CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities has announced that its investment manager, Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd, is subject to enquiries, by the US and Bermuda governments, into loss reserves recorded in late 2017 and early 2018. This includes its subsidiaries Markel CATCo Reinsurance Fund Ltd and Markel CATCo Re Ltd Markel CATCo Reinsurance Fund Ltd is the […]

Civitas issues update on Westmoreland – Following the publication of the recent investment adviser’s update commentary on 30 November 2018 (which we referred to in our article), Civitas Social Housing is now providing shareholders with a further update with respect to Westmoreland. Update on Westmoreland As at today’s date, 5 December 2018, Westmoreland represents 22.6% of […]

Riverstone sells Sierrra oil and Gas – Riverstone Holdings LLC, the manager of Riverstone Energy Limited, has announced that it has agreed to the sale of 100% of its membership interests in Sierra Oil & Gas, an oil and gas company focused on Mexico’s offshore Sureste Basin to DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG, an international independent exploration […]

Majedie fails to match benchmarks, discount widens – Majedie Investments says that, for the year ended 30 September 2018, its NAV return was 2.7% and the return to shareholders was 2.1%. By contrast, the All Share Index and MSCI World Index (in sterling terms) rose by 5.9% and 12.9% respectively. The dividend has been increased from […]

Tritax Big Box issues £400m loan notes – Tritax Big Box REIT has signed an agreement with a number of new institutional investors for a private placement of £400 million new senior unsecured loan notes. The loan notes comprise two tranches with a weighted average coupon of the fixed rate notes equating to 2.91 per cent. […]

Highcroft sells Southampton warehouse – Highcroft Investments has announced the sale of its long leasehold interest in a property on the Nursling Industrial Estate, Southampton. The property comprises a warehouse unit of 25,300 sq ft, on a 1.45 acre site. It is occupied by Metabo (UK) Ltd on a lease expiring in September 2020 producing an […]

Westmoreland rated V3G3 but Triple Point says impact minimal – Triple Point Social Housing REIT has made an announcement following the Regulatory Judgement published today by the Regulator of Social Housing in relation to Westmoreland Supported Housing Association. Westmoreland, a registered provider focused on the supported housing sector, has 1,379 social housing units under management and […]

Ecofin’s manager acquired by Tortoise – Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust says its investment manager, Ecofin Limited, has been bought by Tortoise Investments, LLC. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Tortoise Investments, based in Kansas City, owns a family of investment management firms which manage approximately US$20 billion including five New York Stock Exchange […]

Schroder European Real Estate (SERE) has announced its final results for the year ended 30 September 2018. SERE’s Chairman, Sir Julian Berney Bt., has described it as “another strong year that has seen SEREIT delivering growth in both net asset value and income”. He says that this was chiefly underpinned by the profitable disposal of […]

Along with the notice of its AGM, El Oro has published details of a new proposed rollover into JPMorgan Elect that the board is exploring as an alternative to a liquidation of the Company. The board says that their proposal offers a real choice to shareholders of either cashing out or rolling over into a […]

Odyssean beats Index since IPO– Odyssean Investment Trust plc (OIT) has had a good year so far since its IPO on 1 May 2018. The trust raised £87.46 million at its IPO and it has beaten the benchmark since IPO. The benchmark, which is the Numis Smaller Companies ex-Investment Trust plus AIM, has had a […]

Impact Healthcare will have no further fundraising in 2018- Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR) will not have any further fundraising in 2018 after they have decided that they no longer wish to acquire a portfolio of UK care homes consisting (announced of 24 October 2018) of 2,500 beds. The company has not announced why they no […]

PRS REIT has acquired development site – PRS REIT (PRSR) has announced today that they have purchased four new development sites. Two of the sites will be acquired immediately and, for the other two, PRS has entered into a forward funding arrangement. The four acquisitions combined represent a total of 464 new family rental homes […]

Possible takeover of Intu is withdrawn- Intu Properties (INTU) has announced that the consortium of Peel Group, the Olayan Group and Brookfield Property Group have decided that given the current macroeconomic conditions and the potential near term volatility across markets the offer has been withdrawn. Intu’s shares have dropped by 40% over the course of […]

European Investment Trust underperforms compared to Index–  European Investment Trust plc (EUT) NAV total return for the year was -2.1% compared to the FTSE All-World Europe ex UK Index whose NAV for the year was 2.4%. Last year’s NAV was 29.9% which beat the benchmark last year by 7.3%. The share price discount to NAV […]

Ranger Direct proposes a share buy back-  Ranger Direct Lending Fund plc (RDL)  has announced today that they have made a proposal to the zero dividend preference share holders about a potential buy back of shares. They are seeking an agreement that will address both the needs of ZDP share holders and the share holders […]

BB Healthcare announces result of issue- BB Healthcare Trust plc (BBH) announced today that they have successfully raised gross proceeds of approximately £46.3 million from an initial placing, offer for subscription and intermediaries offer of ordinary shares. The net proceeds of the initial issue are approximately £45.4 million. They raised the money through the issue […]

Funding Circle gets backing from British Business Bank- Funding Circle SME Income Fund Limited (FCIF) has announced today that they have backing from the British Business Bank. British Business Bank will provide £150 million of funding via a senior, floating rate, loan. The loan will be used by Funding Circle to fund loans with small […]

Hipgnosis buys stake in Bernard Edwards catalogue- Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited (SONG) has announced today that they have purchased a stake in the music catalogue of Bernard Edwards. They have not released how much their 37.5% stake was purchased for. Bernard Edwards is widely known for his partnership with Nile Rodgers, together they founded CHIC […]

Foresight Solar acquires 11 solar assets- Foresight Solar Fund Limited has announced today that they have acquired 11 operational solar assets which have a total combined capacity of 80.9 MW. They have purchased these assets for £33.1 million, including economic benefit of all cashflow from 1 April 2018. As previously reported on, Foresight is using […]

BlackRock Frontier announces result of rollover- BlackRock Frontier Markets (BRFI) has announced today the results of the C share issue from BlackRock Emerging Europe plc (BEEP) windup (read more here). BlackRock Frontier will be issuing C shares for 100 pence per C share in exchange for the transfer to it of cash, cash equivalent and […]

Volatility hinders returns at Keystone – Keystone Investment Trust (KIT) posted a NAV return of 0.0% for the year ended 30 September 2018, compared to last year’s NAV return of +7.8%. Share price total return for the year was also down compared to 2017 (share price total return for 2018 was 0.8% and 2017 was […]

Shaftesbury resilient to Brexit slowdown – Shaftesbury PLC owns a 15-acre portfolio in the heart of London’s West End. It says “The West End’s global appeal and resilient, broad-based economy provide considerable insulation from headwinds affecting the national economy and consumer confidence“. For the year ended 30 September 2018, it reports: EPRA NAV of GBP9.91 (2017: […]

Phoenix Spree Deutschland agrees lower management fees – Phoenix Spree Deutschland Limited has entered into a new property advisory and investor relations agreement with PMM Residential Limited. The new agreement replaces the existing property advisory agreement. It will reduce future management fees and result in significant cost savings: Based on the EPRA NAV as at 30 June […]

Tritax Big Box confirms Littlebrook planning approval – Tritax Big Box REIT owns 114 acres of prime London development land at Littlebrook, Dartford, within the M25, which was acquired in July 2017. It has successfully secured planning permission from Dartford Borough Council for the proposed development of a 450,240 sq ft cross-docked logistics facility with […]

Foresight Solar’s Australian subcontractor in administration – RCR Tomlinson Limited was contracted by Foresight Solar to provide Engineering Procurement and Construction (“EPC”) and Operations and Maintenance (“O&M”) services to its Longreach and Oakey 1 assets, both located in Queensland, Australia. RCR Tomlinson made an announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange on 22 November 2018 which said that administrators […]

Troy Income and Growth lags benchmark – Troy Income and Growth reports an NAV total return of +4.3% and a share price total return of +4.5% for the year ended 30 September 2016, lagging the All-Share Index, which returned +5.9%. Dividends for the year totalled 2.665p, a 4.1% increase on the prior year. The company shrank a […]