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16 Aug 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 August 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing on 16 August 2022: LondonMetric Property (LMP) sold four assets, in two separate transactions, for £25.6m, reflecting a blended net initial yield (NIY) of 5.3%. In the first transaction, the company sold a portfolio of three multi-let industrial assets totalling 53 units across 235,000 sq ft, located in Halesowen and Aston, […]

11 Aug 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 August 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 August 2022: Princess Private Equity (PEY) notes that Kohlberg & Company is acquiring a 50% stake in United States Infrastructure Corporation, the leading North American provider of utility location services. Clients of Partners Group including Princess will retain a 50% co-lead interest. The transaction values Princess’ stake at approximately $34.4m versus […]

09 Aug 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 August 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 August 2022: BioPharma Credit (BPCR) has a US$132.5m investment in a senior secured loan to Global Blood Therapeutics. Yesterday Pfizer Inc. announced a definitive agreement to acquire Global Blood Therapeutics. The loan was invested in three different tranches with each tranche subject to different prepayment economics. Assuming the prepayment occurs […]

05 Aug 2022

QD view – The logistics paradox

The logistics sector is in a curious place right now. Comments from Amazon (the market leader in occupier take-up of logistics space over the last few years) about slowing the pace of its warehouse expansion have freaked the market. Meanwhile interest rate rises will almost certainly see investment yields erode as the cost of capital […]

05 Aug 2022

Home REIT expands with £85m acquisitions

Home REIT has acquired 199 properties for homeless accommodation for £85.1m, as it continues to deploy the proceeds of its £263m equity raise in May. The company has now deployed a total of £170m (66%) of the proceeds with this latest tranche, which adds a further 869 beds to its portfolio bringing the portfolio total […]

04 Aug 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 August 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 August 2022: JLEN Environmental Assets says that its end June NAV was 123.1p, up 7.8p from 31 March. The drivers of this were higher fixed prices (+1.2p), higher seasonal forward pricing (+1.5p), and changes to long term forecasts from independent consultants (+5.8p). Our assumption would be that these uplifts reflect […]

02 Aug 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 August 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 August 2022: Ed Warner, OBE has been appointed chair of JLEN Environmental Assets with effect from 2 August 2022, succeeding Richard Morse who stepped down on 15 July 2022. Ed brings extensive financial services experience from his time spent in senior positions at several investment banks and financial institutions, including […]

28 Jul 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 July 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 July 2022: Ecofin US Renewables (RNEW) says that its end June NAV was 97.32 cents, down slightly from the figure of 97.64 cents at end March. The main infuences on the NAV over the quarter were an inflation/interest related increase in discount rates used to value the portfolio (-$3.5m) offset […]

26 Jul 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 July 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 July 2022: The Allianz technology team has moved en masse across to Voya Financial and it is now the investment adviser to Allianz Technology (ATT). The board is confident that there will be minimal impact on the management of the portfolio, It is anticipated that there will be no change […]

21 Jul 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 July 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 July 2022: NB Global Monthly Income (NBMI) is increasing its target distribution rate to 6.75% of NAV per year for the rest of 2022. The increase reflects the positive effect of rising interest rates (especially higher US rates – US loans account for about 80% of the fund) on the […]

19 Jul 2022

Palace Capital suffers board exodus

Three members of Palace Capital’s board have today resigned from the company after shareholders revolted against the company’s change in strategy, which was announced earlier this month. Mickola Wilson (Senior Independent Director), Kim Taylor-Smith (Non-Executive Director) and Paula Dillon (Non-Executive Director) have all stepped down from the board with immediate effect, leaving no independent directors […]

19 Jul 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 July 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 July 2022: In GCP Asset Backed Income’s (GABI) latest NAV (as at 30 June 2022), the co-living group loan (discussed on our weekly show on 8 July) has been revalued, taking 1.21p off the NAV. The directors took advice from the company’s valuation agent and investment manager, considered a range […]

15 Jul 2022

QuotedData’s weekly news show 15th July 2022

Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, Matthew Read covered the week’s top stories: • Ruffer – Hamish Baillie stepping down • Roundhill Music Royalty • Hipgnosis Songs Fund • Taylor Maritime inaugural results • Chysalis and wefox • […]

14 Jul 2022

Town Centre Securities sells stake in parking app at huge uplift

Town Centre Securities (TOWN), the property investment, development, car park and hotel operator, has sold its equity investment in YourParkingSpace (YPS) Limited to Flowbird SAS for £20.7m – a huge uplift on the book value of the stake of £1.47m (with an additional £1.53m loan to YPS) on the group’s balance sheet. The YPS platform […]

07 Jul 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 July 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 July 2022: NB Global Monthly Income (NBMI) says that investors submitted 25,500,417 shares to its cash exit offer (10.3% of the company). The tender was for up to 25% of shares held so all these shares will be redeemed at 81.92p (NAV less 2%). Some investments are less liquid than […]

05 Jul 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 July 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 July 2022: NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has signed a two-year extension to its existing £70m revolving credit facility (RCF) with Santander UK. The revised facility comes with a margin of 160bps (1.6%) over SONIA, including an uncommitted option to extend the facility term for an additional twelve months if required. […]

04 Jul 2022

Palace Capital to become pure-play regional office investor focused on ESG

Palace Capital will become a purely regional offices investor, focusing on ESG enhancements to create value. The company announced the move following a strategic review by the board as it wrestles with a wide share price discount to net asset value (NAV).  The group said that it “intends to have a pure focus as an […]

04 Jul 2022

Supermarket Income REIT checkouts £83m deals

Supermarket Income REIT has acquired two supermarket assets for a total of £82.9m, reflecting a combined net initial yield of 4.9%.  It has purchased a Tesco superstore, M&S Foodhall and an Iceland in Chineham, Basingstoke, and an Asda supermarket in Carcroft, Doncaster. The 18.7 acre Chineham site has been acquired from Tellon Capital and comprises […]

04 Jul 2022

Home REIT deploys £92m on 216 homeless properties

Home REIT has acquired two portfolios of homeless accommodation properties for a total of £92.3m, its first deployment since its £263m equity issue in May 2022. The company has acquired 183 properties located across England for £84.9m, and in a separate transaction bought 33 additional properties for £7.4m. In total, these have added a further […]

01 Jul 2022

QD view – GP struggles may be significant

Having read the extremely alarming news that there is set to be an exodus of GPs, exacerbating existing shortages, I thought it would be worth looking at the likely impact on the two listed primary healthcare landlords – Assura and Primary Health Properties (PHP). According to reports, one in four GP posts are set to […]

30 Jun 2022

Civitas Social Housing posts strong results

Civitas Social Housing has reported a strong set of annual results for the year to 31 March 2022, posting a NAV total return of 7.0%. The group’s IFRS NAV increased to 110.3p per share (2021: 108.3p) following a 5.8% increase in the value of its portfolio to £968.8m. Dividends of 5.55p per share were paid […]

30 Jun 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 June 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 June 2022: Riverstone Credit Opportunities Income (RCOI) has realised its investment in Roaring Fork Midstream, crystalising a 21.3% IRR and 1.16x MOIC. The loan was made in March 2021, with a $5.9m first lien delayed-draw term loan to sponsor-backed Roaring Fork Midstream, a company which owns and operates pipeline and […]

28 Jun 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 June 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 June 2022: Pharmakon Advisors, the investment manager of BioPharma Credit (BPCR)  says that it notes the announcement released yesterday by Ipsen regarding its planned purchase of Epizyme Inc. BioPharma Credit has a $110m investment in a senior secured loan to Epizyme which would be prepaid upon the closing of the […]

27 Jun 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 June 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 June 2022: We have news of an acquisition and fundraise by Digital 9 Infrastructure, portfolio updates from Taylor Maritime and Aquila European Renewables, a new investment for Pantheon Infrastructure, and full year results from NextEnergy Solar.

23 Jun 2022

Urban Logistics REIT doubles in size in transformational year

Urban Logistics REIT doubles size of portfolio in “transformational year” and reports a 23.9% uplift in NAV. The group, which raised £358m of equity, moved to the main market and was included in the FTSE 250 index in the 12 months to 31 March 2022, said its portfolio of mid-box urban warehouses was now valued […]

23 Jun 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 June 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 June 2022: BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM) says that the up coming IPO of Ivanhoe Electric Inc. on Friday, 24 June 2022 would, at the mid-point of the announced IPO valuation range, add about 1.4% to its NAV. The trust’s investment consists of common shares of Ivanhoe Electric Inc. and […]

22 Jun 2022

Impact Healthcare REIT announces capital raise

Care home provider Impact Healthcare REIT has announced its intention to issue new equity to acquire an identified pipeline of care homes. The company proposes raising new equity through a placing under its existing placing programme and in addition an offer for subscription to raise up to the Sterling equivalent of €8m. The size of […]

22 Jun 2022

AEW UK REIT posts 29.7% total return

AEW UK REIT delivered a NAV total return of 29.7% for the year to 31 March 2022, helped by a large increase in the value of its portfolio. The small cap, diversified property company posted a 21.7% uplift in NAV over the year to 120.63p per share (2021: 99.15p), as the economy re-opened following pandemic […]

22 Jun 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 June 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 June 2022: Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) has agreed a debt facility of £60m with NatWest Plc. The five-year facility has an initial margin of 300bps (3%) over SONIA, rising over time to a maximum of 375bps by year five, but is interest-only for the first three years. There is […]

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