It is that time of year again – Black Friday. The US export has quickly become one of the biggest shopping days in the UK. But with shops closed due to lockdown, it will almost entirely take place online this year. It is estimated that £6bn will be spent on Black Friday this year versus […]
Thanks to everyone that tuned into the ‘E’ for environmental day of our ESG conference this week. If you missed it, you can listen back to presentations by the AIC, Bluefield Solar, SDCL Energy Efficiency and Jupiter Green here. Next Tuesday it is the turn of ‘S’ for Social. The line-up for the social day […]
Invesco Enhanced Income (IPE) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2020, during which the board has prioritised revenue generation through investment in relatively high-yielding and considered debt positions, reflecting its view that In the current economic and market environment, shareholders place great value on IPE’s consistent dividend stream. During the […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 November 2020: HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 31 July 2020. During the period, HVPE’s NAV per share increased by 2.2% to $28.18 (31 January 2020: $27.58), which the company says is an outperformance of FTSE All World Total Return Index of 2.3% […]
NewRiver REIT reported another drop in the value of its portfolio but said it intends to pay a full year dividend in 2021. The group saw its EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) per share drop from 201p in March to 171p in September, mainly due to an 8.2% valuation decline in its portfolio to £1,058m. Pre-tax […]
LXi buys store portfolio – LXi REIT reports the acquisition of 11 foodstores and two discount stores from five different vendors/developers for a total cost of £61m. The stores have been acquired at an average net initial yield of 5.7% (net of acquisition costs) and with a strong and diversified tenant base in the form of Aldi, […]
CC Japan plans subscription share issue – CC Japan Income & Growth Trust says that it is considering a bonus issue of subscription shares to existing shareholders, on the basis of one Subscription Share for every five ordinary shares held. The company intends to publish a prospectus and circular in connection with the bonus issue in […]
Aberdeen Standard Equity Income hit hard by COVID – Aberdeen Standard Equity Income reports an NAV return of -25.7% for the year ended 30 September 2020 and a share price return of -29.4%. These compare to a return on the All-Share of -16.6%. Revenue per share fell from 21.7p to 15.6p (dividends distributed by companies in […]
BMO Capital and Income Investment Trust has announced results for the year ended 30 September 2020. It underperformed its benchmark by 4.4% (NAV return of -21.0% versus -16.6% for the All-Share Index). The return to shareholders was -20.3%. The dividend has been increased by 0.9% to 11.5p, extending an broken chain of annual dividend increases to […]
Nippon Active Value targets Sakai Ovex – Nippon Active Value Fund owns a 5%+ stake in Sakai Ovex (no. 3408, listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange). Today, the fund’s manager (Rising Sun Management) has sent a proposal to Sakai Ovex Co proposing that its board consider a management buyout of the whole company. This […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 November 2020: JLEN Environmental Assets Group’s half year results show a small drop in NAV from 97.5p to 96.1p, driven by falling power and gas price estimates. Dividends are on target, however and these are covered by cash generated from operations. Montanaro UK Smaller’s interim results show it lagging its Numis […]
London office developer and landlord Helical has posted a 3.2% fall in net asset value (NAV) for the six months to the end of September. NAV for the half-year came in at £579.2m, compared to £598.7m at the end of March, with EPRA net tangible asset per share down 3.6% to 505p (March 2020: 524p). […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 November 2020: Gresham House Energy Storage has successfully raised gross proceeds of £120m through the issue of 114,285,714 shares at 105p. The issue was oversubscribed. The money will enable the company to finance up to six new near-term acquisitions totalling 245MW. RDL Realisation says that it intends for the company to become […]
Countrywide shareholders opposed to Alchemy fundraise – On 22 October 2020, Countrywide announced a proposed recapitalisation that included an equity raising of approximately £90m fully underwritten by Alchemy Partners. However, discussions with shareholders have indicated insufficient support for this proposal in its current form, but also a recognition of the need for new capital and a […]
Troy Income confirms dividend cut – Troy Income & Growth Trust says that for the year to 30 September 2020 its NAV return was -9.1% and its share price return -11.6%. At the start of the period the shares were standing at a premium to NAV of +1.1%. A year later the share price had moved to a […]
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 […]
LXI REIT has reported a 2.9% fall in EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) in half-year results, as the value of its hotel and leisure portfolio took a hit during the pandemic. The company, which specialises in inflation-protected long income real estate, posted an EPRA NTA of 120.8p at 30 September 2020, compared to 124.3p at […]
Sirius Real Estate, the operator of business parks in Germany, has posted a 5% increase in net asset value (NAV) in half-year results to the end of September. The growth in NAV per share to 81.18c (March 2020: 77.35c) was mainly driven by a 4.3% uptick in the value of its portfolio to €1,229.7m. Sirius […]
Harworth Group has acquired an industrial park in Merseyside for £26m, as it continues to grow its exposure to the sector. The developer and investor has bought Saturn Park in Knowsley at a net initial yield of 7.7%. Located on a 35.2-acre site, Saturn Park comprises 416,000 sq. ft of modern warehouse space across three units […]
Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust announces float – Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust intends to launch an initial public offering (IPO) and to admit its shares on the premium segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. The company is targeting an […]
Macau Property Opportunities rejigs management fee – COVID-19 is delaying the realisation of the company’s assets. Macau Property Opportunities has been in realisation mode since 2016. During 2020 the manager has achieved asset disposals of the two remaining individual units in One Central Residences and two further residential units and a car park space in the […]
KKV Secured Loan issue valuation update – following an reappraisal of the whole portfolio, assisted by the review of certain assets undertaken by KPMG, the net asset value as at 30 June 2020 is currently expected to be £128.8m (36.2p per share) for the ordinary shares and £94.7m (68.2p per share) on the C shares. However, […]
Greencoat invests in Humber Gateway – Greencoat UK Wind has agreed to acquire a 49% stake in the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm from RWE, in partnership with a number of pension funds investing through a fund also managed by Greencoat Capital. Greencoat UK Wind will acquire a net 38% stake in the wind farm for […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 November 2020: US Solar Fund says that all 41 projects in its portfolio, totaling 443MWDC, are now fully operating and generating revenue. The final project, the 128MWDC Milford plant in Utah, reached the commercial operations date under its power purchase agreement (PPA) on 19 November, on-time and under-budget – saving $4m […]
Commercial property valuation has been a bone of contention for years. It is generally accepted that valuers are slow to react to changes in the sector. Just look at the recent history of retail valuations. Despite clear evidence that rents were falling due to the impact on retailer demand for space caused by a boom […]
QuotedData’s weekly news show 20 November 2020 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: BlackRock Throgmorton’s fundraise Montanaro European’s excellent results UK Mortgage’s plan for the future Watch it again here We’ll be […]
Over the next few weeks, QuotedData is hosting a series of webinars focused on ESG – environmental, social and governance – aspects of investing that are increasingly important to investors. The first of these, on 24 November, will look at the ‘E’ in ESG. The main thrust of the debate around tackling the environmental issues […]
Urban&Civic has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2020, which includes commentary on the previously announced recommended offer from Wellcome Trust that the board describes as a persuasive outcome for all stakeholders. It says that the all cash offer of 345p per share is above up to date EPRA NAV and […]
Unite Group has announced that it has acquired an 800-bed development site in Paddington, central London on a subject to planning basis. It has also provided an update on check-in performance for the 2020/21 academic year. Paddington development site acquired from Travis Perkins Unite has exchanged contracts to acquire a new 800-bed development site in […]
JPMorgan Elect (JPE) has released its annual results for the year ended 31 August 2020. The trust manages a number of different pools and shareholders have the option to switch between these periodically. Key highlights from the report are provided below, as well as the investment manager’s reports for all of the individual share classes. […]
