In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 August 2023: In its final set of annual results (before it is absorbed by Asia Dragon), abrdn New Dawn (ABD) returned -6.8% in NAV terms for the 12 months ended 30 April 2023, and -7.3% in share price terms, both lagging the -5.2% return generated by the benchmark MSCI AC […]
The following rebuttal to yesterday’s announcement by the board of ThomasLloyd Energy Impact has been posted on the investment adviser’s website. The Investment Manager, together with ThomasLloyd Group Limited, refute the material inaccuracies and unsubstantiated allegations contained in the announcement made by the board of directors of ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust plc on 15 August […]
Global Opportunities Trust (GOT) announced its half year report for the period ended 30 June 2023. The company’s NAV decreased by 0.2% while shares increased by 2.2% reflecting a slight narrowing of the discount to NAV which sat at 17% at the last close. During the period, the company also terminated its investment management agreement […]
A further update has been made regarding ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust (TLEI), as new information has come to light under the protections of the company’s whistleblowing policy. The update appears to reveal that ThomasLloyd Global Asset Management (the Investment Manager) was aware of material information relating to the RUMS Project by August 2022. According to […]
Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP) announced the appointment of Harry Morley as an independent non-executive director of the company, effective from 1 September 2023. Mr Morley has also been appointed a member of the Audit and Risk, Management Engagement, Nomination, and Remuneration Committees. Witan Investment Trust (WTAN) released its half year results for the period […]
Tritax EuroBox has signed two new leases across its continental European logistics portfolio, adding €1.3m of rental income. The first is the 14,150 sqm letting of Unit 1 of the speculatively developed Settimo asset in Italy to a “leading Italian logistics specialist”. The letting comes just three weeks after practical completion of the 28,300 sqm […]
ThomasLloyd Energy Impact (TLEI) has confirmed that it received a notice from certain entities and funds which hold shares in TLEI and are affiliated with ThomasLloyd Global Asset Management to requisition a general meeting within an agreed timetable. This is in addition to the general meeting announcement made on 12 July. In practice this may […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 August 2023 SEED Innovations has announced that it has made a further £216,000 investment into Clean Food Group, which offers sustainable oils and fats solutions. This investment is part of a £2.3m fundraise by Clean Food Group to accelerate its growth. This funding round will value Clean Food Group at […]
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • GCP Infrastructure / GCP Asset Backed Income / RM Infrastructure (0:40) • Nippon Active Value / Atlantis Japan Growth (13:56) • HydrogenOne Capital Growth […]
As we have noted on several occasions over the past few months, despite poor share price returns, the underlying fundamentals of the renewable energy sector remain strong, particularly for those companies benefitting from inflation-linked subsidies and exposure to wholesale power prices. In many cases, these tailwinds have more than offset the adverse impact of rising […]
For some time, the trajectory of renewable energy infrastructure trusts appeared inexorable: the march to decarbonisation was inevitable, government backing a given and the regulatory environment supportive. However, in spite of some significant financial backing for renewable energy development, global governments appear to be wavering on their commitment to net zero, and the public backlash […]
ThomasLloyd Group Limited (TLG), the manager of ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust (TLEI) has issued a statement refuting a number of allegations made by TLEI’s board in regards to TLG’s recommendation that shareholders vote for continuation in the upcoming vote. In contrast, TLEI’s board is suggesting shareholders vote against continuation. TLG, through its affiliates, is the […]
Atlantis Japan Growth (AJG) and Nippon Active Value (NAVF) have both announced this morning that their boards have agreed heads of terms for a proposed merger of the two trusts with AJG rolling over into NAVF. Similarly to the abrdn Japan (AJIT) scheme, which is already underway, the transaction would result in a larger company […]
The boards of both GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP Infrastructure) and GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI) have agreed terms for a merger of the two funds. Under the proposals, the merger will take effect via a solvent winding-up of GABI and the transfer of its assets to GCP Infrastructure in exchange for the issue of new […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 August 2023: Confirmation from RM Infrastructure Income (RMII) that its board has received a proposal from GCP Infrastructure Investments, as referred to in its announcement on 10 July 2023, regarding a potential partial combination with GCP Infrastructure. The proposal would be effected by way of a scheme of reconstruction of […]
Oakley Capital Fund V, one of the funds that make up the portfolio of Oakley Capital Investments, has agreed to acquire Flemming Dental, Excent, and Artinorway Group in a carve-out from European Dental Group, a leading pan-European oral care and services provider. In combination, these will form one of the leading dental laboratories groups in […]
Capital & Regional (CAL) is a UK focused REIT with a portfolio of in-town community shopping centres. It is buying The Gyle Shopping Centre in Edinburgh for £40m. To fund that it is using existing funds, a new debt facility of £16m, and approximately £25m of gross proceeds that it expects from a fully underwritten […]
Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust has published results for the 12 months ended 31 May 2023. The share price and NAV returned -13.8% and -2.7% respectively. This compares with a total return of 4.7% for the S&P 500 Index. There is no dividend (no net income to pay one out of). Buyback abandoned The shares moved […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 August 2023: Derwent London (DLN) says that it has signed new leases totalling £7.0m since 30 June 2023. Activity includes Moelis & Company pre-letting c.50,000 sq ft at 25 Baker Street for a term of 15 years, with a tenant break option at year 10 – the commercial element of […]
Tritax EuroBox (EBOX) has successfully exchanged contracts for the sale of its warehouse asset in Hammersbach, Germany for a price of €64.6 million to a leading pan-European real estate investment manager. The sale price is broadly in line with the valuation as at 31 March 2023. The 43,153 sqm prime logistics property in Hammersbach, Germany was acquired […]
Vietnam Enterprise Investments (VEIL) announced an update for Q2. NAV increased 4.6% over the period against a rise of 5.2% for its reference index, the Vietnam Index. In H1 2023, VEIL’s NAV increased 10.3% against a rise of 12.2% for the VNI. All in total return US dollar terms. Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) announced that it […]
The Diverse Income Trust (DIVI) released its annual results for the year ending 31 May 2023. NAV total return was -16.2% compared with a decrease in the Numis All-Share Index of -0.4%. The company paid 4.05p of ordinary dividends for the year, compared with 3.90p in the previous year, an increase of 3.8%. The share […]
Round Hill Music (RHM) announced that it has acquired the remaining share of the catalogue of music publishing rights of Big Loud Shirt Industries. The company also acquired 50% of the income streams from Craig Wiseman, the multi award-winning country music songwriter and producer who is also the founder and owner of Big Loud Shirt, […]
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has just completed its Q2 investors’ update, in advance of its forthcoming interim results. The general tone of the update is one of positivity, as HGEN’s holdings begin to deliver strong revenue growth as the trust starts to mature. HGEN generated a NAV growth of 4% year on year, and 0.4% […]
Aquila European Renewables published its end June factsheet this morning and has announced a fall in its NAV from 110.1 cents at 31 March to 104.1 cents. The main drivers of this fall were beyond its control. Chief of them was a decline in the power price assumptions which is attributed to lower commodity prices […]
Ahead of its interim results, due out next month, US Solar Fund (USF) has provided a brief update on its 6-month market outlook. In general, the USF team highlights the resilience of the portfolio over the first 6 months of 2023. USF’s discount rate remains at 4.1%, as it is based on the 20 year […]
In the second of our QD views trailing our upcoming investment companies forum, James Carthew sets the scene for our ‘future of growth investing‘ panel. At the end of 2021, most growth-focused funds were sitting at or close to all-time highs, but the start of 2022 saw a savage rotation away from growth towards value. […]
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • ThomasLloyd Energy Impact (0.38) • BioPharma Credit (6:44) Andrew McHattie spoke about Trixtax Big Box REIT & HydrogenOne (10:31). This week’s interview was with […]
Do you know your blue hydrogen from your green hydrogen? Did you know that there are over 1,000 clean hydrogen projects on the drawing board today? Or that collectively 39 countries have allocated over $70bn of funding to hydrogen projects? Did you know that before we had access to natural gas, 20% of the gas […]
MIGO Opportunities Trust (MIGO) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2023. Over the 12 month period MIGO generated a NAV total return of -9.3% and a share price total return of -10.3%. This compared to the trust’s benchmark, SONIA plus 2%, which returned 4.6%. Some notable contributors to MIGO’s performance […]
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