SEGRO swaps an industrial estate for a Big Box warehouse – SEGRO has acquired a fully let 390,000 sq ft big box warehouse in the Midlands region of the UK from LGIM Real Assets (“Legal & General”), in exchange for Kingsland Business Park, which is a multi-let industrial estate in Basingstoke, and a balancing cash […]
Scottish Oriental ups Asian Frontiers exposure – Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies says that, over the 12 months to August, its Net Asset Value per share rose by 15.7 per cent in total return terms, while the ‘comparative indices’, MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index and MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Small Cap Index, rose by […]
JZ makes two sales – JZ Capital Partners Limited has realised two of its US micro-cap investments, Nielsen-Kellerman and K2 Towers, for a total gross value of $39.9 million, representing a cumulative $13.4 million uplift to JZCP’s net asset value as of 31 August 2017. K2 Towers K2 was founded in 2009 and specialises in acquiring and maintaining […]
AEW Long Lease buys St Helens industrial estate – AEW UK Long Lease REIT has bought Pocket Nook Industrial Estate, St Helens for GBP9.0m reflecting a net initial yield of 5.4%. The 16.1 acre site is let to three tenants and provides a weighted average unexpired lease term of 66 years to expiry, with 49% […]
Caledonia sells the Sloane Club – Caledonia Investments has today sold its 100% interest in The Sloane Club, the private members club located in the heart of Chelsea, London, to Sloane Investment Limited, a special purpose vehicle jointly owned by JK Chelsea Holdings Limited, an affiliate of the Queensway Group, and Clearbell Property Partners III […]
EJF invests in TruPS securitisation – EJF Investments Ltd says that the company has invested approximately $17.0 million (approximately GBP12.9 million based on foreign exchange rates reported for the day the purchase occurred) in the preferred shares issued by TruPS Financials Note Securitization 2017-2 Ltd on 26 October 2017. The preferred shares are the lowest ranked security […]
Witan swaps Marathon for Crux and SW Mitchell – Following a wide-ranging search covering active managers of European equities, Witan has decided to appoint Crux Asset Management Limited and SW Mitchell Capital LLP as specialist European equity managers. They have each been allocated approximately £100m (c. 5% of Witan’s assets) to manage in European equities, […]
Henderson Far East Income amends fees – Following a formal review of the management fee arrangements, Henderson Far East Income is pleased to report that with effect from 1 September 2017, the Board has agreed a tiering basis to the management fee arrangements so that the existing management fee of 0.9% per annum (calculated as 0.225% per quarter) will only apply to […]
Redefine moves to fully covered dividends – Redefine International has published results for the year ended 31 August 2017, its EPRA NAV rose to 41.4p rom 40p and EPRA earnings per share rose from 2.7p to 2.8p on earnings up from £44.1m to £50.9m. The Board has declared a second interim dividend of 1.3 pence per share […]
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity planning significant private equity investment – VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund has published accounts for the year ended 30 June 2017. The NAV increased in US Dollar terms by 25.5% to USD4.73, while the share price rose by 35.5% to USD3.82. Their listed equity portfolio returned 32%, outperforming the VN Index by 12%. VOF benefited from […]
