Aquila European Renewables (AERI) announced its annual results for the year-end December 2022. The company added +184.7 MW of operating capacity during the year, an increase of 80.7%. NAV increased 12.7%, the largest growth since IPO while revenue came in 20.4% ahead of expectations thanks to favourable energy pricing during the period. The results cap […]
RTW Venture Fund Limited announced that Abdera Therapeutics has completed its $142M Series A and Series B financing rounds in which it participated. Abdera is a privately held pre-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging antibody engineering to design and develop new precision radiopharmaceuticals for cancer. The company is building a pipeline of potentially best-in-class therapies for […]
NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE) announced annual results for the year-end 31 December 2022. NAV fell 7.5% over the 12-month period with the decline driven by changes in quoted holdings and FX. Despite the falling NAV, the underlying portfolio performance was solid with operating performance of 14% LTM revenue and 12% LTM EBITDA growth, respectively. […]
Round Hill Music Royalty Fund announced its full-year results for the year end December 2022. The company saw a 13% increase in NAV to US$519.6m driven by active rights management and positive structural music industry tailwinds while revenue increased 32% YOY. The performance continues an impressive period for the company, which has delivered a 35% […]
GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (GABI) announced its quarterly update for the period ended 31 March 2023. NAV increased 0.24% over the three months driven by an increase in the weighted average annualised yield on the investment portfolio, from 8.0% as at 31 December 2022 to 8.4% as at 31 March 2023 and from the […]
abrdn Property Income Trust expects commercial real estate returns to turn positive this year, after a difficult 2022. The company today reported a -12.8% NAV total return for the year to 31 December 2022, having been impacted by a rapid revaluation of assets due to higher interest rates and increased cost of its own debt. […]
ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust (TLEI) has just announced a temporary suspension to the listing of its ordinary shares, halting its trading. While preparing its annual results the trust was made aware of material uncertainty in the fair value of its investment in SolarArise, a Delhi-based renewable energy platform . The issue relates to a 200MW […]
Baker Steel Resources Trust (BSRT) has released its annual results for the financial year ending 31 December 2022. Over the 12 month period BSRT reported a NAV total return of -19.3%, compared to the 10.2% increase in the EMIX Global Mining Index. BSRT’s underperformance was attributed to a series of investment-specific factors, primarily due to […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing for 24 April 2023: SEED Innovations (SEED) has announced the conversion of £600,000 Convertible Loan Notes (“CLNs”) in Northern Leaf, a Jersey based medical cannabis cultivator, following its successful £3 million pre-IPO fundraise. The CLNs were converted into 1,236,331 preference shares in Northern Leaf, representing 2.2% of the enlarged equity of […]
Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets IPO prospectus was published on 18 April 2023. As usual, we are making it available for you to read here. Please remember that access to the IPO is restricted by geography and, in particular, you should not be contemplating an investment if you are based in the US. Make sure that […]
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: • HydrogenOne (1:04) • RTW Venture Fund (6:22) • Triple Point Social Housing REIT / Civitas Social Housing (8:01) This week’s interview was with Jean Roche […]
A brave WhiteOak Capital Management is trying to prop up the entire UK investment company IPO market almost single handed (although we are still waiting for the result of the AT85 Infrastructure IPO). The team behind Ashoka India Equity is looking to be the first to bring an investment company to market in over 18 […]
Aurora Investment Trust (ARR) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2022. During what was a difficult year in global markets, ARR provided an NAV total return of -17.4% (2021: +17.1%) and the share price total return was -16.3% (2021: +13.5%). ARR says that, in comparison, its benchmark All-Share Index provided […]
abrdn European Logistics Income saw its EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) reduce 8.1% to €1.25 per share in the year to 31 December 2022, due to the market-wide outward yield movements as a result of rising interest rates. The group’s portfolio value fell 4% on a like-for-like basis, but increased 14% to €759m (31 December […]
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has announced that it and its co-investors have signed a Heads of Terms agreement, signaling their intention to merge Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited (CAeS) with Britten-Normen and to create the world’s first fully integrated, zero-emissions sub regional aircraft for entry into service in 2026. HGEN describes this as an industry first […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 April 2023: The Regulator of Social Housing has published an enforcement notice on Auckland Home Solutions, a tenant of Triple Point Social Housing REIT (4.6% of income) and Civitas Social Housing (15.9% of income). The enforcement notice follows on from the regulator’s ongoing engagement with Auckland and the regulatory notice […]
Caledonia Investments has acquired a majority stake in the European division of AIR-serv, comprised of Airvending Limited and AIR-serv Netherlands B.V. Headquartered in Wigan, Lancashire, AIR-serv Europe is a leading designer and manufacturer of air, vacuum and jet wash machines which it provides as turn-key solutions to fuel station forecourt operators across Western Europe. The […]
Total returns for UK real estate were positive in March, data from MSCI showed, the first positive return since June last year. The month-on-month total return in March was 0.67% (a 0.46% income return from rental income and a 0.21% capital return). Average values rose during the month after eight straight months of declines. “The rebound […]
Picton Property (PCTN) is exploring converting some of its office assets into “higher value alternative uses”, as market conditions in the office sector continue to be tricky. The company has used permitted development rights to secure residential use at its part vacant Angel Gate office in London, EC1. Consent has also been secured across seven […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 April 2023: Fondul Proprietatea (FP) has sold its stakes in E-Distributie Muntenia, Enel Energie Muntenia, E-Distributie Dobrogea, E-Distributie Banat, and ENEL Energie to Public Power Corporation (a Greek company) for RON650m (£116.2m). Andrew Joy is now chairman of Herald Investment Trust (HRI), following the retirement of Tom Black. Sherborne Investors […]
RIT Capital has published some commentary on its NAV move over the first quarter of 2023. The NAV total return over the period was 0.7%, as the trust gave back some ground over March. The manager notes that it has been a turbulent few months. As we highlighted in our recent note, the trust has […]
BioPharma Credit announced that, together with BioPharma Credit Investments V, it has entered into a definitive senior secured loan agreement with BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company will invest up to US$180.0m and BioPharma-V will invest up to an additional US$270m in parallel, with the company acting as collateral agent. Based in the US, BioCryst is […]
AVI Japan Opportunity Trust announced a Q1 update with NAV increasing by 7.4% over the quarter despite a -3.2% weakening in the Japanese Yen. This was well ahead of the MSCI Japan Index which returned +3.3% (all in GBP). [The outperformance was driven by strong stock selection and was particularly impressive considering the general underperformance […]
Balanced Commercial Property Trust has posted annual results for 2022 and, in line with the property sector, saw the valuation of its portfolio hit in the second half of the year due to higher interest rates. Highlights include: A net asset value (NAV) total return of -9.2% NAV per share as at 31 December 2022 […]
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust announced annual results for the year ended 31 January 2023. The company returned 17.5% in NAV terms, underperforming its benchmark index, the Numis Smaller Companies + AIM (excluding investment companies) Index, which returned –12.4%. The company’s share price total return for the year was 17.0%. The performance stands […]
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund has announced that Thuy Dam has retired from her position as director of the company with effect from 18 April 2023. Thuy has been a director of VOF for nine years since 2014 and her retirement is in compliance with best corporate governance practices. Thuy played an important role in the […]
Oakley Capital Fund IV has entered into a strategic partnership to provide growth capital to Thomas’s London Day Schools, in order to fund capex and development projects across the Thomas’s schools. Oakley Capital Investments’ indirect contribution via Fund IV will be £14m. This is Oakley’s eighth investment in the education sector. Thomas’s is a family […]
Fair Oaks Income announced annual results for the year ended December 2022. The company generated share NAV and share price total return of -0.9% and -6.5% respectively in 2022 with shares closing out the year trading at a discount to NAV of -14.4%. Its realisation share NAV and share price generated a total return of […]
Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF) announced the publication of its first dedicated ESG report. The report outlines the company’s ambitious sustainability and ESG vision and provides stakeholders with an update on the company’s delivery against its key sustainability and ESG objectives over the period ended 30 September 2022. With the release of this document, the company […]
Schroder UK Public Private Trust (SUPP) has reported annual results for its financial year ending 31 December 2022. SUPP has reported a NAV total return of -40.7% and a share price return of -53.3%. SUPP’s negative returns were driven predominantly by its largest holding, Oxford Nanopore, whose share price fell by 64.6%, having IPOed earlier […]
