Henderson Opportunities returns to form – Henderson Opportunities says that its NAV total return for the year ended 31 October 2017 was 29.5%, while the All-Share returned 13.4%. This strong outperformance more than recovered the shortfall in the preceding year, in which the NAV total return was 0.4% whereas the benchmark total return was 12.2%. During […]
ICG Longbow updates on loan portfolio – ICG Longbow is pleased to announce that it has agreed to fund an increase and extension to an existing loan secured by a North London retail park (the “Meadow Loan”). The increase, which takes the aggregate loan to GBP20 million, is on substantially the same terms and conditions […]
GCP Infrastructure provides solar funding – The board of GCP Infrastructure says that the company has subscribed for three new loan notes for a consideration of c.GBP105 million. The loan notes, with an expected term ranging between 22 and 24 years, will be used to provide funding for the acquisition of twenty two ground mounted and […]
Ranger Direct Board asks Kinmont to review management arrangements – Ranger Direct Lending put in place a management contract at the time of its IPO with Ranger Alternative Management II, LP. The initial term finishes on 1 May 2018 and then there is a rolling one year notice period thereafter. On 1 November 2017, the Board announced that it, in conjunction […]
Carillion hit varies across infrastructure funds – on 15 January 2018, as Carillion entered liquidation, HICL Infrastructure announced that “a contingency plan has already been developed that specifically contemplated a scenario where Carillion enters liquidation and InfraRed has been working for some time with a number of potential replacement service providers. The contingency plan has […]
JPMorgan Income and Capital finds a MATE – On 17 October 2017, JPMorgan Income & Capital Trust announced, in its interim results, that it was considering offering shareholders a rollover option into a new multi-asset investment trust as an alternative to liquidating their shares for cash to coincide with the end of the company’s fixed […]
UK Commercial Property sells shopping centres to Shropshire Council – UK Commercial Property Trust Limited has completed the sale of its three retail centres in Shrewsbury town centre to Shropshire Council for approximately GBP51 million, representing a small premium to book value. The three assets comprise the Charles Darwin, Pride Hill and Riverside shopping centres […]
Contrasting movements likely for Biotech Growth Trust investees Orbimed-managed Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG) looks set to see some contrasting fortunes for key investments in its January update, due in the middle of next month, but could nevertheless be able to offer investors a positive report. On the plus side, the trust will have seen its investment […]
Trinity Capital gets cash for last investment – Trinity Capital Plc says that, following the announcement made on 10 November 2017, its wholly owned subsidiary, Trinity Capital Mauritius Limited (“TCML”) has received from Trinity Capital (Ten) Limited (“TC-10”) an amount of GBP1.7 million. These monies constitute the proceeds from the disposal of TCML’s last remaining […]
Aseana Properties wants to keep going – At an extraordinary general meeting held on 22 June 2015, shareholders voted in favour of Aseana Properties’ Board’s proposals to amend the investment policy to enable a realisation of the ssets in a controlled, orderly and timely manner. As part of that vote, the company committed to dispose of all its […]
