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06 May 2021

Standard Life Investments Property Income upbeat on future

Standard Life Investment Property Income Trust (SLI) reported a 4.0% increased in net asset value (NAV) in the first quarter of 2021. The group, which owns a diverse portfolio of property assets heavily weighted to the industrial and logistics sector, said NAV at 31 March 2021 was 85.3p (Dec 2020: 82.0p) resulting in a NAV […]

06 May 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 May 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 May 2021: Schroder UK Public Private says that Oxford Nanopore Technologies has raised £195m in new capital including £125m from some new investors – Temasek, Wellington Management, M&G Investments and Nikon. In addition, existing shareholders invested £70m. The valuation in the NAV as at 31 December 2020 was based on the […]

05 May 2021

UK Commercial Property REIT ups dividend by 40%

UK Commercial Property REIT has increased its dividend by 40% due to the improved economic outlook for the UK. The group, which reported a 1.5% jump in its net asset value in the first quarter of 2021, said it will increase the quarterly dividend payable to 0.644p per share. This is still 30% down on the […]

05 May 2021

Alternative Income REIT ups dividend

Alternative Income REIT has upped its dividend following continued strong rent collection. The group, which owns a diverse property portfolio worth £108.7m, has increased its quarterly dividend to 1.25p per share, from 1.00p in the quarter ending December 2020. This increase followed rent collection since the start of the pandemic of 97.2%, with deferrals agreed […]

05 May 2021

Hipgnosis closes deal on Andrew Watt catalogue

Hipgnosis Songs (SONG) has acquired a catalogue from Andrew Wotman, better known as Andrew Watt or just simply Watt, the just awarded 2021 Grammy winner for “Producer Of The Year” for his work with Miley Cyrus, Dua Lipa, Post Malone and Ozzy Osbourne. SONG says that Watt has co-written five of the top 100 most streamed […]

05 May 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 May 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 May 2021 – JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN) announced a proposed placing for up to approximately 54.7m new ordinary shares. The shares are not being offered at a fixed price, but at a placing price per share, which will be determined by the bookbuild.  The placing price will be agreed between […]

04 May 2021

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure off to a strong start with bulk of £370m IPO proceeds deployed

Following its £370m IPO in February, Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD) has announced the deployment or commitment of substantially all of the net proceeds from its launch into digital infrastructure platforms in the Czech Republic and Norway, as well as an acceleration of the growth in targeted dividends. CORD noted the following as key highlights in this […]

04 May 2021

JLEN Environmental Assets and Foresight Solar team-up in grid-scale battery investment

JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN) and Foresight Solar Fund (FSFL) have reached acquired 50% equity stakes in Sandridge Battery Storage (SBSL). SBSL holds the development rights to construct the Sandridge Battery Storage project, a 50MW lithium-ion battery energy storage plant. based in Melksham in Wiltshire, UK. JLEN and FSFL, both of whom are managed by Foresight, will each […]

04 May 2021

Custodian REIT to up dividend

Custodian REIT has said it will increase its target dividend after reporting rent collection rates of 89% for the year to 31 March 2021. The group paid a dividend of 4.5p in the year, which was down on the 6.65p it paid for the year to March 2020 reflecting the decreases in rent collection rate and […]

04 May 2021

LXI REIT on the acquisition trail

LXi REIT has acquired an Aldi foodstore and a Dobbies garden centre for a total of £24m, as it continues to build its long-income portfolio. The acquisitions, which were acquired off-market, have an average net initial yield of 5.45%, a long average unexpired lease term to first break of 29 years and 100% of the income […]

04 May 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 May 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 May 2021: Syncona (SYNC) has provided an update on investee company Gyroscope Therapeutics’ proposed IPO in the US. SYNC says that Gyroscope has filed an amended registration statement on Form F-1 with the US SEC, which relates to a proposed IPO in the US of its American Depositary Shares (ADS), with […]

30 Apr 2021

QuotedData’s weekly news show 30 April 2021

QuotedData’s weekly news show 30 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, Shonil Chande covered the week’s top stories: Taylor Maritime – targeting a 250m IPO raise AVI plans to remove Symphony International’s board Dunedin Income Growth […]

30 Apr 2021

QD view – Indian funds take stock

QD view – Indian funds take stock No doubt you have seen the horrific scenes in India as COVID-19 seemingly runs out of control. Our first thoughts must be with the victims and their families, but the managers of funds specialising in the region have also been taking time to update us on what this […]

30 Apr 2021

QD view – Rent Wild West needs a solution

After last week’s news that several property landlords, including AEW UK REIT, had successfully sued some of its tenants for rent arrears that had amassed during the COVID pandemic, two of property’s big boys – Land Securities and British Land – have set up plans for a more amicable solution to the rent conundrum. The […]

30 Apr 2021

Strategic Equity Capital Results Presentation and invite to meet the manager

The 1st quarter results and factsheet for Strategic Equity Capital plc have recently been released with link to each below. Key highlights – • Strong absolute return performance across the quarter • The portfolio NAV increased by 12.4% • Top contributors were Tribal, Medica Group and Clinigen If you would like to hear more about […]

30 Apr 2021

Standard Life Inv. Property Income posts COVID-affected results

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust (SLI) has posted full year results for 2020. The highlights are: Net asset value (NAV) per share 82.0p (Dec 19: 89.9p), down 8.8% as valuations came under pressure, particularly in the first half of the year, due to COVID-19. NAV total return of -4.6% EPRA earnings per share 4.1p Dividends […]

30 Apr 2021

Stenprop makes letting progress

Stenprop, the UK multi-let industrial (MLI) property company, recorded a record quarter for leasing in the first quarter of 2021. The group completed 50 new lettings in the period (39 previous quarter) and 33 renewals (18 previously) worth £1.54m of annual rent. New lettings were at a 24% average uplift on the previous passing rent, while […]

30 Apr 2021

Honeycomb results broadly in line with prior year

Honeycomb (HONY) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2020, during which it provided an NAV return of 7.7% over 2020, which was broadly in line with the prior year (2019: 7.8%). HONY’s chairman, Robert Sharpe, says that the stability of returns is particularly pleasing given the economic backdrop. He attributes […]

30 Apr 2021

Pacific Assets benefits from resurgence in out of favour holdings

Pacific Assets (PAC) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2021, during which it has benefited from a resurgence in some out of favour holdings. During the year, PAC provided NAV and share price total returns of 22.3% and 25.8% respectively. In comparison, the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index […]

30 Apr 2021

M&G Credit Income to introduce a zero discount policy

M&G Credit Income (MGCI) has announced that it intends to introduce a “zero discount” policy to manage the discount or premium to NAV at which its ordinary shares trade. Winterflood Securities is to implement the zero discount policy on its behalf, with any ordinary shares purchased to be held in treasury. Background to the zero […]

30 Apr 2021

BBGI Global Infrastructure invests in Tower Hamlets

BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI) has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in a social infrastructure investment consisting of two recreation facilities and 100 affordable residential units across two sites in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, UK. The two recreational facilities are the historic Poplar Baths building, on East India Dock Road in […]

30 Apr 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 April 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 April 2021: Keystone Positive Change (KPC) has announced its first set of interim results (for the six months ended 31 March 2021) since Baillie Gifford took over management of the trust on 10 February 2021. Reflecting the short period since Baillie Gifford took over KPC, most of the performance can be […]

29 Apr 2021

Aberdeen Standard European Logistics had stellar 2020

Aberdeen European Logistics Income (ASLI) has reported stellar results for 2020 in which it posted a 13.6% net asset value (NAV) total return. The group, which owns a portfolio of 15 logistics assets in continental Europe, said NAV increased 8.1% to €1.20 (31 Dec 19: €1.11). This was primarily driven by yield compression as investor […]

29 Apr 2021

AVI plans to unseat Symphony board

AVI plans to unseat Symphony board – Asset Value Investors is calling on shareholders of Symphony International Holdings to band together to unseat its directors. AVI owns a 15.4% stake in SIHL on behalf of institutional clients including AVI Global Trust. Having first invested in 2012, it has now been concluded that a continued approach of […]

29 Apr 2021

RTW Venture looking very healthy

RTW Venture looking very healthy – RTW Venture Fund has published its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2020. Over the year, its NAV increased by 54%. This makes it 88.5% NAV growth since IPO. The share price rose by 37% – the premium was perhaps too high at the start of the year. The […]

29 Apr 2021

Aberdeen New Thai lags its benchmark

Aberdeen New Thai lags its benchmark – Aberdeen New Thai says that, for the year ended 28 February 2021, it produced an NAV total return of +1.2%, underperforming the Stock Exchange of Thailand Index by 8.9%. Should the performance over the three years to 28 February 2023 not show outperformance of the SET Index, the board will […]

29 Apr 2021

New shipping trust may float – Taylor Maritime

New shipping trust may float – Taylor Maritime has published an intention to float announcement this morning. The fund hopes to raise $250m by issuing 250m shares at $1 per share. Taylor Maritime was incorporated in Guernsey on 31 March 2021. It is a self-managed investment company (employing its own managers) and will invest in […]

29 Apr 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 April 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 April 2021: Globalworth’s board said holders of 39.8% of its shares – Growthpoint Properties Limited, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Oak Hill Advisors – have all now rejected the offer as being too low. These holders represent 82.0% of the Globalworth shareholders to whom the offer would be made. [We’ll […]

28 Apr 2021

Home REIT reports maiden results

Home REIT, the investor in homeless accommodation, has reported its maiden results after launching in October 2020. The group raised £240m in an initial public offering (IPO) and has since spent all the proceeds on amassing a portfolio of 572 properties with 3,019 beds. Highlights from the results are: Net asset value (NAV) and EPRA […]

28 Apr 2021

M&G Credit Income performance exceeds original 2018 IPO target

M&G Credit Income (MGCI) reported annual results to 31 December 2020, noting that it had exceeded the level of performance originally targetted following its launch in November 2018. Chairman, David Simpson, said: “This target was to achieve an annualised dividend yield of LIBOR plus 2.5% (on the 100p issue price) from launch until 31 December 2019 […]