Greencoat Renewables buys Ballybane Wind Farm – Greencoat Renewables has announced the acquisition of Ballybane, a 48.3MW wind farm situated in County Cork. The wind farm was acquired from an independent local developer for a total consideration of €61.3m. This brings Greencoat Renewables’ portfolio of operational wind farms to 251MW capacity. Ballybane wind farm consists of 21 […]

Residential Secure Income buys shared ownership portfolio – Residential Secure Income has exchanged contracts to acquire 34 new build homes located in the London Borough of Barnet, which it intends, using government grant funding, to convert into shared ownership homes. It says that it has plans to make similar deals in future, making use of government grant […]

SEGRO sells Belgian warehouses to Tritax EuroBox – SEGRO, in its role as venture adviser to the SEGRO European Logistics Partnership joint venture, has sold four big box warehouses and adjacent development land in Belgium to Tritax EuroBox. The partnership has received net proceeds of €83.4m (SEGRO owns 50 per cent of the partnership so its share […]

International Public Partnerships invests in ultrafast digital network – International Public Partnerships will invest up to around £9.9m into Nextgenaccess Ltd, a developer of ultrafast wholesale and custom fibre infrastructure. The Nextgenaccess investment falls within the framework of International Public Partnerships’s already announced overall commitment of up to GBP45 million to digital infrastructure via the National Digital […]

Aberdeen Latin American misses out on Petrobras recovery – Aberdeen Latin American Income has published results to the end of August 2018. The NAV retreated by 18.8% in sterling terms, lagging its benchmark’s loss of 10.9%. The share price return was -18.5%. The chairman’s statement lays the blame for the falling benchmark on “the liquidity squeeze on the […]

BlackRock Greater Europe has a great year – BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust has announced results for the year ended 31 August 2018. The NAV increased by 11.8%, well ahead of a rise of 1.4% in the World Europe ex UK Index. The share price rose by 12.5% over the same period. The revenue return per share amounted to 5.95p per […]

RDI REIT cuts cost ratio to boost earnings – RDI REIT has announced results for the year ended 31 August 2018. Highlights include: EPRA NAV per share increased 3.4% to 42.8 pence Underlying earnings per share of 2.84 pence, an increase of 3.3% Net rental income increased 2.1% on a like-for-like basis EPRA cost ratio (excluding direct […]

Triple Point Social Housing invests in another 87 units – Triple Point Social Housing REIT  has completed the acquisition of ten supported housing properties, acquired the land and entered into forward funding arrangements to develop another supported housing scheme and exchanged contracts on one further supported housing property, comprising 87 units in total, for an aggregate commitment […]

JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income held back by discount widening – For the year ended 31st July 2018, JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income recorded a total return on net assets of +6.6%. This compares with a return on the benchmark index, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index with net dividends reinvested (in sterling), of +4.9%. The total return to […]

Vietnam Opportunity makes fee changes – VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited has released its annual report for the year ended 30 June 2018. In the year to 30 June 2018, the NAV per share increased in US dollar terms by 13.7% to $5.38, while the share price rose by 12.6% to $4.30, from the same date a year ago. […]

Warehouse REIT buys Widnes Amazon warehouse – Warehouse REIT has exchanged contracts for the acquisition of a warehouse in Widnes, Cheshire for£2.765m, reflecting a net initial yield of 7.3%. The asset is fully let to Amazon UK Services Ltd on a newly agreed five-year lease to serve the online retailer’s last mile distribution requirements across the surrounding […]

LXi REIT deploys £109m – LXi REIT recently raised £175m from investors and today it has announced five deals that will deploy £109m of this. The company says it is in solicitors’ hands on further acquisitions which will fully deploy the balance in the next few weeks. Further acquisition announcements will be made shortly. BCA logistics facility, […]

UK Commercial Property sells Barclays Bank in Exeter – UK Commercial Property REIT Limited has sold a retail asset, 16-20 High Street, in Exeter, to a UK pension fund for £23.5m. The price is in line with book value and reflects a net initial yield of 4.75%. The sale follows the completion of the REIT’s asset management […]

Caledonia selling Choice Care Group – Caledonia Investments is selling Choice Care Group, a provider of residential and supported living services for people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions, to iCON Infrastructure Partners, IV L.P., a fund advised by iCON Infrastructure LLP, an independent infrastructure investment group with approximately EUR2.5bn of assets under management. Choice was […]

NextEnergy Solar Fund says no fee on preference share cash – NextEnergy Solar Fund is in the process of issuing preference shares – a story we reported on 16 October. NextEnergy Capital IM Limited has now agreed to waive a proportion of the investment management fee due to it, so that no investment management fee is payable by […]

JPMorgan American cuts gearing – JPMorgan American‘s gearing policy is to operate within a range of 5% net cash to 20% geared in normal market conditions, with a strategic (i.e. long-term target) level of gearing being set at 10% plus or minus 2% (i.e. a range of 8% to 12%). On 8 June 2018, the fund […]

Interactive Investor buys Alliance Trust Savings – Alliance Trust has agreed the sale of its subsidiary company Alliance Trust Savings (ATS) to Interactive Investor, the UK’s second largest investment platform. Lord Smith of Kelvin, Alliance Trust’s chairman, commented: “The board is pleased to announce the sale of ATS to Interactive Investor. The two businesses are highly complementary […]

CATCo warns on hurricane Michael and Typhoon Jebi – Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd, CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities‘ investment manager, says that the unaudited net asset value of the company’s ordinary Shares and C shares was $0.7174 and $1.1287 respectively, as at the close of business on 30 September 2018. Both sets of shareholders are exposed to potential […]

intu properties receives a new possible offer. intu properties (INTU) has issued a statement after it has received a possible offer from a consortium of parties interested in acquiring it.  Reciept of a possible offer On 4 October 2018 the consortium comprising the Peel Group, the Olayan Group and Brookfield Property Group  (together the “consortium”) announced that they were in […]

New investment trust Smithson raises £822m –  Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), a newly established investment trust has successfully raised a total of £822.5 million as a result of its IPO. It is believed to be the largest recorded UK-listed investment trust launch. Smithson announces successful capital raising Applications have been received under the Initial Issue for 82,250,956 Ordinary […]

Schroder Income Growth announces lower management fee – Schroder Income Growth Fund (SCF) has announced that new fee arrangements have been agreed with the company’s investment manager Schroder Investment Management (SDR.LN) The new arrangements is effective from 1 September 2018. The previous fee structure The previous arrangement was a flat fee of 0.75% per annum on the value of the […]

Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies held back by domestic companies in Philippines Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies (SST) has released its results for the twelve months to 31st August 2018 Total Return Performance for the year ended 31 August 2018 (audited) Net Asset Value (2.4)% MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index (£) 2.2% Share Price (3.3)% MSCI AC […]

3i Infrastructure moves tax residence to the UK –  following the introduction of the BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) tax rules, and in order to mitigate the risk of tax leakage for the company, the board of 3i Infrastructure (3IN) announced its intention to move the tax domicile and management of the company to the UK with effect […]

JPMorgan Smaller Companies’ second consecutive year of outperformance – Shareholders of  JPMorgan Smaller Companies (JMI) enjoyed very strong returns in the financial year to 31st July 2018 The company delivered outperformance against the benchmark, combined with a tightening of the discount to net asset value. Michael Quicke OBE, the chairman noted in his statement that this is the […]

NextEnergy Solar issues preference shares – NextEnergy Solar fund (NESF) has announced that it has entered into a conditional subscription agreement with AIP Solco Limited, who have agreed to subscribe  to new non-voting Preference Shares of NextEnergy Solar. AIP Solco Limited AIP Solco Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of AIP Infrastructure LP, an investment vehicle backed by three BAE Systems […]

Ranger Direct Lending releases information on Princeton bankruptcy –  As previously announced by Rangers Direct Lending (RDL) , and reported by us in previous news posts (click here to view more) one of the company’s holdings, Princeton is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US.  Ranger is currently in process of forming a reorganisation plan for submission […]

Regulator looking into Westmoreland Supported Housing – The Regulator of Social Housing has published a new grading under review notice – this time on Westmoreland Supported Housing, a leading registered provider in the portfolios of Civitas Social Housing and Triple Point Social Housing REIT. The notice says “The Regulator of Social Housing reports that Westmoreland Supported Housing Limited […]

Caledonia acquires Deep Sea Electronics – Caledonia Investments (CLDN) has announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Deep Sea Electronics Ltd (DSE)  The transaction values DSE at £162.0m. About DSE DSE is a UK based designer and manufacturer of controllers for diesel-powered electricity generators and intelligent battery chargers and is described in the announcement as world leading in this […]

JPMorgan Emerging Markets benefits from “simple, consistent and patient” approach –  the annual statement for year ending 30th June 2018 for JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG) has been published. Performance The company reported a positive year with the total return to shareholders of +7.0% NAV return of  +8.3%. The company’s benchmark index , the MSCI Emerging Markets Index returned +6.5%  (TR in sterling terms) Both asset allocation and stock selection were […]