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25 Jul 2016

Hg Capital invests in Blick Rothenburg

HgCapital, the Manager of HgCapital Trust, today announces an investment in Blick Rothenberg, a leading provider of accounting, audit and tax services based in London. The terms of this transaction were not disclosed. HgCapital Trust plc will invest in Blick Rothenberg alongside other institutional clients of HgCapital, who will participate through the HgCapital 7 Fund. […]

25 Jul 2016

Riverstone Energy buys controlling stake in Silver Run

Riverstone Energy has announced that Silver Run Acquisition Corporation will buy a controlling stake in Centennial Resource Production, LLC. As part of the deal, Riverstone will end up with a controlling stake in Silver Run. Centennial Resource Production is an independent oil and natural gas company located in the core of the Southern Delaware Basin. On July 6, 2016, […]

22 Jul 2016

NextEnergy Solar Fund’s first tap issue raises £42.2m

NextEnergy Solar Fund has announced that its first Tap Issue has raised gross proceeds of £42.16m. The Company says that it has received applications from existing and new investors pursuant to the Issue for 41,991,242 New Shares at 100.4p per share and that, accordingly, it will sell all of the 30,850,000 ordinary shares currently held […]

19 Jul 2016

Hammerson sells Manor Walks Shopping Centre, Cramlington, for £78m

Hammerson has announced that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of Manor Walks Shopping Centre, Cramlington, Northumberland to Arch Commercial Enterprise Ltd for £78m. Manor Walks adjoins Westmorland Retail Park and the two schemes form the core retail offer for Cramlington town centre situated nine miles north of Newcastle. Hammerson says that, further to […]

19 Jul 2016

Drum Income Plus REIT acquires 3 Lochside Way, Edinburgh Park, for £4.5m

Drum Income Plus REIT (DRIP REIT) has announced that it has acquired 3 Lochside Way, Edinburgh Park, for £4.5m. It says that the property is a 24,000 square foot Grade A office building, prominently situated, on Central Scotland’s premier business park with Lockheed Martin, Exception and GL Industrial Services as key tenants. The company says […]

14 Jul 2016

FastForward considering investment in gaming technology

The Board of FastForward is pleased to provide the following strategic update to its shareholders. The Company believes that there are exceptional opportunities available to it in the gaming technology sector.  These opportunities are available to the Company largely because of the network of the Company’s Board of Directors, advisers and large shareholders. The Company […]

14 Jul 2016

3i Infrastructure makes investment in renewable energy company

3i Infrastructure has signed an agreement to invest approximately EUR69m, subject to completion adjustments, in Valorem. Headquartered in Bègles, France, Valorem is a leading independent renewable energy development and operating company. 3i Infrastructure will acquire a 28.5% interest in Valorem and provide further capital to the company through a subordinated debt instrument with the remaining […]

14 Jul 2016

Housebuilding drags down Independent after a good six months

The six month period ending 31 May 2016 Independent Investment Trust produced a net asset value total return of 5.7%.  The total returns notionally attributable to the FTSE All Share Index and the FTSE World Index were 0.1% and 3.9% respectively. The net asset value per share rose from 390.1p to 400.3p over the period, […]