Polar Capital Global Financials update “Today the banking sector is significantly better capitalised than it was in the years leading to the global financial crisis and regularly stress tested by its regulators to ensure it can withstand significant shocks. Furthermore, the recent extraordinary steps that central banks and governments worldwide have announced will significantly dampen […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing for 31 March 2020: Banks turn off dividend tap? – The Financial Times has a story that the Prudential Regulation Authority will soon force UK banks to suspend their dividend payments. This would knock a big hole in the income of some UK equity income funds. This follows a similar move […]
Retail landlord Hammerson collected just 37% of its rent in the latest quarter but has vowed to help retailers through the covid-19 pandemic. The group, which owns shopping centres in the UK and France as well as outlet centres across Europe, has also suspended its final dividend of 14.8p per share in order to preserve […]
Macau Property Opportunities (MPO) released the following update on the impact of covid-19: “On 20 February, the Macau government lifted its 15-day suspension of casino operations. Whilst casino activity has resumed, tight immigration restrictions remain in force, which continue to impact the market. Visitor arrivals to Macau have declined by 57% year on year (YoY) […]
Fair Oaks Income (FAIR) announced that in light of the ongoing uncertainty in economies and markets caused by covid-19, the board has resolved to suspend the declaration of dividend payments: “The board and the manager recognise the importance of dividends for shareholders but believe that suspension is the appropriate reaction to the unprecedented circumstances. In […]
European Assets (EAT) has announced an amendment to the basis of calculation of its management fee payable to BMO Investment Business Limited (the manager). Previously, the manager received a fee equal to 0.8% per annum of the value of funds under management (calculated as the value of total assets less current liabilities (excluding borrowings) at the […]
Hipgnosis Songs (SONG) has acquired the music catalogue of songwriters hall of fame and rock and roll hall of fame inductee Richie Sambora. SONG describes Richie as a legendary guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, most notably known as the lead guitarist and co-writer of the American rock band Bon Jovi. Richie Sambora, with Bon Jovi, […]
EasyJet has grounded its entire fleet on a morning that has also seen the price of crude oil fall below $20 (an 18-year low). Jupiter UK Growth (JUKG) reported interim results to 31 December 2019, with the total return NAV increasing by 7.8%. The focus is of course on covid-19. Chairman, Tom Bartlam, said: “In […]
In a surprise move, Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) has sacked its investment manager and shifted its management contract to Gresham House, the fast-growing investment boutique. Gresham House already manages a trust that looks similar to SEC – Gresham House Strategic. Both funds size up potential investments the way a private equity firm would. They try […]
The extent of the disruption caused by the covid-19 pandemic is starting to really bite for property landlords. Unsurprisingly, the retail sector (including leisure and food and beverage) is being hardest hit due to the enforced shutdown of all non-essential shops. A host of big named retailers, such as Primark and Burger King, have said […]
U and I Group, the specialist regeneration developer and investor, has sold three retail assets for a combined £22.4m. It has sold Crown Glass Shopping Centre in Nailsea for £11.15m; two units at The Killingworth Centre in Newcastle for £7.5m; and 89-107 Queen Street in Cardiff for £3.75m. The combined assets were sold marginally below their […]
GCP Student Living has said it intends to pay its third interim dividend but expects “materially reduced revenues” for the final term of the current academic year. The UK REIT said it has received around 74% of all budgeted revenues due to it this academic year but added that the closure of universities due to […]
Chenavari Investment Managers, the manager of Chenavari Toro (Toro) has provided an update, on its website, on its response to the outbreak of covid-19. A link to the full article is provided below. However, we are providing some key takeaways here: Volatility and dispersion are expected to continue for some time. The manager’s “fundamental long/short […]
Foresight Solar (FSFL) has provided an update to investors on its response to the covid-19 outbreak. The takeaweays are: in FY20 there has been no operational disruption linked to covid-19; The Company has conducted a full review of all key service providers. It has confidence in the resilience of their business continuity plans. Foresight has […]
Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR) has provided an update to the market in which it: reaffirms its commitment to pay its third quarterly dividend; confirms it received 100% of the expected rent for the quarter ended March 2020; announces positive results from two rent reviews; and provides a general update in regards to the impact of […]
Following recent market turbulence, which has pushed Keystone’s gearing up, its board has announced that it has decided to amend its gearing policy “with the intention of safeguarding shareholder value as far as possible”. Under the new policy, the portfolio manager may not make net purchases at times when net borrowings exceed 15% of net […]
Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited (SHIP) has announced that it has acquired a Handysize Bulk Carrier for US$7.0m. This acquisition takes SHIP’s fleet to sixteen vessels, leaving it with approximately US$15m of cash available for investment. SHIP’s manager, Tufton Oceanic, continues to identify a pipeline of opportunities across a range of the company’s target sectors. About the […]
The Board of Strategic equity Capital (SEC) has announced that, after an extensive review of SEC’s management arrangements, it has entered into heads of terms to appoint Gresham House Asset Management Limited as the Company’s new investment manager and alternative investment fund manager. It is also the intention that the proposed joint venture between Gresham […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 March 2020: As normal life continues to be impacted by the outbreak of covid-19, we have seen a number of updates from companies detailing their responses. Strategic Equity Capital has announced that it is moving its management contract to a new joint venture between Gresham House Asset Management and Aberdeen Standard […]
British Land has suspended its dividend payments and said it was offering smaller shopping centre tenants a three-month rental holiday due to covid-19. The group said larger retailers and leisure tenants would be able to spread payments over the six quarters from September 2020. The company, which owns and develops office and retail property, said […]
Impact Healthcare REIT, which owns a portfolio of care homes in the UK, has provided a covid-19 business update. The group said the number of occupied beds in its portfolio has been stable, with 3,848 beds occupied on 3 January 2020, and 3,886 beds occupied on 20 March 2020. It added that a number of the group’s […]
Self-storage giant Big Yellow Group (BYG) has reported a drop-off in occupancy as a result of covid-19. The company said current like-for-like occupancy across its portfolio is 81.6% across 56,000 customers. In half-year results to the end of September 2019, like-for-like occupancy was 84.1%. The group said it had seen an increase in demand from […]
An update from International Public Partnerships – International Public Partnerships had intended to publish its results today but these have now been delayed. So, instead, it has published an update that contains much of the salient information that would have been in the results statement. ” 2019 was a good year for the company with a […]
covid-19 update from JLEN Environmental – “The JLEN portfolio has made a positive start to the calendar year, with generation approximately 15% over budget including very strong performance from the wind assets due to good wind resource. Foresight anticipates that there may be a further short-term reduction in power prices due to an anticipated drop […]
Intu Properties has said it expects to seek covenant waivers from its lenders as the impact of covid-19 hits its rental income. The group, which owns shopping centres in the UK and Spain, said it had received 29% of its rent for the second quarter when it fell due yesterday (25 March 2020). For the […]
Better Capital mulls delisting as covid-19 hits In the 2012 cell, which contains double glazing firm, Everest, and office supplies business, SPOT: “Everest had a strong start to the year with encouraging progress across the company. However, in recent days sales and installation visits became progressively more difficult and so operations were largely suspended yesterday […]
covid-19 update from ICG Enterprise – “Given the rapid escalation of the crisis, we currently have limited visibility on the short and longer-term impact of COVID-19 on the global economy. It is therefore difficult to accurately gauge the impact on the portfolio at this stage. Performance will vary between geographies, sectors and companies and be […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 March 2020: As the excitement of yesterday’s $2trn stimulus gave way to the reality of sharply rising cases in the US and stories of a potential uptick in cases in Japan (where the virus seemed to be under control) markets are falling once again. NB Private Equity has increased its borrowing […]
JPMorgan Smaller Companies (JMI) invests in the UK smaller companies sector. The company has this evening released interim results to 31 January 2020. Mirroring many of its peers, the company’s shares have been hit hard as capital has moved away from a sector that had erstwhile been the main beneficiary from the political developments that […]
In a update release covering its in February, BlackRock World Mining’s (BRWM) Evy Hambro and Olivia Markham (representing the manager), had this to say: Performance “The company’s NAV decreased by 9.9% in February, underperforming its reference index, the MSCI ACWI Metals and Mining 30% Buffer 10/40 Index (net return), which returned (9.2%). (Figures in GBP) […]
