City Natural lags benchmark, ETF to blame? – City Natural Resources says that on 30 June 2017 its net asset value stood at 132.7p, giving a net asset value total return for the year of 7.9%. The benchmark index returned 17.7%. The shares returned 17.8% as the discount narrowed from 22.7% to 17%. This year’s […]
Foresight Solar buys Australian solar farm – Foresight Solar Fund Limited has entered into a binding contract to acquire its first asset outside of the UK with a commitment to acquire 48.5% of the share capital of Bannerton Solar Farm in Victoria, Australia. The project will have a peak capacity of 110MWp once operational. KDB Infrastructure […]
Blue Capital Alternative statements on hurricanes – Blue Capital Alternative Income has been making a series of announcements on the impacts of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria on its portfolio. Update 28 September 2017 “On 20 September 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico as a major hurricane followed by substantial rainfall and flooding. […]
No plan to tackle Ranger’s discount – Ranger Direct Lending has published its interim statement covering the six month period ended 30 June 2017. As Christopher Waldron, the chairman, points out, the first six months of 2017 has been a difficult period for Ranger Direct Lending, which has seen its share price fall to a […]
Syncona backs Autolus fund raise – Syncona has announced that its portfolio company, Autolus, has completed a US$80 million Series C funding round. Autolus is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of next-generation engineered CAR-T cell therapies for the treatment of cancer. Syncona was the single largest investor in the $80 […]
Global Resources writes up Bougainville gold investment – Early this year, Global Resources Investment Trust completed an A$1,250,000 investment in Kalia Holdings Pty Ltd, a private Australian company that is the parent company of a Papua New Guinean registered subsidiary Kalia Investments Ltd. Kalia Investments Limited holds contractual rights to explore for minerals and develop […]
JPMorgan Mid Cap unloved despite beating benchmark – JPMorgan Mid Cap reported a total return on net assets of 30.4%, compared with the benchmark total return of 21.5% for the year ended 30 June 2017. However, the total return to shareholders was 23.4%, reflecting a widening by 5.1 percentage points of the discount which the chairman […]
Large cap focus restrains City of London – City of London Investment Trust has published results for the year ended 30 June 2017. Its returns fell behind those of peers and index benchmarks over the period. City of London’s net asset value total return was 14.5% which was 3.3% behind the size weighted average over […]
Warehouse REIT buys four industrial estates from Hansteen – Warehouse REIT says that, following its admission to AIM on Wednesday 20 September 2017, the board has announced its first pipeline acquisitions, which follows the initial Tilstone Portfolio purchase for GBP108.85 million. The pipeline assets described in the prospectus included four multi-let industrial estates in England which […]
Safestore buys Stork Self storage – Safestore Holdings plc has announced the acquisition of Stork Self Storage (Holdings) Limited (trading as Alligator Self Storage) for GBP56m. Highlights Exchanged contracts to acquire Stork Self Storage (Holdings) Limited (“SSSHL”), the eleventh largest self-storage portfolio in the UK with 12 stores. Consideration of GBP56m (subject to a potential working […]
