In QuotedData’s other news 14 October 2019 – Downing Strategic Micro-Cap noted that with reference to the announcement of 27 September 2019, the board announces that the resignation of Mr Andrew Griffiths, a non-executive director of the company took effect from Friday 11 October 2019. Elsewhere, Aberdeen New Thai reported solid interim results, benefiting from the […]
Aberdeen New Thai stock selection and currency drive interim 14.6% NAV return – Aberdeen New Thai (ANW) Thai equities and enjoyed a positive half year to the end of August 2019 with particular gains for Sterling investors. The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index (SET Index) rose by 15.2% on a sterling-adjusted total return basis as the […]
Urban Logistics REIT portfolio value up 3.8% over interim period – The Property – UK Commercial sector company, Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), has provided a trading update following the end of its interim period to 30 September 2019. In advance of reporting half-year results on 14 November, SHED has said: Portfolio valuation up 3.8% to […]
CIO Peter Elston resigns from Seneca Investment Managers – The board of Seneca Global Income & Growth (SIGT) has announced that Peter Elston has resigned from the investment manager, Seneca Investment Mangers Ltd (SIML), for personal reasons and will leave at the end of the year. The board said the following: “The board is grateful to […]
In QuotedData’s other news 11 October 2019 – HICL Infrastructure announced the completion of the acquisition of the transmission assets associated with the Race Bank Windfarm, located off the coast of Norfolk, by Diamond Transmission Partners, a consortium comprising HICL and Diamond Transmission Corporation (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation). Gresham House Energy Storage raised gross proceeds […]
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income targets more capital to fund growth – The board of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income (SEIT) has announced a proposed placing of new ordinary shares under its existing share issuance programme to institutional investors at a price of 103 pence per share. In addition, the company today announced that the unaudited estimated NAV as […]
3i Infrastructure placing raises £222.8m – 3i Infrastructure (3IN) has raised gross proceeds of around £222.8m in a share placing that represents approximately 9.9% of the company’s issued ordinary share capital prior to the placing. 3IN say the issue was substantially oversubscribed and that it represents a discount of approximately 7.6% to the share price immediately prior […]
Globalworth Real Estate raises €264.3m – Globalworth Real Estate Investors (GWI), a leading investor in office space across Central and Eastern Europe, has announced the issue of €264.3m of additional equity capital following the completion of a placing. The placing shares being issued represent around 14.7% of the existing issued ordinary share capital of the company […]
Trust favourite Alexion options Stealth Bio’s mitochrondrial disease drug US rare disease biotech and investment trust favourite Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALXN) has effectively added a new Phase III-stage programme to its R&D pipeline, by virture of an option deal covering Stealth BioTherapeutics’ lead product elamipretide for mitochondrial diseases. Stealth (NASDAQ:MITO), a $270m market cap US biotech […]
In QuotedData’s other news 10 October 2019 AVI Japan is asking shareholders to approve an issue of up to 14,365,000 shares to Finda Oy, its largest shareholder, as part of a larger placing to be held in November. Tufton Oceanic Assets has agreed to acquire a Containership for $8.75m, taking its fleet to seventeen vessels. The […]
Baillie Gifford wins European Trust – The board of The European Investment Trust has entered into heads of terms to appoint Baillie Gifford & Co Limited as the company’s new AIFM, company secretary and administrator. The company has given notice to terminate the appointment of Edinburgh Partners. The decision came after an extended run of poor […]
Jupiter US Smaller extends run of outperformance – Jupiter US Smaller Companies reports that its NAV increased by 4.5% in the twelve months to 30 June 2019. This compares to a fall of 1.1% for the benchmark, the sterling adjusted Russell 2000 Index. Since Robert Siddles was appointed as fund manager on 1 January 2001, the […]
LXi REIT has made a trio of acquisitions for a total of £23m, as it puts its recently announced revolving credit facility (RCF) to work. All three properties are long-let and index-linked and reflect a weighted average net initial yield of 5.7%. The company is also close to agreeing deals for further acquisitions that would see […]
Regional REIT has announced a number of lettings across its portfolio, in aggregate 10.9% ahead of expected rental value (ERV). The deals comprise: Juniper Park, Basildon: lease renewal to Vanguard Logistics Services for five years with Vanguard having the option to extend beyond this. Headline rent of £370,000 a year, representing an uplift of 15.4% to […]
In QuotedData’s other news 9 October 2019 AEW UK REIT has a loan from The Royal Bank of Scotland. It has just negotiated changes to the covenants on this loan that permit the company’s borrowings to rise to 55% (loan to NAV), from 45% previously. The announcement stresses that the company has no plans to increase […]
Vietnam Holding focused on the future – after a difficult period for performance and one of considerable upheaval for the company, Vietnam Holding is focused on building a portfolio of growing Vietnamese companies with strong ESG (environmental, social and governance) aspects. Over the year ended 30 June 2019, Vietnam Holding delivered a negative return of 11.17%, […]
Rare underperformance from Baillie Gifford Japan – over the year to 31 August 2019, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust net asset value total return fell by 5.3% compared to the 0.5% fall in the benchmark TOPIX index total return (in sterling terms). In this period the company’s share price total return fell by 7.4%. Nevertheless, […]
Pre-results update from SQN Secured Income – Ahead of the release of their annual financial reprot, SQN Secured Income (SSIF) have released an investment update presentation. Highlights: Direct loans represent 67.32% of the portfolio and have a gross yield of 10.9% Third party debt now represents 28.2% of total assets Peer to peer lending is […]
In QuotedData’s other news 8 October 2019 – Yesterday evening, Ruffer announced that effective 31 October 2019, Steve Russell is stepping down as one of the fund managers. Hamish Baillie and Duncan MacInnes will continue to manage the portfolio. Steve has been with the company since 2004 and will remain part of the the wider investment process […]
CQS New City High Yield’s premium and dividend rise as high yield corporate bond market recovers – We have annual results from CQS New City High Yield (NCYF) this morning, covering the 12m period to 30 June 2019. The ‘Debt – Loans and Bonds’ sector company with a global mandate delivered an NAV total return […]
Schroder Real Estate refinances debt and increases dividend – Schroder Real Estate (SREI) has this morning announced a refinancing of its debt and an increase in the dividend paid out to shareholders. Highlights from the announcement include: £129.6m fixed rate loan with Canada Life Investments extended from 8.5 to average 16.5 years; Reduction in the total […]
Manager’s stock picks deliver for Henderson Euro Trust – Henderson Euro Trust (HNE) delivered an NAV total return of 6.6% over the year to 30 July 2019. This was 1.9% ahead of its benchmark (FTSE World Europe (ex UK)) in sterling terms. Chairman, Nicola Ralston, said: “The portfolio we hold at the moment is relatively concentrated, with […]
Student accommodation specialist Unite Group has sold two properties in Coventry to a Singaporean investor for £96m. The two assets, Callice Court and Millennium View, comprise a total of 1,127 beds and have been sold to Mapletree Investments. The transaction price is in line with book value and Unite said it would recycle the capital […]
Something has to change at Jupiter UK Growth – During the twelve months to 30 June 2019 the total return on the net asset value of the company’s shares was -11.9% and, as the discount widened, the share price return was -15.4%. This compares with the total return on the company’s benchmark, the All-Share Index, of […]
Macau Property Opportunities reflects on tough year – The value of Macau Property Opportunities’s (MPO) portfolio declined by 7.7% to US$311.1m, over the year to 30 June 2019. Reported figures for adjusted and IFRS NAV were down 17.0% and 23.7%, respectively. Mark Huntley, chairman of MCO, said: “The past year has unquestionably been challenging. We are also […]
JZ Capital exiting Xpress – Within the circular that covers the adoption of JZ’s proposed liquidity strategy, JZ Capital is also seeking approval for its plans to sell its entire interest in Xpress Logistics, a subsidiary of one of the portfolio companies, U.S. Logistics. The proposed sale would, in effect, be made to Capstone Logistics which is […]
John Lewis is seeking to withhold 20% of the service charge it pays shopping centre landlords, in a move that will put more pressure on several listed property companies. The BBC has reported that the department store chain has told landlords in some locations that it will withhold 20% of the service charge it is […]
In QuotedData’s other news 4 October 2019 – The Renewables Infrastructure Group raised £227.6m from an issue of shares that was “heavily oversubscribed”. It will issue 185m new shares. The money will be used to pay off its short-term debt and to finance new acquisitions. JPMorgan Indian failed to beat its benchmark (MSCI India) over the […]
Schroder Japan frustrated by short term performance over year to end July 2019 but sees value in portfolio and is prepared to raise gearing. Over the period, the NAV and share price total returns were -4.6% and -8.4%, respectively, compared with +1.0% produced by the TOPIX. The chairman said “The single largest frustration is in […]
Workspace books chunky profit on Farringdon sale – Workspace Group says that it has exchanged contracts for the disposal of 12-13 and 14 Greville Street in Farringdon for a total of GBP14.75m. The sale of the property is at a premium of 47.5% (GBP4.75m) to the 31 March 2019 valuation, a net initial yield of 1.3% […]
