]
Hansa Trust (which has two classes of shares – voting shares HAN and non-voting shares HANA) has announced that it is broadening its investment approach. Where, to date, it has mostly invested in UK equities and also has a stake in holding company, Ocean Wilsons, it will now also invest in other asset classes – […]
ICG Longbow has made its tenth loan – £8m to Quay Hotels, secured against the Ramada Encore Hotel in Gateshead. With the deal concluded ICG Longbow would have invested slightly more than all the proceeds of its original issue. It has today issued 3.6m shares at 102p per share to cover the shortfall. Following the […]
