Home REIT receives tender offer for company

Home REIT has received a tender offer from Southey Capital Ltd for its shares at 4p each, valuing the company at around £32m. Southey said that the offer provides shareholders with an opportunity to realise liquidity before a full de-listing. The board of Home REIT said that it was not contacted by Southey ahead of […]

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Challenges continue for Finsbury Growth & Income Trust leading to continuation vote in 2026

Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 8.2% compared with a benchmark total return of 13.4%. The share price return over the same period was 3.4%, reflecting a widening of the discount to NAV which was 8.5% […]

QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 December 2024 – ARR, SEIT, PNL, MNKS, INOV

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 December 2024: Aurora UK Alpha (ARR) announced that following the proposed combination with Artemis Alpha Trust, it has changed its name to Aurora UK Alpha plc. The company will continue to trade under the ticker ARR. SDCL Energy Efficiency Income (SEIT) announced its interim results for the six months to […]

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Double digit gain for Schroder AsiaPacific

Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP) announced its annual report for the year ended 30 September 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 16.5%, although this lagged the benchmark return of 17.3%. The share price produced a total return of 15.6% leading to a marginal increase in the discount which now sits at 13.4%. The […]

QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 December 2024 – HGT, CRS, PSH, LTI, PRSR, DLN, AIRE

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 December 2024: HgCapital Trust (HGT) Hg, the manager of HgCapital Trust, today announced that it has agreed the sale of Dext Software Ltd, a leading bookkeeping automation platform provider, to IRIS Software Group, a leading global provider of accountancy, education management, HR and payroll solutions. The terms of the transaction […]

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Bellevue Healthcare to replace annual redemption with performance related tender

Bellevue Healthcare (BBH) says that, following the redemption requests in relation to its annual redemption facility that saw some 36% of shareholders request redemption, its board has been consulting with shareholders about the annual redemption facility and now believes that the future viability of BBH will be stronger if the annual redemption facility is replaced […]

QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 December 2024 – SBSI, GSEO/ENRG, TRY, SBO, FP., BERI, DNE, IGET, ARR/ATS, INPP

Schroder BSC Social Impact (SBSI) has adopted the “Sustainability Impact” label and will continue to be considered an “impact fund” under the FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labelling regime. VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities has changed its name to VH Global Energy Infrastructure with effect from today, and its ticker will be changed to […]

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QuotedData’s weekly news show 29th November 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: Harmony Energy Income (0:40) Gresham House Energy Storage (2:51) Caledonia Investments (5:40) This week we hosted a panel discussion between Thomas Moore from abrdn Equity Income, David Moss from CT UK High Income Trust […]

QuotedData’s Investors’ Choice: The results are in!

If you missed the announcement that followed today’s quarterly panel show, here are the winners of our inaugural QuotedData’s Investors’ Choice Awards Many thousands of you visited our dedicated Awards website. One lucky voter won the £5,000 prize for correctly predicting all the winners. A big thank you to our sponsors: Cazenove Capital and Stonehage […]

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Income 101 – The essentials for your income search

If you look across the investment companies’ space, it is clear there is still strong demand for trusts that can provide investors with an attractive level of income which is reliable and, ideally, has some degree of both inflation protection and capital preservation. Despite the environment of higher interest rates that has prevailed over the […]

CT UK Capital and Income beats its benchmark

CT UK Capital and Income (CTUK) has published its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2024, during which it provided an NAV total return of 18.4% and a share price total return of 16.6%, both outperforming its All-Share benchmark, which it says provided a total return of 13.4%. Unfortunately, the announcement does not […]

Gresham House Energy Storage sets out three-year plan

Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID) has published a trading update and the highlights of its three-year plan, which were presented at its capital markets day on 27 November 2024. In its trading update, GRID says that its financial position is improving. Its capital allocation policy in 2024 has focused on cash preservation which it says […]

Lar Espana takeover approved by regulator

The takeover of Spanish REIT Lar Espana was approved by the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) yesterday, paving the way for the deal to go through. The offer by Helios Real Estate, a consortium made up of Hines and Grupo Lar, at €8.30 values the company at just under €695m. [We published a research note […]

Baker Steel Resources agrees to sell Nussir to Blue Moon

Baker Steel Resources (BSRT) has announced that it and the other 3 main shareholders of Nussir ASA, together representing 70.8% of Nussir’s issued share capital, have agreed to sell their shares in Nussir to Blue Moon Metals Inc. The transaction values Nussir at US$55.3m and is conditional upon Blue Moon: raising between US$21.4m and US$35.7m […]

QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 November 2024 – BBH

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 November 2024: Bellevue Healthcare (BBH) has announced the redemption price for its annual redemption opportunity at 154.76p per share. This was calculated as the aggregate cash received by BBH from the realisation of the redemption pool, after deducting the costs of the redemption, and a pro-rata share of the costs […]

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Focus on strong balance sheets holds back relative returns for Schroder UK Mid Cap

Schroder UK Mid Cap results for the 12 months ended 30 September 2024 came in behind its benchmark. The NAV total return for the period was 17.3% versus 21.4% from the FTSE Mid 250 ex Investment Trusts Index. The share price total return was +17.5%. The discount widened marginally, from 12.0% at the beginning of […]

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abrdn Equity Income promises 25th year of dividend growth as fee cut boosts distributable revenue

Over the 12 months ended 30 September 2024, abrdn Equty Income Trust generated an NAV total return of 13.3% and a share price return of 10.4%. The NAV return was only just behind the 13.4% return posted by the All-Share Index, but the discount widened from 0.2% to 3.0%. Revenue per share for the period […]

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QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 November 2024 – SST, RNEW, ANII, AEWU, HOME, ASLI

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 November 2024: Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies (SST) says its lead manager Vinay Agarwal has left  FSSA Investment Managers by mutual agreement. The trust’s new lead manager is Sreevardhan Agarwal, who is now in charge of the portfolio. Sree has acted as the company’s deputy manager and, latterly, co-manager for the past […]

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Underperformance the final nail for Keystone Positive Change

Keystone Positive Change (KPC) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2024. Over the year, the company’s NAV total return was 2.2% compared to a total return of 20.4% for the benchmark index. The share price total return for the same period was 13.5% as the discount narrowed from 14.0% to […]

QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 November 2024 – AGA, CORD, JARA, BIOG, PSH

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 November: APAX Global Alpha (AGA) has announced that it expects to invest approximately €28m in the accountancy and advisory practice of Evelyn Partners on a look-through basis. On 25 November 2024, the Apax XI Fund, in which AGA is a limited partner, announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire Evelyn […]

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Caledonia seeks to clear the way for more buybacks

Caledonia Investments is convening a meeting to ask shareholders to approve a ‘Rule 9 waiver’ – this is part of the Takeover Code. Currently, a ‘concert party’ of shareholders connected to the Cayzer family controls 49.49% of the trust’s shares and voting rights. Ordinarily, at its AGM it would ask shareholders to approve a Rule […]

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NextEnergy Solar Fund published first Nature Strategy Report

NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) announced it has published its first Nature Strategy Report, which you can view in full here. The report outlines NextEnergy Solar Fund’s strategic plan for nature and nature targets, consolidating and building upon the lessons learned from 10 years of active engagement with the environment surrounding its assets since IPO. It […]

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Baillie Gifford European Growth optimistic despite challenges over 2024

Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU) announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 12.1% compared to a total return of 15.3% for the comparative index. The share price total return was 9.3%. At the time of publishing, the company’s discount sat at 17%. […]

QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 November 2024 – LMP, SREI, HLCL, SHED, SSIT, VIP, AUGM

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 November 2024: LondonMetric Property (LMP) reported a 2.1% uplift in EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) to 195.7p per share over the six months to 30 September 2024. The company’s portfolio of predominantly urban logistics and long-income assets was up 1.1% to £6.2bn. Net rental income increased 154% to £193.1m, while […]

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DORE benefits from operational performance and updated power price forecasts

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE) has published its latest NAV and operational update as at 30 September 2024. The NAV was £202.6m or 117.3p per share, a decrease of 0.5% from the NAV per share as at 30 June 2024 (£207.6m or 117.9p per share) which also takes into account the payment of the £2.5m (1.45p per […]

Asia Dragon posts mixed returns

Asia Dragon (DGN) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 August 2024, during which the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index rose 12.0% in sterling total return terms, while DGN’s net asset value (NAV) increased 9.3% on the same total return basis. The share price rose from 353p to 404p over the […]

QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 November 2024 – UEM, VNH, USF, AJOT, ESO, FAIR

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 November 2024: Utilico Emerging Markets (UEM) has published its interim report for the six months ended 30 September 2024, a period that continued to be challenging with elevated volatility in most markets as uncertainty has dominated. UEM experienced two key headwinds: the first was the revaluation of Petalite Limited (Petalite) and […]

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QuotedData’s weekly news show 22nd November 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: Blackstone Loan Financing (0:19) Edinburgh Worldwide (4:17) Miton UK MicroCap (9:36) This week’s interview was with Alex Crooke from Bankers Investment Trust – watch it again here.

MAGA or TINA, the only way is up?

The problem with Trump’s use of the phrase “MAGA” – Make America Great Again – is that it implies America wasn’t already great. With its booming equity markets, robust economic growth, and strong fundamentals – such as energy independence, deep pools of domestic capital, and the inherent advantages of the US dollar’s reserve currency status […]

AVI in Action: Schibsted

Asset Value Investors target undervalued businesses with growth potential and clear catalysts. Their investment in Schibsted unlocked significant value through strategic restructuring, driving exceptional returns.