Hammerson has announced that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of Westwood and Westwood Gateway Retail Parks, Thanet, to clients of BMO Real Estate Partners for £80 million. The sale price represents a net initial yield of 6.5% and is slightly below December 2016 book value. The retail parks, covering a total of 24,900 […]

UK Mortgages Limited (UKML) and TwentyFour Asset Management LLP (TwentyFour) have announced the mandate for Oat Hill No.1 PLC, a public securitisation of Buy-to-Let mortgages originated by Capital Home Loans, purchased in February 2017 by UK Mortgages. TwentyFour, the appointed Portfolio Advisor, has mandated BofAML as Arranger and BofAML and NatWest Markets as Joint Lead […]

As TR Property announces its full year results for the year ended 31 March 2017,  Hugh Seaborn, its chairman, commented: “I’m pleased to report another solid year of performance from the Trust. The Board are particularly pleased to announce  a final dividend of 6.4p which brings the full year dividend to 10.5p, a 25.7% increase on […]

River & Mercantile Micro Cap is handing back cash as assets hit £117m. On 16 January 2017, the Board reminded shareholders that, were the company’s net asset value to grow in excess of GBP100m, the directors intended to operate a redemption mechanism under which a portion of share capital may be redeemed compulsorily so as […]

 Alpha Real gets planning for its Monk Bridge site in Leeds. Planning has been obtained at the monthly planning committee for Leeds City Council in respect of the Company’s Private Rented Sector (“PRS”) development site at Monk Bridge in central Leeds. Detailed planning was obtained for 307 PRS flats in three buildings over 180,049 square feet […]

Syncona up on drug approval – on Wednesday 23 May, Syncona announced that Blue Earth Diagnostics had received confirmation of approval of its product AxuminT (fluciclovine (18F)) (“Axumin”) by the European Commission. This follows the announcement on 24 March 2017 that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use had made a positive recommendation for […]

Caledonia’s net asset value per share total return was 18.0% for the year ended 31 March 2017, following 2.6% for the previous year. All four of its investment pools produced double digit returns. Investment income for the year was GBP47.3m, a fall of GBP3.4m compared with the unusually high level of the previous year. Additionally, following […]

HICL Infrastructure forecasts dividends out to 2019 as it announces results for the year ended 31 March 2017. Highlights for the year ended 31 March 2017 Portfolio performance exceeded expectations during the year NAV per share as at 31 March 2017 of 149.0p, up 4.8% from 142.2p as at 31 March 2016 Total shareholder return […]

Great Portland Estates results for the year to 31 March 2017 have been released and, while NAV fell, earnings were up. The chief executive acknowledges the short-term challenges facing the capital but says that, in the long-term, London is one of only a handful of truly global cities. Valuation lower – driven by yield expansion in […]

Apax Global Alpha, a fund in the AIC’s private equity sector, has made a number of announcements this morning. Apax Global Alpha commits to Digital Fund It is committing US$50m to a new fund, Apax Digital Fund.  The Apax Digital platform will aim to pursue a balanced portfolio of growth buyout and growth equity investments in technology companies globally. […]

Epiris has announced that Electra has sold Pine Unit Trust as part of a wider transaction that saw Epiris raise £95m. PINE Unit Trust is a freehold investment property portfolio focused on the UK education sector. Epiris has sold this to the Universities Superannuation Scheme for GBP95 million. Electra Private Equity has received proceeds of GBP50 million […]

Schroder European Real Estate, which sits in the AIC’s European property sector, announced its interim results this morning and, yesterday, it announced that it had bought a shopping centre. Schroder European Real Estate buys Seville shopping centre Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust (SERE) has completed the purchase of the Metromar shopping centre in Seville, Southern […]

MedicX Fund,  has announced its fourth acquisition in Ireland having contracted to acquire, by way of forward funding, a new primary healthcare medical centre in Tallaght, Dublin 24. This is the second scheme being developed under the Framework Agreement with Feasible Developments and the property is due to be completed in December 2017. Upon completion, the […]

P2P Global manager merging with Pollen Street Capital – MW Eaglewood is to be absorbed by Pollen Street Capital. Following an extensive process, P2P Global says it has concluded its review of its investment management arrangements. A joint proposal was submitted by the existing investment manager, MW Eaglewood Europe LLP, and Pollen Street Capital Limited […]

Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth (ADIG) the reincarnation of BlackRock Income Strategies, is now up and running. As yet, although the discount has narrowed a little since launch (currently 7%), there appears to be some way to go before ADIG is ranked alongside competitors such as Personal Assets (PNL), Ruffer (RICA) and Seneca Global Income […]

The Board of Genesis Emerging Markets informs shareholders that, following discussion with Genesis Asset Managers, LLP, there is to be a reduction in the management fee the Manager is entitled to receive from the Fund. The new management fee will be 0.95% per annum, which is charged on the Net Asset Value of the Fund. […]

North Atlantic Smaller Companies (NAS) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 January 2017. During the period under review, the fully diluted net asset value per share rose by 8.1% to an all time high of 2,968p. This is markedly below the rise in the sterling adjusted Standard & Poor’s Composite Index, […]

Civitas Social Housing (CSH) has announced that it has completed the purchase of a portfolio of regulated social housing for a total consideration of £6.0 million, comprising the freehold interest in supported living properties, with 52 tenancies, in North East England. The acquisition was funded using the company’s existing cash resources. CSH says that the […]

HICL Infrastructure has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 36.6% equity interest in the various entities that comprise the Affinity Water Group, including the regulated entity, Affinity Water Limited. HICL is part of a consortium, alongside DIF Infrastructure and Allianz Capital Partners on behalf of Allianz Group, which has agreed to acquire […]

CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities has announced that, in the light of the Company’s total return performance in 2016 and year to date 2017, its Board of Directors has revised the Company’s dividend target from the current level of 5 pence / 5 Euro-cents per ordinary share, to target a dividend of 5.5 pence / […]

McKay Securities has announced its full-year results for the year ended 31 March 2017. The company describes the year as being one of, “Strong performance, delivering record rental income and portfolio value”. The company’s summary of the year’s highlights are as follows: Financial Highlights Adjusted profit before tax up 8.3% to £8.60 million (31 March […]

John Laing Environmental Assets (JLEN) has announced that, further to the acquisition of the Moel Moelogan 2 wind farm (made of the on 20 April 2017), it has made a follow-on acquisition of the Moel Moelogan 1 wind farm (pictured) for a total cash consideration of £3.0m, including working capital and the repayment of a […]

Northern Investors is proposing to return a further £6.4 million to Shareholders, representing 257.5 pence for each Ordinary Share currently in issue, utilising the B Share Scheme that was approved by Shareholders on 19 January 2017. The company says that, under its proposals, Shareholders will receive 5.15 B Shares for each Ordinary Share held by […]

RM Secured Direct Lending (RMDL), which listed on the London Stock Exchange on 15 December 2016, has announced the results of its recent placing. The company says that it has received commitments from investors subscribing for a total of £7.1 million (before costs and expenses) via the Placing and that, accordingly, an aggregate of 7,000,000 […]

As per its announcement on 27 April 2017, Aberforth Geared Income Trust (AGIT) has reached agreement with Aberforth Split Level Income Trust plc (ASLIT) on the terms of the reconstruction and winding up of AGIT, under which ASLIT will act as a rollover option for investors in AGIT. AGIT has published a circular in respect […]

Alpha Real Trust today announces that it has agreed to sell a 70% equity interest in the H2O shopping centre in Madrid (“H2O”) to CBRE European Co-Investment Fund, managed by CBRE Global Investors. The sale is at a 4.8% premium to the latest published valuation of the shopping centre, as at 30 September 2016. The […]

Safestore Holdings has announced that it has refinanced its US Private Placement Notes on ‘improved terms’ and has agreed an amendment and extension of its existing bank facilities to extend the average maturity and lower the cost of the Group’s debt financing. Under the refinancing, the existing $65.6m 5.83%1 2019 US Private Placement Notes and […]

David Hardy to take up the reins at John Laing Infrastructure Fund John Laing Environmental Assets (JLEN) has announced that David Hardy is transferring within John Laing Capital Management (JLCM) to take on the role as investment adviser to John Laing Infrastructure Fund (JLIF). David Hardy has been involved in leading the management of JLEN […]

For the year ended 31 March 2017, Land Securities’ NAV slipped as it said that its markets are pausing for breath. The chairman says that “In the London office market, we expected the occupational balance to shift from demand to supply during the course of 2017. The Brexit vote brought that inflexion point forward“…”Over the […]