Local Shopping REIT to continue with piecemeal liquidation – Local Shopping REIT has released results for the year ended 30 September 2017. The highlights are: IFRS Loss for the financial period of GBP0.86m or 1.04 pence per share (2016: Profit GBP0.63m or 0.76 pps). Adjusted operating profit for the period of GBP1.26m or 1.5 pps […]
BioPharma Credit acquires royalty interest in diabetes drugs – In its third deal announced in rapid succession, BioPharma Credit has purchased from Royalty Pharma Investments (RPI) a 50% interest in a former Bristol-Myers Squibb-owned royalty stream on two AstraZeneca diabetes drugs. The royalty interested was acquired by RPI from Bristol Myers Squibb on 14 November 2017 and relates to sales of Onglyza […]
Scottish Investment Trust held back by contrarian style this year – Scottish Investment Trust says that, during the 12 months to 31 October 2017, the share price total return was 12.8% and the net asset value per share (NAV) total return (with borrowings at market value) was 11.0%. These returns include a 1.4p uplift from […]
Real Estate Investors sells 24 Bennetts Hill Birmingham – Real Estate Investors has announced the sale of 24 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham for a cash consideration of GBP4.00 million, which is a premium to book valuation and represents a 5.90% net initial yield. The investment property was acquired by the company in December 2014 for GBP2.06 million. […]
Scottish Mortgage to benefit from Denali IPO – Baillie Gifford-managed Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust SMT looks set to receive a significant £85m windfall as a result of last week’s Nasdaq IPO of Denali Therapeutics, a US-based biotech in which it invested in 2016. Baillie Gifford was the lead investors in Denali’s $130m Series B financing round, investing […]
Investment Trust Insider on Blue Prism’s inexorable rise Carthew: the beneficiaries of Blue Prism’s inexorable rise Occasionally, early stage technology companies can produce spectacular share price gains. When this happens, even relatively small investments can make a noticeable difference to a fund’s returns. Regular readers of my column may recall that I wrote about the […]
International Public Partnerships buys Frankfurt cop shop – International Public Partnerships Limited has entered into a binding commitment to acquire a stake in the new public private partnership police centre of South-East Hesse in Offenbach. International Public Partnerships has committed to invest c.EUR8 million for a 45% shareholding in the project. The project has been […]
Edinburgh Worldwide gets new deputy managers – Following discussion between the board and managers, Edinburgh Worldwide has announced the appointment of Svetlana Viteva and Luke Ward as deputy portfolio managers with immediate effect. Svetlana and Luke are part of Baillie Gifford’s Global Discovery investment team which is headed by Douglas Brodie, the manager of Edinburgh Worldwide. This […]
Isaly steps down from OrbiMed and Worldwide Healthcare Trust Veteran US biotech analyst and OrbiMed Capital founder Samuel Isaly has stepped down from his role as Managing Partner and separately as a director of UK-listed Worldwide Healthcare Trust WWH, which is managed by OrbiMed alongside Biotech Growth Trust BIOG. Isaly will be replaced at the New […]
JPMorgan Elect will introduce borrowings in income pool – JPMorgan Elect has published its annual report covering the year ended 31 August 2017. The Managed Growth portfolio delivered a total return on net assets of 20.2%, compared with the portfolio’s benchmark which returned 16.7%. The share price total return was 19.6%. For the year ended 31st […]
