Germany office space operator Sirius Real Estate has excellent year – Sirius Real Estate (SRE) is a leading operator of business parks providing conventional and flexible workspaces around Germany. The company has this morning reported annual results covering the period to 31 March 2019. Fourth successive year of double-digit shareholder returns Like-for-like annualised rent roll […]
In QuotedData’s other news 31 May 2019: Henderson European Focus delivered an NAV total return of -6.5% in the half-year period to 31 March 2019. The share price total return came in at -7.5% as European equities remained out of favour with investors. We note that Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands are the fund’s largest […]
Capital Gearing delivers 200x capital return since Peter Spiller took reins – Capital Gearing Trust’s (CGT) dual objectives are to preserve shareholders’ real wealth and generate an absolute total return over the the medium to longer term. Since 1982, when Peter Spiller, Capital Gearing Asset Management’s chief investment officer, assumed responsibility for CGT, it has been […]
In QuotedData’s other news 30 May 2019: Perpetual Income and Growth delivered an NAV total return of -0.8% over the year-ending 31 March 2019 (the benchmark All-share index’s total return for the year was +6.4%). The main source of underperformance relative to the benchmark came from the fund’s exposure to UK domestic stocks; companies that generate […]
Greencoat UK Wind raises £375m – Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), the £1.53bn market cap wind farm investor, has raised gross proceeds of £375m as part of its share issuance programme. 281,954,887 new ordinary shares will be issued, increasing total ordinary shares to 1,516,927,700. We note that as of 27 May 2019, UKW’s shares traded at […]
Hipgnosis buys Al Jackson Jr. catalogue – Following on from announcing it had bought a catalogue by Ari Levine two days ago (Hipgnosis buys catalogue from Ari Levine), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG) has grown its stable further by buying the music catalogue of Al Jackson Jr., an American drummer, producer, and songwriter. SONG describes Al Jackson Jr. as […]
China trade exposure weighs down Aberdeen Japan – Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust (AJIT) has reported a 10.2% decline in total return NAV over the year to 31 March 2019; The Topix benchmark was down 1.8% over the same period. AJIT attributed the discrepancy to a greater weightage to stocks exposed to international trade, particularly China. […]
Genmab finally sets sights on Nasdaq Denmark’s Genmab, which has the distinction of being Europe’s largest biotech by market cap (DKK71.9bn/$10.7bn) and has filed with the US SEC to raise $500m through a US IPO of American depositary shares (ADS) on Nasdaq. The move is notable both for the proposed offering’s size as well as […]
In QuotedData’s other news 29 May 2019: TriplePoint Social Housing REIT has bought 12 supported housing properties, exchanged contracts on a further three supported living properties and acquired the land and entered into forward funding arrangements to develop another three supported housing schemes, comprising 178 units in total, for an aggregate commitment of approximately £39.5m. Harbourvest Private […]
Capital Gearing Trust 50% bigger than last year – the impressive track record and tight discount control mechanism have been helping to attract new investors to Capital Gearing Trust. Coupled with NAV returns well ahead of inflation and matching those provided by UK equities, the trust grew by 46% over the year to the 5 […]
BioPharma Credit makes new loan to BioDelivery Sciences – BioPharma Credit has entered into a senior secured term loan agreement for up to US$80 million with BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI), a commercial-stage specialty pharmaceutical company with a current market capitalisation of approximately US$400 million. In addition, BioPharma Credit bought 5,000,000 BDSI shares at […]
Shires Income benefits from narrower discount – Over the year to the end of March 2019, Shires Income returned 4.0% in NAV terms and 8.0% in share price terms, as the shares moved from trading at a discount to a small premium. The All-Share Index returned 6.4%. The trust’s equity portfolio did beat the benchmark, […]
Biotech Growth extends run of poor performance – On Friday, Biotech Growth Trust published results for the year ended 31 March 2019. Its net asset value per share rose by 5.3% and the share price by 4.6%, reflecting a slight widening in the discount. The benchmark (Nasdaq Biotechnology Index) returned 13.0%. Biotech Growth Trust has now […]
In QuotedData’s other news 28 May 2019: A new fund – Riverstone Credit Opportunities : RCOI – starts trading today, having raised $100m from professional investors to lend money to energy (mainly oil and gas) companies CQS New City High Yield announced that an administrative error had led to it overstating its NAV between 25 April […]
Tritax gets planning for Kettering logistics park – Tritax Big Box REIT says that outline planning consent has been obtained for up to 2.31 million sq ft of logistics space at Symmetry Park, Kettering. This represents the second new development from the db Symmetry strategic land portfolio acquired by Big Box in February this year. The […]
Hipgnosis buys catalogue from Ari Levine – Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited has acquired a music catalogue from Ari Levine, a multi-Grammy nominated songwriter and producer, best known for his work as a member of the three-piece writing and producing group The Smeezingtons (whose members also include Bruno Mars and Philip Lawrence). Ari Levine has achieved 99 […]
General Commentary from Peter Spiller – Latest quarterly update The long experiment of persistently stimulative monetary policy conducted by the Federal Reserve looked last Autumn as though it might be ending. The dot plots suggested that short rates would rise four times while inflation forecasts were constrained. However, in December Chairman Powell capitulated as even […]
India Capital Growth (IGC) has announced that, with effect from 1 July 2019, its annual management fee will be charged at a rate of 1.25%. This is a reduction from the current rate of 1.50%. Reflecting this, the company says that its annualised ongoing charges ratio is forecast to fall to around 1.6% ,based upon […]
Secure Property Development & Investment (SPDI) has provided an updates on the sale of its non-Greek assets to Arcona Property Fund N.V. Witan Investment Trust has announced that shareholders approved its proposed five-for-one share split at the company’s Annual General Meeting on 1 May 2019. The split will take effect from 28 May 2019. BMO […]
Tritax EuroBox has announced that it has completed the fundraising that it announced on 21 May 2019, raising €135m of gross proceeds in a placing to both existing and new shareholders. The proceeds are to be used to fund both the companies investment pipeline and asset management initiatives within the existing portfolio. Placing was not […]
Odyssean Investment Trust (OIT) has announced its first set of annual results. These cover the period between 21 December 2017 (OIT’s date of Incorporation) to 31 March 2019. The reults include the following key highlights: Successful launch and IPO in May 2018, raising gross proceeds of £87.5m from a high-quality list of shareholders. Portfolio Manager […]
BMO UK High Income revamp yet to pay dividends – BMO UK High Income has released results covering the year to the end of March 2019. The NAV total return for the ordinary shares and the B shares was 3.5% compared to the total return of the benchmark of 6.0%. The share price total return for […]
GCP Infrastructure Investments discusses social housing in results announcement – GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP) has reported half-yearly results for the period ended 31 March 2019. Key numbers from the period include: Shareholder total return for the period of 4.5% (31 March 2018: -3.8%). Profit for the period of £33.6m (31 March 2018: £39.5m). Loans advanced totalling […]
LondonMetric bids for A&J Mucklow – The boards of directors of LondonMetric and Mucklow have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended offer. LondonMetric will acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Mucklow by means of a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act. For each Mucklow […]
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure interims show an 8.5% return on NAV for the six months ended 31 March 2019. Dividends of 3.23p were declared and the discount has narrowed so that, on 20 May 2019, it stood at 11.3% (still wider than it would like). Hg Capital‘s share split – ten shares in exchange […]
Hadrian’s Wall provides against biomass loans – Biomass Premium Fuels Limited (“BPFL”) and Biomass Optimum Fuels Limited (“BOFL”) acquired the assets of Arensis Energy Ltd, Entrade Energy Ltd and Arensis Energy One Ltd out of administration on 21 December 2018. Hadrian’s Wall Secured Investments financed these acquisitions and provided additional money for working capital and capex. […]
NewRiver REIT results reflect retail downturn – NewRiver REIT has published results for the year ended 31 March 2019. Highlights: EPRA NAV per share fell to 261 pence (March 2018: 292 pence), impacted by portfolio valuation decline of -6.4% EPRA earnings per share fell to 16.6p from 18.6p. Ordinary dividend per share increased by 3% to […]
Amgen takeover of Nuevolution provides rare valuation for preclin immune/inflam assets US giant Amgen has announced an agreed takeover offer of SEK1.6bn (c$167m) for Nuevolution, a Swedish biotech, in a move which puts a monetary value of a small number of orally available preclincal assets, mostly in the immune/inflamamtory space. This area has seen relatively few […]
EPE Special Opportunities expressed its sadness at the death of its chairman, Geoffrey Vero. Tiny Energiser, which sold its revenue generating investments in its previous accounting year, made a significant provision against its investment in KCR (writing down the holding by £390,000 to £1,315,000). This cut its NAV from 1.47p to 1.03p. We also have […]
Picton Property Income wants to be larger – Picton Property Income has released results for the year ended 31 March 2019. Highlights are: Increase in net assets of 2.5%, to GBP499 million, or 93p per share Total return of 6.5% Increased EPRA earnings to GBP22.9 million, or 4.3p per share Paid dividends of GBP18.9 million, or […]
