It’s that time of year where we see a flurry of annual and interim results hitting the market for companies whose reporting periods finish on 31 December. Even in a quiet year, it is quite possible for interesting stories to get lost in this first quarter deluge, but once you factor in the additional market […]
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: •Octopus Renewables •Fidelity Japan •Pershing Square This week’s interview was with Ian Lance from Temple Bar Investment Trust – watch it again here.
Ben Rogoff, Fund Manager, Polar Capital Technology Trust The term ‘metaverse’ exploded into popular consciousness last November, when Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook as Meta; thereby making a very public declaration that he was pinning the company’s future on this concept, which is still widely debated in terms of its definition and use. Watch Ben Rogoff […]
Henderson High Income (HHI) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2021, during which it provided NAV and share price total returns of 19.8% and 27.9% respectively, exceeding the total return of its benchmark (a composite that is 80% All-Share and 20% the ICE BofAML Sterling Non-Gilts Index rebalanced annually), which […]
International Public Partnerships (INPP) has announced that it has reached financial close on Stage 3 of the Gold Coast Light Rail project. This follow-on investment has arisen through the Company’s existing 30% interest in the Project. The Project extends the existing Gold Coast Light Rail network (known as G:link) a further 6.7 kilometres south from […]
The renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has announced that it has acquired a 49% equity interest in Project Valdesolar, an operating solar park in the province of Badajoz, Spain, from Repsol (a Spanish-listed global energy company). Valdesolar represents approximately 3% of TRIG’s portfolio, by value and, following this acquisition, Spain represents 8% and solar photovoltaic (PV) […]
Greencoat Renewables (GRP) has announced that its placing, which was launched on 21 March 2022, was oversubscribed and has raised gross proceeds of €281.5m. Due to substantial demand, 251,351,351 placing shares will be issued at the placing price of €1.12 per share. This will utilise the remaining capacity of GRP’s 400m share issuance programme. The […]
BlackRock Latin American (BRLA) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2021, during which BRLA’s NAV fell by 12.5% (in US$ and total return terms), underperforming its benchmark, which fell by 8.1%. In sterling total return terms, BRLA’s NAV fell by 11.7% over the same period, while its benchmark fell by […]
Corporation Financiere EuropeenneSA (CFE) has provided a final offer update on its cash offer for CIP Merchant Capital (CIP); an offer that CIP’s board has previously rejected, having described it as “Highly opportunistic” – click here to read our article from 23 March 2022 which covered the rebuttal of this final offer. Separately, CIP’s board […]
Triple Point Energy Efficiency Infrastructure (TEEC) has announced that it has signed contracts to provide a debt facility to a subsidiary of Virmati Energy Ltd (trading as “Field”), for the purposes of building a portfolio of four geographically diverse Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) assets in the UK. The total facility amounts to £45.6m and […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 April 2022: Syncona (SYNC) has provided an update on investee company Freeline, following the publication of Freeline’s full year 2021 financial results. The update highlights that: Phase 1/2 programs on track in Hemophilia B and Gaucher disease and accelerated in Fabry disease Extended financial runway and streamlined organization support Company […]
BH Macro – eventful and dull at the same time – BH Macro’s chair says that “To say that last year was an eventful year for BH Macro Limited would be an understatement, both for long-term shareholders in BH Macro Limited and for shareholders in the former BH Global Limited.” The merger of the two […]
Invesco Bond Income Plus publishes first results – In May 2021 the shareholders of both City Merchants High Yield Trust Limited (CMHY) and Invesco Enhanced Income Limited (IPE) voted in favour of a proposal to merge the two companies. The company has just published its first results as a combined entity. The shares returned 4.2% […]
2021 was a difficult year for small cap biotech and this shows in RTW Venture’s results. Over the course of the year, the NAV fell by 13% and the share price by 5%. That compares to a 1% return on the NASDAQ Biotech Index and a -27% return on the Russell 2000 Biotech Index (which […]
Over the course of 2021, BBGI Global Infrastructure’s NAV increased from 137.8p to 140.7p and it declared dividends totalling 7.33p, in line with its target. The company has set out dividend targets for the next three years – 7.48p for 2022, rising to 7.63p in 2023 and 7.78p in 2024. It is 10 years since […]
2021 was a great year for Nippon Active Value. It generated a total return on net assets of 22.3%, well ahead of the -1.4% return posted by the MSCI Japan Small Cap Index. A narrower discount meant that shareholders got a return of 26.8%. There is a dividend of 1.95p – up from 0.85p – […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 March 2022: HICL Infrastructure plans to sell its 100% interest in the Queen Alexandra Hospital PFI Project to InfraRed European Infrastructure Income Fund 4. HICL would get £108m and a 1.5p increase in its NAV. The hospital has over 7,200 staff and 1,200 beds, that serves over 675,00 residents across […]
Phoenix Spree Deutschland, the Berlin residential landlord, has reported a 7.0% uplift in NAV in annual results, helped by an end to the Mietendeckel (rent control policy) in the German capital. EPRA net tangible asset (NTA) per share was €5.65 at the end of December 2021, up from €5.28 a year prior. This was largely […]
Pershing Square Holdings enjoys strong performance thanks to Universal Music Group – Pershing Square Holdings (PSH) has posted its final results for the year to 31 December 2021. During the year, its NAV return including dividends was 26.9%, ending the year at $57.30 per share. Meanwhile, PSH’s total shareholder return was 18.6% over the same […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 March 2022: Taylor Maritime (TMI) has agreed to sell a 2004 built Handysize vessel for $11.6m. The vessel was an IPO seed asset and the sale is expected to complete in Q2 2022, generating an IRR in excess of 200% and MOIC of 1.6x. It is the oldest vessel in […]
Impact Healthcare REIT, the UK care home investor, has reported strong annual results, posting a net asset value (NAV) total return of 8.4%. NAV per share increased 2.6% (growth of 2.85p per share) in the year to 31 December 2021 to 112.43p and with dividends paid in the year of 6.41p per share resulted in […]
Regional REIT, the UK office investor, says the regional office market is primed for growth in annual results to 31 December 2021. The group said it had seen an increase in demand from tenants for greater customer care, space that encourages collaboration, and a focus on health and well-being, as businesses return to the office. […]
The Schiehallion Fund has published results for the year ended 31 January 2022. The ordinary share price and net asset value per ordinary share returned 17.8% and 7.6%, respectively. From their admission to trading on 26 April 2021 to 31 January 2022, the C share price and net asset value return was -4.8% and -2.0%, […]
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 […]
Hidroelectrica IPO going ahead – great news for Fondul – On 28 March 2022, the Ministry of Energy in Romania, the majority shareholder of S.P.E.E.H. Hidroelectrica S.A., confirmed its agreement to hold a shareholders’ meeting of the company to approve the initiation of the listing of the company’s shares on the Bucharest Stock Exchange following […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 March 2022 Pershing Square (PSH) is to start paying an enhanced dividend; beginning with the second quarter dividend and for the remainder of the calendar year 2022, the company will increase its quarterly dividend by 25% to $0.125 per share. The intended policy in future years will be to pay […]
Ross Teverson departs Jupiter as fund edges towards oblivion – On 8 March 2022, Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Markets announced its intention to put forward proposals for a members’ voluntary liquidation of the company. The board says that it is working on formal proposals to put to shareholders in the coming weeks. It also says that […]
Urban Logistics REIT (SHED) has acquired four new assets for £72m, including its first central London property, at a blended net initial yield (NIY) of 4.6%. The group said all the assets are income producing and benefit from strong covenants, but also come with significant asset management potential. Following these transactions, the company has deployed […]
Fidelity Japan to seek shareholder approval to invest in more unlisted companies – Fidelity Japan (FJV) has posted its final results for the year to 31 December 2021. During this time, its NAV per share increased by 1.8% in sterling terms and the share price rose by 3.9%. In comparison, the Reference Index returned 2.0%. […]
abrdn Asian Income enjoys strong performance over 2021 as it prepares for upcoming challenges – abrdn Asian Income (AAIF) has posted its final results for the year to 31 December 2021, during which time, on a total return basis, the net asset value per share rose by 11.0%, surpassing the MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific […]
