Overview
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is the first UK pure play energy storage fund, targeting a 7% yield. At launch, the fund had two operational assets in the portfolio and both with multiple revenue streams in place.
The rationale for the fund was set out at launch:
- Problem: The global power grid is extremely constrained with unstable system frequency, high peak demand gaps, thermal and voltage constraints and unpredictable load and generation cycles.
- Solution: Energy storage facilities, utilising battery technology, help system operators maintain stable grid frequency and manage local peak demands.
- Impact: Increased use of renewable energy, decreased further investment in the grid, replace existing power generation – faster transition to a low-carbon sustainable economy
With the growing demand for energy worldwide, the market for energy storage has witnessed a boom in recent years. Devices that can store energy for using at a later time have developed rapidly to meet the rising requirements for energy. Companies and governments worldwide are facilitating the growth of energy storage devices due to their capability of storing electricity more effectively and efficiently.
Increased penetration of low-carbon technologies, distributed generation and greater intermittency in the energy mix are causing higher peak demands gap, thermal and voltage constraints and less predictable load and generation cycles are all creating the need for a solution that provides stability and reliability to fluctuating energy supply. Energy storage is the complementary technology that works alongside renewables to meet these challenges.
You can access the company’s website here
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Research History
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17 Oct 2023 14 min read
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31 Mar 2023 1 min read
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26 May 2021 1 min read
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24 Jan 2020 20 min read
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10 Jan 2020 8 min read
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07 Jun 2019 3 min read
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16 Oct 2018 2 min read
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12 Oct 2018 1 min read
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News
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08 Sep 2025 5 min read
Morning briefing: Ruffer benefitting from surge in gold mining equities; plus GSF, TIR/TIG, PEY, GRI, WHR, JARA, MAJE & ONWD
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01 Sep 2025 2 min read
Morning briefing: Gore Street Energy starts to refresh its board; HOME eyes return from suspension this year; plus RMII, GPE, DIVI, DORE, CORD, JUGI
Gore Street Energy Storage makes the first of four new non-executive director appointments having survived a challenge to its board last month and Home REIT promises all its long-delayed accounts will be published this year. Plus news from RM Infrastructure Income, Great Portland Estates, Diverse Income, Downing Renewables & Infrastructure and Cordiant Digital Infrastructure. Gore […]
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21 Aug 2025 2 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage plans board changes after surviving RM Funds’ revolt
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08 Aug 2025 2 min read
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07 Aug 2025 4 min read
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30 Jul 2025 3 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage to sell pre-construction assets to upgrade battery portfolio as shareholder vote looms
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25 Jul 2025 4 min read
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23 Jul 2025 2 min read
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17 Jul 2025 3 min read
Gore Street Energy cuts dividend as RM Funds requisitions the board of “subscale”, poorly performing battery fund
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14 Jul 2025 2 min read
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18 Jun 2025 2 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage announces fee cut and strategic review
In a wide-ranging update, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) has announced a material overhaul of its fee arrangements with investment manager Gore Street Investment Management, following a recent shareholder consultation. Effective 1 October 2025, the management fee will be reduced and calculated on a blended basis – 1% per annum of the average of […]
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09 May 2025 4 min read
Is now the time to go bargain hunting, and where might we look?
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18 Apr 2025 4 min read
Foresight’s move on Harmony could spark fresh interest in battery funds
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14 Apr 2025 2 min read
Gore Street to pocket £18–19m from US tax credit sale
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11 Apr 2025 4 min read
Renewables still powering ahead, but trust discounts suggest investors haven’t plugged in
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01 Apr 2025 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 April 2025 – AJOT, GSF, WINV
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25 Mar 2025 2 min read
Drax to acquire Harmony Energy Income Trust in £199.9m all-cash deal
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24 Feb 2025 1 min read
Gore Street energises Dogfish, says tax credits are still on the table
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has energised its last in-construction assets: Dogfish (75 MW / 75 MWh, in Texas) and Enderby (57 MW / 57 MWh, in Great Britain). This takes the energised portfolio capacity to its targeted level of 753.4 MW / 924.1 MWh. Taken together with the energisiation of Big Rock earlier this […]
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21 Jan 2025 2 min read
Positive momentum for Gore Street Energy Storage Fund as Californian project energised
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12 Dec 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 December 2024, DGI9, BGFD, MTE, GSF, AIE, SMIF, NRR, RGL
In QuotedData’s morning briefing – 12 December 2024: Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9) says InfraRed Capital Partners’ appointment as AIFM has become effective today. Triple Point’s role as AIFM also terminated effective today. Baillie Gifford Japan (BGFD) passed its continuation vote at yesterday’s AGM, the voting was 85.4%:14.6% in favour of continuation, and about 55% of […]
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15 Nov 2024 1 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage secures larger debt facilities
Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) has increased the size of two of its financing facilities – one at project level for its Big Rock project, and one at the company level. GSF’s wholly owned subsidiary, Big Rock ESS Assets LLC, which owns the 200MW / 400MWh Big Rock project in California, has successfully completed a […]
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18 Oct 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 18th October 2024
Thank you to everyone that listened in today on our YouTube channel. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: AVI Japan Opportunity (0:15) Gore Street Energy Storage (2:55) Cost disclosure – RIT Capital (5:57) This week’s interview was with Katie Potts from Herald Investment Trust – watch it again here
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2 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage’s Big Rock secures 12-year RA contract
Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) has announced that “Big Rock”, its 200MW California asset that it acquired in February 2023, has secured a resource adequacy (RA) contract with J. Aron & Company LLC, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. Big Rock is GSF’s largest asset and is on track to be energised by December 2024 and […]
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29 Aug 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 August 2024 – CTPE, BBGI, GSF, NBDD
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 August 2024: CT Private Equity (CTPE) has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2024, during which it provided NAV and share price total returns of 0.8% and -4.5% respectively. CTPE says that it benefited from strong realisations and associated income in the period of £52.3m, […]
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19 Jul 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 19th July 2024
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15 Jul 2024 1 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage cuts dividend
Gore Street Energy Storage’s results for the year ended 31 March 2024. Most of this was covered in its trading statement published on 21 May 2024. The year end NAV was 107p, down from 115.6p over the year. Adjustments for inflation and interest rates had an impact but the main influence on this was an […]
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20 Jun 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 June 2024 – GCP, GSF, NRR, SRE, HWG
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 June 2024: GCP Infrastructure’s half-year numbers to end March 2024 showed a small positive NAV return of 1.2% but a much greater uplift in the share price as the discount narrowed giving shareholders a return of 12.5%. As usual, the dividend is maintained at 3.5p for the six-month period. No […]
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21 May 2024 2 min read
Solid performance from Gore Street Energy Storage belies discount
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) announced a trading update for the 12 months ended 31 March 2024. The announcement highlighted the ongoing revenue growth of the portfolio, which was up 5% over the period while EBITDA increased by 2%. The company also noted that it raised capital via both equity and debt, enabling continued […]
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03 May 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 3rd May 2024
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • Aberforth Split Level Income (0:33) • Chrysalis (6:24) Andrew McHattie highlighted a number of funds that were looking unusually cheap or expensive (10:24). This week’s interview […]
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12 Apr 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 12th April 2024
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • Third Point Investors (0:30) • Literacy Capital (5:37) • Batteries – Gore Street Energy Capital (8:02) This week’s interview was with Phil Waller from JPMorgan Global […]
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25 Mar 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 March 2024 – BOOK, SBO, HLCL, GSF, AERI
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 March 2024: Literacy Capital (BOOK) has announced a new investment in the Live Business Group, a leading international entertainment supplier to the travel, tourism and leisure industry. BOOK has taken what it describes as a significant minority stake in the London-based firm, with the actual terms being undisclosed. BOOK’s investment […]
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12 Mar 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 March 2024 – RGL, THRL, LAND, GSF
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 March 2024: Regional REIT (RGL) says that it is exploring a possible equity capital raise of around £75m through a rights issue that would be at a material discount to the current share price. The company adds that the rights issue is one of a range of refinancing options it is […]
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09 Feb 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 9th February 2024
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05 Feb 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 February 2024 – CVCE, INOV, PEY, GSF, HGT, SEIT
In QuotedData’s morning briefing for 5 February 2024: CVC Income & Growth (CVCE) has announced an increase in its annual dividend targets, increased to 8.25p per ordinary sterling share and 7.25c per ordinary euro share. This means that CVCE’s quarterly dividends will be increased to 2.0625p per sterling share and 1.8125c per euro share. Schroders […]
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10 Jan 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 January 2024 – GSF, RKW, MINI
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 January 2024: Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) provided an update for the three months to 31 December 2023. The quarter continued to highlight the stability of the company’s revenue, with the portfolio generating an estimated £15.1/MW/hr, consistent with the £15.1/MW/hr generated during the prior six months to 30 September […]
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19 Dec 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 December 2023 – AIRE, BYG, CTPE, GSF, JGC
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 December 2023: Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) has completed the acquisition of a Virgin Active leisure club in Streatham, in South-West London for £5.1m. The price reflects a net initial yield of 9.8% and a discount to replacement cost. The acquisition of the asset redeploys the majority of the net proceeds […]
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04 Dec 2023 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 December 2023 – GSF, SEQI, SYNC, SBO, INOV, IGC, JLEN, SEIT
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 December 2023: Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) has announced that its investment manager, Gore Street Capital, has been selected as the co-manager of Japan’s first dedicated fund for grid storage batteries, with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as the cornerstone investor, contributing £10.6m to the fund. Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund […]
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24 Oct 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 October 2023 – GSF, SONG, PHP
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13 Oct 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news update 13th October 2023
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • European Opportunities (0:26) • GoreStreet Energy Storage (4:26) • Chrysalis (9:54) This week’s interview was with James de Uphaugh from Edinburgh Investment Trust – […]
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12 Oct 2023 3 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage comments on share price fall
Alex O’Cinneide, CEO of the investment manager, commented: “I wish to address fellow shareholders directly regarding the recent performance of the company’s share price, which has been disappointing, particularly considering the company’s continued impressive operating performance. In light of this, the investment manager, Gore Street Capital has purchased shares, as announced on 3 October. [1,260,000 […]
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17 Jul 2023 3 min read
A bumper year for Gore Street Energy Storage though its discount continues to widen
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) has released its annual results for the financial year ending 31 March 2023. Over the 12 month period GSF’s NAV increased by 47.8%, to £556.3m. Its NAV per share increased by 5.9%, to 115.6p per share. This reflects a NAV total return of 12.3% and 48% since 31 March […]
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06 Jul 2023 2 min read
Good news for Gore Street
Gore Street Energy Storage says that the energisation process of its 79.9MW Stony asset in Milton Keynes has been scheduled with National Grid ESO to begin on 31 July 2023. The process is expected to take up to two weeks to complete. Once operational, the asset will bring the company’s total operational portfolio to 371.5MW. […]
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23 Jun 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 June 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 June 2023: Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) has increased the size of its existing revolving credit facility (RCF) with Santander from £15m to £50m. Pricing for the £50m facility remains unchanged at 300 basis points over SONIA. If the increased RCF is fully utilised, GSF’s debt would be equivalent to […]
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15 Jun 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 June 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 June 2023: Aquila European Renewables (AERI) passed its continuation vote at the AGM yesterday. The vote was roughly 75:25 in favour of continuation. [We would expect that next year’s continuation vote (brought forward from 2027) will actually prove less contentious. As we explain in the note published yesterday, with all […]
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27 Feb 2023 2 min read
Gore Street Energy announces results of capacity market bids
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund secured contracts in the 2023 T-4 capacity market auction across six of its battery energy storage sites. The T-4 auction is designed to secure capacity for the power grid for a period of 15 years commencing in four years’ time. Gore Street Energy Storage’s revenue for the first year (between […]
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17 Feb 2023 1 min read
Gore Street buys 200MW project in California
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) has announced that it will acquire Big Rock, a 200 MW / 400 MWh energy storage project located in California, United States from Avantus. The project is part of a grid network that supplies electricity to 80% of California and a small part of Nevada. GSF’s investment manager estimates […]
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25 Jan 2023 2 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage acquires large Texas Asset
Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) has agreed to acquire a 75 MW / 150 MWh Texas Asset, which is its largest acquisition in the US to date. The purchase brings GSF’s portfolio to 26 projects with a total capacity of 973.2 MW in operation and construction across the UK, Ireland, Germany and the US and […]
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31 Oct 2022 1 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage acquire 200MW project
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) has announced that it has agreed to acquire from Kona Energy a 200MW construction-ready energy storage project in Heysham, North West England. The project is one of the largest storage projects in Europe and GSF’s largest acquisition to date. With this acquisition, GSF’s portfolio will consist of 25 projects with a […]
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29 Jul 2022 2 min read
QD view – more power to battery growth story
This week, Gore Street Energy Storage published its annual results, and I had a call with Alex O’Cinneide who is the investment adviser to the fund. 10x bigger in just two years We wrote about Gore Street Energy Storage back in June 2020. Back then, the share price was just over £1 and the market […]
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26 Jul 2022 2 min read
A year of significant growth for Gore Street
Gore Street Energy Storage has published results for the year ended 31 March 2022. Over that period, the fund more than doubled in size (and the recent £150m fundraise makes it larger still) and the NAV total return was 13%. The return to shareholders was 11%. Dividends totalling 7.0p per share were declared in line […]
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13 Apr 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 April 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 April 2022: ICG Enterprise Trust notes that New Mountain Capital is merging Information Resources Inc., which the trust holds and invested $15m into in 2018, with The NPD Group, a global provider of market information and advisory services, with a client base of over 2,000 companies, in Hellman & Friedman’s […]
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29 Mar 2022 1 min read
Gore Street looking for £75m
Gore Street looking for £75m – Gore Street Energy Storage is proposing to raise £75m by issuing 68,181,818 new shares at a price of 110p per share by way of an initial placing, initial offer for subscription and initial intermediaries offer. The initial issue could be upscaled subject to demand and the board’s discretion. The issue […]
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22 Mar 2022 2 min read
Gore Street plans dividend shake up and fundraise
Gore Street Energy Storage is holding a meeting of its shareholders on Monday 11, April 2022. Shareholders will be voting on proposed changes to the investment policy, and a proposed new initial issue and share issuance programme. The company intends to significantly increase the size of its portfolio and execute against its exclusive near-term pipeline […]
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14 Mar 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 March 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 March 2022: Mid Wynd (MWY) has posted its half year results for the six months to 31 December 2021, during which time its NAV delivered a return of 10.5% while its share price total return was 11.9%. This compares with a 7.7% return from its benchmark. The board has proposed […]
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10 Mar 2022 2 min read
New US investment and revised management agreement at Gore Street
New US investment and revised management agreement at Gore Street – Gore Street Energy Storage is buying a portfolio of eight energy storage assets in Texas from Perfect Power Solutions Texas, LLC. The portfolio consists of eight 9.9 MW storage projects totalling 79.2 MW. Three of the projects – which are each 2-hour duration / […]
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03 Feb 2022 2 min read
Strong trading at Gore Street Energy Storage
Strong trading at Gore Street Energy Storage – Gore Street Energy Storage Fund says that over the final quarter of 2021, three of its sites -Lower Road (10MW), Larport Farm (19.5MW) and Breach Farm (10MW) – ranked as one the highest revenue generating energy storage assets in per MWh, according to Modo Energy, a specialist […]
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20 Dec 2021 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 December 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 December 2021: Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited (SHIP) has agreed to divest the Containership Swordfish for $19m. The realised net IRR will be 27% and realised net MOIC will be 2.4x. Swordfish was acquired in January 2018 for $10.25m as one of the company’s first two investments together with the Containership […]
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29 Nov 2021 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 November 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 November 2021: Chrysalis (CHRY) has agreed with its manager, Jupiter, to settle 54% of the performance fee which will be paid to Jupiter for the period to 30 September 2021 in ordinary shares, while the remaining 46% will be settled in cash. The issue price of the shares is expected […]
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20 Oct 2021 2 min read
Gore Street publishes upbeat trading update
Gore Street publishes upbeat trading update – Gore Street Energy Storage Fund says that in September, the storage assets it has in Great Britain that participated in the actively-traded GB power markets generated revenues nearly two times their September forecasts. This is due to increasing GB power prices and price volatility and the ability of the […]
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30 Sep 2021 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 September 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 September 2021: International Public Partnerships (INPP) says its £40m investment in the Rampion OFTO project looks likely to complete in November after Ofgem approved it on Tuesday. The project relates to the transmission cable connection to the Rampion offshore wind farm located 13km off the Sussex coast. The wind farm […]
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20 Sep 2021 3 min read
All systems go at Gore Street Energy Storage with new acquisition, placing and retail offer
All systems go at Gore Street Energy Storage with new acquisition, placing and retail offer – Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) has announced a retail offer via PrimaryBid of new ordinary shares of 1p each at an issue price of 107p per new ordinary share. This represents a discount of approximately 7.8% to the closing mid-price of 116.0p on 17 September 2021 and […]
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15 Jul 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 July 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 July 2021: Schroder BSC Social Impact (SBSI) has invested a further £5m into Social and Sustainable Housing LP (SASH), following its first £5m commitment in December 2020. The holding sits in SBSI’s high impact housing allocation of its portfolio. Following this development, the trust’s portfolio is now 97% committed, with 66% […]
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13 May 2021 1 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage acquires new project in Milton Keynes
Gore Street Energy Storage acquires new project in Milton Keynes – Gore Street Energy Storage has announced the acquisition of an 80MW construction ready energy storage project in Milton Keynes, with an estimated total capital expenditure of £30m spread over the next 12 to 15 months. It has been acquired from leading renewable energy company RES. […]
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23 Apr 2021 2 min read
QD view – Backing the future
QD view – Backing the future One of the things that I love about the investment company sector is that your investments can make a difference. Buying a share in Diageo won’t lead to exciting innovation in the drinks industry. Buying a share in a bog-standard UK equity fund probably won’t have much of an […]
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QuotedData’s weekly news show 23 April 2021
QuotedData’s weekly news show 23 April 2021 Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on Youtube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: Acorn Income Fund update Gore Street Energy Storage raise of 135m Schiehallion raise of 700m for C share […]
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Gore Street Energy Storage completes game changing capital raise of £135m
Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) has announced that it has raised gross proceeds of £135 million from a placing of new ordinary shares, which is game changing as it almost doubles the size of GSF’s market cap. The proceeds are to be deployed towards GSF’s 1.3GW development pipeline, the near-term potential acquisition of a 80MW […]
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06 Apr 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 April 2021
Happy New Tax Year! In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 April 2021: NewRiver REIT says its joint venture with BRAVO Strategies III LLC (in which it holds a 10% stake) has completed the acquisition of The Moor, a 28 acre estate in Sheffield city centre, for £41.0m (a capital value of £60 per sq ft). The deal was […]
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30 Mar 2021 2 min read
Gore Street portfolio update as it doubles in size
Gore Street portfolio update as it doubles in size – Gore Street Energy Storage has announced several growth milestones on its portfolio. These include the doubling of the company’s operational assets to 210MW, accelerating construction and increased capacity on its Irish assets and securing a revolving credit facility (RCF) with Santander Financial Services plc. The two […]
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08 Mar 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 March 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 March 2021 – Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) announced that strong operational performance has led to further significant growth in its NAV. As at 31 December 2020, the estimated unaudited NAV represented a 2.4% increase over the previous quarter. Post period end, the company has made further progress in the commissioning of […]
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05 Mar 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 5 March 2021
QuotedData’s weekly news show 5 March 2021 Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on Youtube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: City Merchants High Yield/Invesco Enhanced Income merger Apax Global Alpha results Gore Street Energy Storage update Strategic Equity […]
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03 Mar 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 March 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 March 2021 – Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income (SEQI), the specialist investor in economic infrastructure debt, raised £110m in a placing. A total of 104,513,064 new ordinary shares will be issued at a price of 105.25 pence per share. Steve Cook, head of portfolio management at Sequoia Investment Management Company (SEQI’s manager), said: “We […]
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18 Dec 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 December 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 December 2020: Ecofin U.S. Renewables Infrastructure Trust has announced that its IPO has raised gross proceeds of $125 million. Commitments under the Placing and applications under the Offer for Subscription have been satisfied in full at the Issue Price of $1.00 per Ordinary Share. It is expected that Admission will become […]
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30 Nov 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 November 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 November 2020: The Renewables Infrastructure Group raised £200m from its placing last week, and plans to issue 160m shares. The issue was oversubscribed. Technically, it might still not happen as the issue was done on the expectation that shareholders approve the issue of these shares at an EGM to be held […]
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24 Nov 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 November 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 November 2020: Gore Street Energy Storage says its Drumkee project, a 50MW installed capacity project located in Northern Ireland, has been energised on schedule. Drumkee is now the largest energy storage project in Ireland. Mullavilly, Gore Street’s second 50MW Northern Irish project, is expected to be energised in December. Both Drumkee and […]
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18 Nov 2020 2 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage looks to grow to take on 1.3GW pipeline
Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) will hold a general meeting on 7 December 2020 in lieu of a new share issuance programme, designed to capitalise on a pipeline of opportunities, which have a total project size of 1.3GW. GSF intends to significantly increase the size of its portfolio under the context of continued growth in demand for […]
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17 Nov 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 November 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 November 2020: BBGI Global Infrastructure has announced a placing of up to £55m worth of shares at a price between 164p and 172p. the money wil be used to help pay for a 25% stake in Signature on the Saint-Lawrence Group, the operator of the Samuel De Champlain Bridge Corridor in Montreal, […]
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24 Sep 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 September 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 September 2020 Good progress with the construction of Gore Street Energy Storage’s Irish assets has helped deliver a 1.6p increase in the fund’s NAV over the second quarter of 2020 to 96.2p. An interim dividend of 2p has been declared, making 7p in total for the year ending 31 March 2020. […]
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20 Jul 2020 2 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage to benefit from legislation change that could see grid projects triple
Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) expects to benefit from a recent legislation change to allow larger energy storage projects, above 50 MW in England and 350 MW in Wales. ‘Number of battery storage projects on the grid could triple’ In a statement this morning, GSF said: “The new legislation removes energy storage, except pumped hydro, from […]
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16 Jul 2020 2 min read
Gore Street on track for further growth
Gore Street on track for further growth – Gore Street Energy Storage has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2020. The NAV total return for the period was 10.6% and the NAV finished the year at 94.6p. Shareholders saw a total return of 15.2% as the share price rose further than the NAV to […]
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07 Jul 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 July 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 July 2020: Gore Street Energy Storage raised £23.7m by issuing 24,627,365 new ordinary shares at 96.1p. 3m of those went to JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation Gresham House Energy Storage is issuing £15m of bonds (which it is calling GRID Power Bonds) with a coupon of 5%. This is the first issue […]
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02 Jul 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 July 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 July 2020: Schroder Oriental Income Fund says that shareholders overwhelmingly approved a resolution to shift the fund’s tax domicile from Guernsey to the UK. 99.78% of those voting approved the measure. The company should soon become a UK investment trust. Under fire Gabelli Value Plus+ reported a 25% fall in NAV […]
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29 Jun 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 June 2020
Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) announced that it had secured a further 131MW portfolio under exclusivity, including 81MW of cash generating operational assets. The operational assets, have an anticipated closing of mid-August, subject to the completion of due diligence. The 131MW portfolio of assets under exclusivity announced today is in addition to the 20MW London asset […]
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26 Jun 2020 3 min read
Battery chicken
Why I should get off the fence and pay up for Gore Street Energy Storage by QuotedData’s James Carthew. This week, I caught up with the manager of Gore Street Energy Storage, which gave me the opportunity to pose some of the questions I raised in last weeks’ news show about the future of the […]
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22 Jun 2020 1 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage announces 50MW Scotland project
Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire 100% interest in Ferrymuir Energy Storage, a 50MW energy storage project. Project takes GSF’s total portfolio size to 239MW The project has been acquired from a group of investors comprising Abbey Properties, Yoogen and Intelligent Land Investments, consists of a 50MW […]
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19 Jun 2020 3 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage announces placing and PrimaryBid offer
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) has announced that JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation of Japan has subscribed for £2,883,000 (before expenses) of its shares in a direct subscription. In tandem with this, the company has also separately announced a retail offer that it to be conducted through the PrimaryBid platform, as well as […]
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12 May 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 May 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 May 2020: Gore Street Energy Storage says that construction work on its two 50MW battery projects in Northern Ireland has restarted (subject to social distancing measures). Construction is scheduled to be completed in December 2020, allowing sufficient time to complete necessary asset testing before the assets go online. the DS3 contracts […]
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17 Apr 2020 2 min read
Power plays
Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID) announced that it had invested in a new 50MW battery storage project in Suffolk this week. This takes its portfolio to 274MW in total. GRID is one of two listed companies investing in this area, the other being Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF). GRID is quite a bit bigger than […]
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01 Apr 2020 2 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage says covid-19 impact limited so far and reaffirms dividend target
Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) announced 1.) the completion of construction of one of its many international projects, 2:) what it says has been a limited impact of covid-19 on operations and 3.) confirmation of its commitment to the annual dividend. Further Operational Asset Lower Road, a 10MW capacity front of the meter project in Essex […]
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28 Feb 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 28 February 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 28 February 2020: Aberdeen Standard European Logistics has announced a 4% increase in its NAV (in euro terms) which translates into a small fall in its sterling NAV as the pound strengthened following the election. The NAV moved from €1.07 to €1.11 and 94.95p to 94.21p. The company continues to pay quarterly […]
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05 Feb 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 5 February 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 5 February 2020 – Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) has raised £3.5m in a share placing. Proceeds will be used to fund investment opportunities from energy storage projects in the UK and internationally. Primary Health Properties (PHP) announced that it has contracted with a developer to fund the development and acquisition of a purpose-built […]
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04 Feb 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 4 February 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 4 February 2020 Gore Street Energy Storage is raising money – £1.5m has been promised by two specialist ESG funds and they are subscribing for shares at 95.5p (the last published NAV). The fund is asking other professional investors whether they want to buy shares at the same time. The money will […]
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29 Jan 2020 1 min read
Renewable energy funds under attack from brokers
Renewable energy funds under attack from brokers – Shares in many renewable energy funds slumped yesterday as first Chris Brown of JPMorgan and then Matthew Hose of Jefferies said they were overvalued. Their analysis (which we can’t show you and you can’t get hold of unless you work for a large investment firm and pay […]
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10 Jan 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 10 January 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 10 January 2020 Ground Rents Income Fund has refinanced its debt, reducing its overall interest cost from 3.37% to 2.76%, increasing the loan to value covenant on its debt from 40% to 45% (giving it more headroom to borrow if it chooses – the current loan to value ratio is 24%) and […]
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12 Dec 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 12 December 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 12 December 2019 Polar Capital Technology crept closer to the £2bn mark as its NAV grew by 2% over the six months ended 31 October 2019. The benchmark index was a little stronger over this period (up 4%) as very large tech companies (where PCT is underweight) drove the index higher. Gore […]
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18 Oct 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 18 October 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 18 October 2019 Gore Street Energy Storage says its 9.0MW storage project at the Port of Tilbury is now operational. The behind-the-meter energy storage project benefits from a diversity of income sources including Triad revenues, a secured Fast Frequency Response (FFR) contract and a capacity market contract. It is using batteries from […]
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17 Oct 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 17 October 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 17 October 2019 Gore Street has expanded by £10.7m after raising an additional £9.5m from the NTMA and £1.2m from other investors. Hipgnosis Songs Fund raised £231m from its C share issue – that’s a lot of money but also quite a bit short of the £300m it said it was looking […]
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04 Oct 2019 1 min read
Gore Street gets more Irish money
Gore Street gets more Irish money – Gore Street Energy Storage says it has been successful in its first applications to manage energy storage projects in the Republic of Ireland. Under the terms of its agreement with the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), it will be able to draw down an additional £9.5m in funding […]
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05 Aug 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 5 August 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 5 August 2019 Chenavari Toro’s tender offer for 5% of its shares was not taken up in full – just 2.9% of shares were tendered validly – the company will shrink by just under €8m. Foresight Solar has refinanced 312MW of solar farms with a GBP170 million term loan facility, a GBP65 […]
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01 Aug 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 1 August 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 1 August 2019 GCP Student Living is planning to dip into its debt facilities to fund the acquisition of the 412-bed Scape Mile End Canalside. Its LTV ratio could move into the mid 30s per cent. level. Fidelity Japan was 7.6% ahead of its benchmark at the half-year stage (up 14.8%). The […]
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05 Jun 2019 2 min read
Gore Street fundraise backed by NTMA
Gore Street fundraise backed by NTMA – Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has entered into agreements to acquire a controlling interest in a 160 MW portfolio of projects in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. To fund these and a further pipeline of deals, the company plans, by way of an institutional placing, offer for […]
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21 Nov 2018 1 min read
Gore Street Energy Storage reports contracts secured
Gore Street Energy Storage reports contracts secured- Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) has announced that they have secured a Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract for their two most recent UK energy storage projects. The provider is NEC Energy Solutions with support from Nippon Koei-strategic partners and cornerstone investors. As previously announced (read more here) the […]
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19 Nov 2018 3 min read
ECJ ruling hits battery storage funds
ECJ ruling hits battery storage funds – Gore Street Energy Storage and Gresham House Energy Storage comment on ruling The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the UK’s capacity market mechanism (which enables generators and battery projects to bid for contracts to provide back-up power to the grid during times of peak demand) […]
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20 Sep 2018 2 min read
Gore Street makes two further energy storage investments
Gore Street makes its two further energy storage investments- Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) has announce the acquisition of two additional UK energy storage projects with a combined installed capacity of 19 MW. This is Gore Street’s first investment following the acquisition of the two seed assets in June 2018 and the successful IPO of the fund on 25 May […]
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04 Aug 2025 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Gore Street Energy Storage
Investment trust insider on Gore Street Energy Storage – James Carthew’s shareholder view: Gore Street versus RM Funds As tensions mount between Gore Street Energy Storage and activist investor RM Funds, our columnist examines the strategic options, management’s track record and the risks facing shareholders before casting his vote. While Citywire has already covered Gore […]
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27 May 2025 1 min read
Investment trust insider on the lack of read across from bids
James Carthew: Cost disclosure confusion stalls M&A activity M&A activity across the investment trust universe has been slow and piecemeal given the potential bargains on offer. One of the weirdest things about the investment companies market currently is the lack of read across from M&A activity in the sector to similar trusts. For example, two […]
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Questor on Gore Street Energy Storage
This ‘marmite’ trust is too attractively priced to ignore Battery energy storage may be blighting Britain’s countryside, but it’s a buy for Questor As more and more energy generation is derived from renewable sources, it is important to match that with additional energy storage capacity, which can absorb excess power on sunny and windy days, […]
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17 Apr 2025 1 min read
Foresight beats out Drax in Harmony Energy bidding war
By: Elliot Gulliver-Needham, Investment Reporter, CityAM, 17 April 2025: The board of Harmony Energy Income has agreed a takeover offer by Foresight Group in what could mark the end of the firm’s close-fought bidding war with rival Drax. Harmony’s board recommended a new offer from Foresight of 92.4p per share, a five per cent premium […]
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07 Apr 2025 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Trump’s tariff effects
A couple of weeks ago, I was discussing the possible impact of tariffs on Vietnam. If you recall, the managers of VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF) were fairly sanguine about the prospect, reasoning that the US would see Vietnam as an ally in the region and recognise that it was making an effort to address […]
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28 Feb 2025 1 min read
Why these trusts take a novel dividend approach
by Dave Baxter, Investors Chronicle, February 28, 2025: Equity income investors have many ways to skin a cat. One debate of recent years, for instance, has focused on whether to hold shares that already pay out cash, or to instead invest in something in the hope of making healthy gains, then take an income by […]
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03 Dec 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Trump, climate change and the environment
Investment trust insider on Trump, climate change and the environment – James Carthew: The renewable trusts in Trump’s firing line President-elect Donald Trump could row back policies including the US Inflation Reduction Act, which would knock trusts with exposure to tax credits and tariffs In recent weeks, I’ve been looking at the possible impact of […]
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13 Nov 2024 1 min read
Our trust income portfolios: changes for the year ahead
by Dave Baxter, Investors’ Chronicle, November 12, 2024: The past year has been an extremely strong one for markets, with many of the difficulties that emerged back in 2022 finally starting to abate for investors.. This ‘Goldilocks’ (ie, just right) backdrop has certainly worked out well for our two investment trust income portfolios. The two […]
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30 Sep 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on my portfolio
Investment trust insider on my portfolio – James Carthew: New trusts for my portfolio Our columnist considers where to reinvest his cash from the Hipgnosis Songs takeover, and the forthcoming sale of assets in Abrdn Property Income. Flush with cash from the Hipgnosis (SONG) takeover and, soon perhaps Abrdn Property Income (API), which just announced […]
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02 Aug 2024 1 min read
Deep Dive: Early signs of recovery drive cautious optimism for energy storage trusts
Valeria Martinez, Investment Week, 2 August 2024: Shareholders of London’s battery energy storage trusts have had to stomach severe volatility since the last quarter of 2023, but early signs of recovery are starting to provide grounds for longer-term optimism. The sell-off across the three London-listed energy storage trusts so far this year has reflected the […]
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18 Jun 2024 2 min read
Investment trust insider on US infrastructure
Investment trust insider on US infrastructure – James Carthew: Power up your portfolio with US infrastructure trusts While there may be some political noise in the run up to the presidential election, the long-term case for investments in US renewable infrastructure is pretty solid. While all eyes have been on the meteoric rise of Nvidia, […]
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30 Apr 2024 1 min read
Income investment trusts yielding above 4% and beating inflation
by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor, 30th April 2024: For income-seeking investors, the ideal scenario is to find a fund with a high yield that delivers inflation-beating dividend growth and produces positive total returns (capital growth and income returns combined). However, ticking all three boxes is hard to consistently achieve, which is reflected in research […]
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15 Apr 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on benefiting from yield while waiting for a re-rating
Investment trust insider on benefiting from yield while waiting for a re-rating – James Carthew: I’ve bought two more renewables, now looking at UK equity income Disappointing inflation figures look likely to delay the start of interest rate cuts in the US. This is an unhelpful development for the many investment company sectors that have […]
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26 Feb 2024 2 min read
Perfect Storm
Cherry Reynard, Portfolio Adviser Magazine, February 2024: Investment trusts have a well-deserved reputation as an effective way to manage such illiquid assets as property, smaller companies and infrastructure, yet the past 18 months have also highlighted the problems of this type of vehicle, as discounts have widened in response to higher interest rates, cost-disclosure problems […]
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05 Feb 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on battery funds
Investment trust insider on battery funds – James Carthew: Blame imbalanced National Grid for battery funds’ woes In recent weeks, the share prices of the three battery storage funds have nosedived, more than reversing the modest gains they had made since it started to become clear that interest rates had peaked last October. Gresham House […]
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01 Feb 2024 1 min read
Gresham House Energy Storage scraps dividend in ‘challenging’ year
BY GAVIN LUMSDEN, Citywire Investment Trust Insider, 1 Feb 2024: Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) has scrapped its fourth quarter dividend, blaming grid connection delays and under-utilisation of battery balancing mechanism for falling UK revenues. In a fourth quarter update, the company also said the ‘continued excessive use’ of legacy gas-fired power stations was […]
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13 Dec 2023 2 min read
The infrastructure trust with narrowing discounts
by Val Cipriani, Investors’ Chronicle, December 13, 2023: Infrastructure trusts have seen their average discounts to net asset value (NAV) narrow in the past month, as the decline of government bond yields brought some good news for the sector. But not all the trusts recovered to the same degree, overall discounts remain wide and the […]
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17 Nov 2023 1 min read
The IC investment trust income portfolios: our changes for the year ahead
by Dave Baxter, Investors’ Chronicle, November 16, 2023: The idea that investment trusts provide a reliable income through thick and thin has truly been tested in recent years, from the UK equity dividend suspensions of 2020 to the bond sell off seen over the last two years and the consequences that has had for yield-rich […]
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13 Nov 2023 2 min read
Revisiting Renewables
Cherry Reynard, AIC Compass Magazine, 10 Nov 2023: World leaders gathering in the UAE for the COP 28 at the end of November are likely to reach the now-familiar conclusion that countries ‘could do better’ on net zero targets. A cursory glance at the recent returns of renewable energy and environmental trusts – and their […]
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07 Aug 2023 1 min read
Infrastructure and renewables – big yields, big discounts
Matthew Read, for Investment Week, 4 August 2023: The outlook for the UK equity market feels particularly depressed and it is not hard to see why. Even after June’s better-than-expected inflation figures, core UK inflation remains high, which suggests higher interest rates for longer. Commentators are expecting that the base rate, which at 5.25% is […]
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31 Oct 2022 1 min read
Investment trust premiums: when to buy and when to avoid
by Faith Glasgow, from interactive investor, 31st October 2022: This year’s market turbulence, culminating in the vigorous response to the previous chancellor’s mini-budget in September, has hit investment trusts painfully. The FTSE All Share Closed End Investment index is down around 20% year-to- date, compared with the FTSE All-Share, which has lost around 10%. According […]
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13 Apr 2022 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Gore Street Energy Storage
Investment trust insider on Gore Street Energy Storage – James Carthew: High-yielding Gore Street shows the income appeal of batteries Energy security is in the headlines. The UK government’s much-criticised energy security strategy – for its failure to embrace onshore wind, acceptance of new gas fields and reliance on new nuclear despite our dismal record […]
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15 Nov 2021 1 min read
Renewable trust NAV declines are unnerving some investors
QuotedData’s James Carthew looks at how declining forecasts of long-term power prices are impacting renewable investment trusts ESGClarity, 15 November 2021 / Opinion Following a successful £210m new issue from Harmony Energy Income, there are now 20 companies in the AIC’s renewable energy sector and at least two more – Atrato Onsite Energy and ThomasLloyd Energy […]
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The alternative trusts allowing investors to capture new trends
Investment trusts enjoy record year for fundraising as they back a new wave of innovation November 11, 2021, Investors Chronicle, By Mary McDougall Investment trust fundraising amounted to £11.4bn in the first 10 months of the year, a record for the ancient fund structure which is now financing a new wave of innovation. Most striking is the […]
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Renewable energy fuels new wave of investment trusts
Mary McDougall NOVEMBER 11 2021 Investment trusts focused on infrastructure, particularly those involved in renewable energy projects, have boomed this year as income-hungry investors and those wishing to back the energy transition have flocked to participate in record numbers of share issues. There is little sign of this momentum losing pace. One energy efficiency trust, […]
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13 Jun 2019 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on Gore Street Energy Storage
Investment Trust Insider on Gore Street Energy Storage – James Carthew: Irish deal throws Gore Street Energy a lifeline The minnow of the renewable energy sector, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), has plans to expand. It has secured the backing of Ireland’s National Treasury Management Agency, which, subject to certain conditions being fulfilled, will stump […]
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15 Jan 2019 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider update on battery storage
Investment Trust Insider update on battery storage – James Carthew: battery funds back renewables revolution A few weeks ago I looked at Gresham House Strategic (GHS). This week, it is the turn of Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID), a £100 million new issue in 2018 and the second energy storage fund to list after Gore Street Energy […]
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20 Dec 2018 1 min read
2018 new issue review
2018 new issue review – QuotedData’s James Carthew talks to Citywire’s Jen Hill about 2018’s clutch of new issues Investors were given an eclectic mix of opportunities within alternatives, in contrast to recent years when high-yielding propositions drove the vast majority of launches. The return of private equity and private equity like strategies – Augmentum […]