Custodian REIT has acquired a 105,757 sq ft distribution unit on Winsford Industrial Estate, located 10 miles from junctions 18 and 19 of the M6. Nearby occupiers include Henkel, Iveco and Jiffy Packaging. The unit is let to H&M Hennes and Mauritz UK Limited on a lease expiring on 23 June 2025. Current passing rent […]
Woodford Patient Capital says its portfolio declined in value by 10.8 per cent over the first half of 2016 and the company’s shares ended the period at a modest discount of 3.1 per cent. Two new non-executive directors have been brought onto the Board following consultation with shareholders. The new non-executive directors have specific investment trust experience. […]
JZ Capital Partners, alongside its long-term real estate partner, RedSky Capital and The Clark Estates, has acquired Esperante Corporate Centre, a landmark office building in West Palm Beach, Florida. Located at 222 Lakeview Avenue in downtown West Palm Beach, Esperante sits at the gateway to the island of Palm Beach, providing tenants with easy access […]
Impax Environmental Markets had a great start to 2016. Over the six months ended 30 June 2016, the NAV achieved a total return of 19.4% and ended the period at 211.12p. The share price total return was 16.0%. They say that approximately half of their absolute performance was attributable to investment returns and half to the decline of […]
JZ Capital Partners has announced an agreement to sell its equity interest in Fidor Bank AG to Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France. JZ Capital Partners first invested in Fidor in August 2013 through its EuroMicrocap Fund 2010, L.P. and has since worked with the senior management team, including Matthias Kröner, CEO, and Wolfgang Strobel, […]
The Board of Tritax Big Box REIT has announced that it has exchanged contracts (conditional on detailed planning consent) to provide forward funding for the development of a new logistics facility and headquarters at Four Ashes, Wolverhampton. The investment price is GBP56.3 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.14% (net of land acquisition costs). The […]
HgCapital, the Manager of HgCapital Trust has announced that it has agreed the sale of NetNames, a leading provider of global brand protection and internet domain name management services, to CSC, a US-based, leading provider of business administration services to corporations. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Trust will realise cash proceeds of […]
The Board of BlackRock Income Strategies and the Investment Manager have been considering the company’s investment objective and policy as implemented in February 2015 in the context of the prevailing market conditions and investment outlook post the recent UK Brexit Referendum. The investment objective is, over the medium term (5 to 7 years), to aim […]
Caledonia Mining has updated gold resources at its 49%-owned Blanket mine, in Zimbabwe, after a six-month drilling programme in the deeper areas of the mine. It has upgraded 343 kt from Inferred to Indicated, bringing a total of 48 koz of gold into the higher confidence category, and has added 1.28 Mt of new Inferred […]
Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust has announced that its new discount control mechanism (DCM), which is designed to ensure that the company trades close to net asset value, takes effect from 1 August 2016. The policy is described in more detail in the company’s most recent annual results but, in summary, the company will […]
