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02 Sep 2015

JZ Capital commits €75m to its new EuroMicrocap fund

JZ Capital Partners says it has committed €75m to JZI Fund III, the successor fund to its EuroMicrocap 2010 fund. In total the new fund raised €237m, €25m of which came from David Zalaznick and Jay Jordan, along with the European management team. JZI Fund III will invest principally in lower middle market companies in Western Europe, focusing on […]

02 Sep 2015

INPP consortium wins Victorian schools project

International Public Partnerships (INPP) says a consortium that it is a member of has won the right to design, build, finance and maintain 15 schools across 12 sites in Victoria, Australia. The Learning Communities Victoria Consortium is sponsored by Amber Infrastructure and other consortium members include:  Watpac Construction: Design-Builder; Spotless: Facilities Manager. Spotless also provides facilities management services […]

01 Sep 2015

Wolf’s UK tungsten mine produces first concentrate

  Wolf Minerals has produced the first tungsten concentrates at its new Drakelands open pit mine at the Hemerdon project, in Devon. The concentrates will be sent to Global Tungsten and Powders, in the USA, and Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten, in Austria in terms of Wolf’s offtake agreement. Although this is a major milestone in […]

01 Sep 2015

Sequoia to raise up to £200m through a c-share issue

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund  has confirmed its intention to raise up to £200m in new capital through a c-share issue. The issue is expected to complete in or around late October 2015 and further details of the transaction, including the availability of a pre-emptive offer in respect of a significant part of the fund […]

31 Aug 2015

Acorn Income Fund cashes in on FTSE Hedge

Over the first half of 2015 Acorn Income Fund generated a return on its gross assets of 11.9% – marginally ahead of the 11.8% return posted by the Numis Smaller Companies Index (ex investment companies). Thanks to the gearing effect of the zeros, the total NAV return on the ordinary shares was 16.3%. The return […]

31 Aug 2015

Profitable sales offset by fx weakness for F&C Private Equity

F&C Private Equity’s NAV total return for the six months ended 30 June 2015 was 2.7% and its share price total return was 1.6%. The interim dividend is 5.58p per Ordinary Share. Currency took 2.3% off the NAV. The largest realisation, of £8.6m, was the sale of the co-investment in SMD Hydrovision, to Chinese buyer ZhouZou CSR. […]

27 Aug 2015

Ukraine Opportunities will delist

Ukraine Opportunities reports that its NAV fell from $3.567 to $3.20 over the first half of 2015. The share price move was more dramatic – a fall from $3.10 to $2.20 – as the discount moved from 13.2% to 33.5%. The Board made the following statement: “Having consulted with its major shareholders, and taking into […]

27 Aug 2015

Starwood European to trim dividend

Starwood European Real Estate Finance has published its interim results covering the six month period to the end of June 2015. As at 30 June 2015, the Net Asset Value was 99.94 pence per Ordinary Share and the share price was 107.25 pence. The Board believes that competition to provide loans is increasing and Starwood […]

27 Aug 2015

Hansteen raising cash to fund acquisition

Hansteen is raising £40m at 110p per share to help fund the acquisition of a further £103.7m of units (35.7% of the fund) in the Ashtenne Industrial Fund. They say the deal represents an acquisition of £156.8m of UK industrial property valued at a yield of 8.3 per cent. The price is an effective c.5% discount […]