John Laing Environmental Assets (JLEN) has announced that it has acquired the CSGH Solar Portfolio for a total consideration, including working capital, of £12.2 million from sPower Holdings (UK) Limited. The acquisition, which was effected by purchasing the entire share capital of the holding company of the CSGH Solar Portfolio, was funded by a draw-down […]
HICL Infrastructure has announced the results of its recent equity issue. The issue has raised gross proceeds of £267.7m through the issue for cash, subject to listing, of 162,246,567 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 165.0p per new ordinary share. HICL Infrastructure says that the Issue was materially oversubscribed and in light of the […]
Civitas Social Housing (CSH) has announced that it has completed the purchase of a portfolio of regulated social housing for a total consideration of £2.0 million, comprising the freehold interest in 6 supported living properties, with 12 tenancies, in Southampton. CSH says that the portfolio is immediately income generating with an initial net yield in […]
Custodian REIT has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2017. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 8.5% (2016: 6.4%) and a share price total return of 10.3% (2016: 3.5%). The company’s chairman, David Hunter, says that during the year the company invested a total of £105.0m […]
European REIT may be new vehicle for Quidnet. Quidnet said, in its most recent report and accounts, that its sale of the final property asset in the European REIT’s portfolio, La Gaude, located in Nice, France should complete shortly. The net sale proceeds to the company will be approximately EUR5.75 million, being 0.74 cents per share. Consistent with the […]
LXi REIT buys Leeds care home for £8.4m. The Board of LXi REIT has announced that the company has exchanged contracts to acquire the Priory Care Home, Leeds for GBP8.4 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.3% (net of acquisition costs to the company). The Property is fully let to Priory Elderly Care Limited […]
Highcroft Investments buys in St Austell. The company says that, through its property owning subsidiary Rodenhurst Estates Limited, it acquired, today, the freehold interest of an industrial investment near St Austell, Cornwall. The property comprises two industrial units totalling approximately 250,000 sq ft, plus a vacant site, let to Wyndeham Roche Limited on a single […]
LXi REIT has announced that it has acquired the SIG manufacturing facility at Welton, in a sale and leaseback transaction, for a purchase price for the Property is £9.3 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 7.0% (net of acquisition costs to the Company). The acquisition is being funded from equity resources, with senior debt […]
Personal Assets Trust (PNL) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2017. Over the year to 30 April 2017, PNL’s net asset value per share rose by 8.6%, which it says compares to a rise of 15.8% in the FTSE All-Share Index. PNL’s share price rose by £32.90 (8.8%) during the year […]
Custodian REIT has announced amendments to the terms of its Investment Management Agreement (IMA) with its fund manager, Custodian Capital Limited (a subsidiary of Mattioli Woods plc). The amendments follow the expiry of the IMA’s initial three year term. Custodian REIT says that, in light of the positive performance of the Company since admission to […]
DW Catalyst to wind up – the company has announced that, following the passing of the discount trigger resolution earlier this year, which will result in approximately 58 per cent of the company’s shares being redeemed, the company has discussed its future with its investment manager, DW Partners, LP, and obtained the views of shareholders […]
Perpetual Income & Growth (PLI) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2017. During the period, it provided an NAV total return of 9.6%. It’s chairman, Bill Alexander (pictured), says that Although this is satisfying in absolute terms, it is less so when compared with the 22.0% return posted by the […]
John Laing Infrastructure to light up Croydon and Lewisham – JLIF, the FTSE 250 listed infrastructure investment company, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 50% interest in the Croydon and Lewisham Street Lighting project from John Laing Investments Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of John Laing Group plc (“John Laing”)). The 25-year […]
NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE) has announced two corporate updates. The first is that it expects its A shares to join the FTSE All-Share Index and FTSE Small-cap Index, and secondly, it has completed of the redemption of its 2017 Zero Dividend Preference (“ZDP”) Shares. Inclusion in the FTSE UK Index Series On 31 May […]
HgCapital has announced the sale of Parts Alliance a UK automotive aftermarket parts distributor, to Uni-Select Inc., a listed Canadian distributor of automotive refinish and industrial paint products and aftermarket parts for a transaction value of GBP205 million. Hg Capital Trust will realise cash proceeds of approximately GBP21.3 million on completion of this transaction. This represents […]
The board of directors of Prospect Co., Ltd. (“Prospect”) and the independent directors of The Prospect Japan Fund Limited have announced that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended share for share exchange offer to be made by Prospect Co. for the entire issued and to be issued share capital Prospect Japan […]
Derwent London has announced that it has let the top two floors of the tower at White Collar Factory EC1 (pictured) to Box.com, the cloud content management company. The initial rent is £2.1m per annum or £75 per square foot, which is above December 2016 ERV. Derwent London says that Box.com will occupy 28,500 square […]
Shires Income had a better year over the year to the end of March 2017 net asset value per share increased by 24.5% on a total return basis, compared to a total return from its benchmark of 22.0% (last year the figures were -7.0% and -3.9% respectively). The revenue return for the year was 13.08p per […]
LondonMetric Property buys three urban logistics warehouses as it announces results for year to 31 March 2017 that show NAV up 1.4%. LondonMetric Property buys three urban logistics warehouses LondonMetric Property has bought three separate urban logistic warehouses in Crawley, Coventry and Huyton for GBP23.9 million. The purchase price reflects a blended yield of 6.0% […]
Aberdeen Japan held back by currency hedge as the Yen soared by 16% against Sterling following the Brexit vote. On a total returns basis, the net asset value returned 20.5%, underperforming the benchmark by 12.5%. The hedge accounted for 7.0% of this underperformance. The share price’s total return was 23.5% and the discount to NAV per Ordinary […]
Lowland chops management fee as its interims show the fund outperforming its benchmark. In Lowland’s current management agreement the management fee is charged at 0.5% per annum. This rate will continue to apply to the first GBP375m of net chargeable assets but, with effect from 1 July 2017, a reduced management fee of 0.4% per annum on assets above […]
Manager bids for Dragon Ukrainian Properties – Dragon Capital Investments Limited, part of the Dragon Capital Group, the Ukrainian investment and financial services group, announced that on 29 May 2017 it purchased 11,687,200 ordinary shares in Dragon-Ukrainian Properties and Development Plc amounting to approximately 10.69 per cent of the issued share capital of Dragon-Ukrainian Properties […]
SQN Secured Income appoints managing director – Dawn Kendall has been appointed as managing director of SQN Asset Management Ltd, the UK Manager of the SQN Secured Income Fund PLC. Dawn joins SQN from TwentyFour Asset Management where she was a partner, portfolio manager and a member of the executive committee. She started her career […]
JPMorgan Global Convertible sets 2% discount target as it seeks to address its discount problem. JPMorgan Global Convertibles Income Fund Limited provides investors with exposure to a globally diversified portfolio of convertible bonds and the portfolio has been constructed to deliver an attractive level of yield with the potential for some capital growth. Since IPO […]
Edinburgh Investment Trust held back by lack mining exposure, HSBC and Royal Dutch Shell. While the UK market returned 22%, for the year ended 31 March 2017, Edinburgh Investment Trust’s net asset value total return was +14.4% and the share price total return (with dividends reinvested) was +11.2%. The share price ended the year at 713.5p, an increase […]
Witan drops two managers to up active share – Following a review of its five managers with a global equity remit, Witan has decided to consolidate the previous five portfolios into three, under the management of three of its existing managers. Lansdowne Partners (UK) LLP, Pzena Investment Management and Veritas Asset Management will each manage […]
Honeycomb Investment Trust (HONY) has published a prospectus in relation to a share issuance programme of up to 40 million new Ordinary Shares and/or C Shares, including a first placing of Ordinary Shares. The Company says that it has fully deployed the net proceeds of the IPO placing and the placings of Ordinary Shares undertaken […]
VPC Specialty Lending (VSL) has announced that it has agreed with its Investment Manager, Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC to introduce of a performance hurdle in respect of the performance fees payable to the Investment Manager. With effect from 1 May 2017, the payment of any performance fees to the Investment Manager will be conditional […]
Oakley Capital Investments (OCIL) has announced that Oakley Capital Private Equity III (Fund III) has now completed the acquisition of a majority stake in TechInsights, which it describes as a global leader in the intellectual property and technology services market. Fund III has invested US$49.7 million in the business. OCIL’s indirect contribution through its interest […]
Hadrian’s Wall Secured Investments (HWSL) has announced the results of C Share Placing and Offer for Subscription, through which it has raised £45.2m. HWSL says that, in total, applications were accepted in respect of 45,194,862 C Shares, comprising 40,456,862 C Shares under the Initial Placing and 4,738,000 C Shares under the Initial Offer for Subscription. […]
