John Laing Infrastructure reveals thinking on Labour PFI threats – in a trading update released today, John Laing Infrastructure Fund talks about various issues including the threat to PFI from a Labour government, a write-off in the portfolio and Catalonia. PFI At the annual UK Labour Party conference in September 2017, the UK’s Shadow Chancellor of […]
Axiom European Financial Debt has announced proposals for a share placing. The company says that shares will be issued at a 1.6% premium to the latest published estimated cum income NAV per share, as at the time the Placing closes, to cover the costs of the Placing, and Winterflood Securities will act as bookrunner in […]
Qatar Investment Fund (QIF) has announced a tender offer to purchase up to 10% of its issued share capital. This follows QIF’s announcement on 16 October that it intends to change its investment policy to become a Gulf Investment Fund, in which the board announced that it would put proposals for a tender offer. Tender […]
Regional REIT has announced that its asset manager, London & Scottish Property, has exchanged contracts to sell a development site in Leeds for £10.5m, on a subject-to-planning basis, to Unite Students. The 21,000 square foot site, which was acquired by Regional REIT in March 2016 as part of the Wing Portfolio together with the adjacent […]
Pacific Industrial & Logistics REIT (PILR) has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a modern 41,494 square foot logistics warehouse at Victoria Road, Seacroft, Leeds for a total consideration of £2.8 million. It says that the purchase price represents a net initial yield of 6.8% and the site has a rent of £5.00 […]
Fresh problems for SQN as Snoozebox appoints administrators – SQN Asset Finance Income has made the following announcement: “SQN Asset Finance Income Fund Limited (the “Company” or “SQN”), the leading diversified equipment leasing fund listed in the UK, notes the announcement (RNS Number: 9145V) by Snoozebox Holdings plc (“Snoozebox”) regarding discussions concerning its debt repayment […]
Chelverton Growth posts significant outperformance – Over the year to 31 August 2017, Chelverton Growth Trust’s net asset value per share increased by 36.9% to 85.63p. This represents a significant outperformance over the benchmark index, the MSCI Small Cap UK Index which rose by 13.7%. Within the portfolio: The biggest change in the year to the […]
Regional REIT changes to manager line up – London & Scottish Investments has announced the appointment of Simon Marriott to the position of Investment Director. Simon will join the main LSI board and work closely with Chief Executive Stephen Inglis on Regional REIT. Simon joins LSI with over 30 years’ experience in the property industry, […]
VinaLand has sold its Project Phu Hoi City stake – VinaLand Limited has sold its entire stake in Project Phu Hoi City, a development project located in Dong Nai province, Vietnam. The project, which was acquired by VinaLand in 2007, is an 84-hectare parcel of land that has received approval for a future residential-township development. […]
Riverstone Energy cashes in part of Centennial Resource Development – Riverstone Energy Limited has announced that it is participating in an offering of shares in Centennial Resource Development. The offering is by affiliates of Riverstone Holdings LLC (which includes Riverstone Energy) and Natural Gas Partners. Riverstone Energy has participated for its proportional share of the […]
