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28 Mar 2017

85% rollover for Fair Oaks Income

On 9 March 2017, Fair Oaks Income Fund announced proposals which included a chance for shareholders to extend the duration of their investment in the company and also a further equity raise. 47,428,202 shares have been elected for re-designation as 2014 Shares, representing 15.3% of the shares currently in issue. Consequently, 263,510,368 shares will be re-designated as 2017 […]

28 Mar 2017

Schroder Real Estate sells St Augustine’s courtyard in Bristol

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust has exchanged unconditional contracts to sell St. Augustine’s Courtyard in Bristol to the University of Bristol for GBP 11.75 million.  The sale price compares with the independent valuation as at 31 December 2016 of GBP7.2 million and completion is due on 7 April 2017. St. Augustine’s Courtyard is a vacant […]

27 Mar 2017

Greencoat UK Wind buys Langhope Rig wind farm

Greencoat UK Wind has acquired Langhope Rig Wind Farm from GE (NYSE: GE) unit, GE Energy Financial Services for a total consideration of GBP39.8 million. The acquisition, which completed on 24 March 2017, was funded by UKW’s revolving credit facility (GBP37 million) plus cash resources (GBP2.8 million). Langhope Rig is located near Hawick in the […]

27 Mar 2017

Call for buy back at Strategic Equity Capital

The Board of Strategic Equity Capital confirms that the company has received a request to requisition a general meeting from two of its shareholders, Ian Armitage and Growth Financial Services Limited, a subsidiary of Harwood Capital Management, representing 5.02 per cent. of the issued share capital. The proposed resolution Mr Armitage and Harwood wish to put to […]

27 Mar 2017

Monks adopts tiered fee

The Board of The Monks Investment Trust has announced a change in the calculation of its management fee, with the introduction of a second tier and the calculation to be based on total assets (the total value of all assets held less all liabilities, other than any liability in the form of debt intended for investment […]

27 Mar 2017

JPMorgan American board and manager revamp investment process

In 2016, JPMorgan American’s board visited the Manager’s offices in New York where it held meetings with the Investment Management team to include both Garrett Fish and the manager of the small companies portfolio, Eytan Shapiro. The Board further met with senior management, the behavioural finance team of which Garrett is a member, the corporate engagement and the […]

24 Mar 2017

Pershing Square to list in London in a bid to close discount

Pershing Square Holdings (PSH) has announced that it intends to apply for a Premium Main Market listing, for its ordinary shares, on the London Stock Exchange and that, following admission, it expects that its shares will be eligible for inclusion in the FTSE All-Share and FTSE 250 indices. PSH says that its listing on Euronext Amsterdam will […]

24 Mar 2017

Electra returning 49% of its capital through a special dividend of £26.12 per share

Electra Private Equity (Electra) has announce that it is declaring a special dividend of £1.0 billion, representing 2,612p per share, to be paid on 5 May 2017 to shareholders on the register of members at the close of business on 7 April 2017. Electra says that its estimated pro forma NAV per share, as at […]

23 Mar 2017

Standard Life Property Income outperforms in 2016, sells White Bear Yard

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust posted a 4.4% return on net assets for 2016 (4.4% on an IFRS basis, on an EPRA basis the return was 4.9% – based on IFRS NAV of 81p, down from 82.2p, and EPRA NAV of 82p, down from 82.7p). The share price total return over the year was […]