Investment Week has a story this morning – ‘The circle is collapsing’: How a demolished house in Lancashire uncovered Home REIT’s broken business model – that details some frankly astonishing due diligence failings at Home REIT. You may have to register to read the article but here is a link to it. [I have been […]
LXI REIT has reported its first results since its merger with Secure Income REIT, showing “material cost savings” feeding through to earnings growth. EPRA earnings per share (EPS) was up 36.1% to 8.3p (31 March 2022: 6.1p), while adjusted cash EPS was up 17.5% to 6.7p for the year (31 March 2022: 5.7p). This fully […]
Worldwide Healthcare Trust (WWH) has released its annual report for the year ended 31 March 2023. The company’s net asset value per share total return was -0.1% and the share price total return was -4.1%, underperforming the benchmark MSCI World Health Care Index measured on a net total return, sterling adjusted basis, which returned +2.5% […]
Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT) announced a £52.5m increase to its existing £62.5m multicurrency revolving credit facility bringing the total to £115m. The increase in the loan facility provides the company with additional liquidity to support further investment in high-quality infrastructure assets from PINT’s near-term investment pipeline. The loan facility is currently undrawn. abrdn Diversified Income and […]
ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust (TLEI) has provided an update to its share suspension, and the status of its Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Park (RUMS) Project which led to said suspension. This was labelled as a notice of AGM and dividend declaration announcement, which may have meant that investors missed it. The RUMS project is held […]
JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI) has released its annual report for the year ended 31 March 2023. The total return on net assets for the company’s ordinary shares was +9.9% (debt at par value) and +12.5% (debt at fair value). Both of these returns compare well with its benchmark, MSCI Europe ex UK, which […]
abrdn Japan Investment Trust (AJIT) announced annual results for the year to 31 March 2023. The company’s net asset value total return for the period was -4.4%, in sterling terms, underperforming the TOPIX Index, the company’s benchmark, gain of 2.8%. The company’s share price ended the year at 13.9% with the discount to NAV per […]
NewRiver REIT’s new strategy focused on ‘resilient retail’, mainly retail park assets with essential goods and services retail tenants, is starting to pay off with the company reporting strong operational performance in annual results to 31 March 2023. The group posted a 26% increase in underlying funds from operations (UFFO) to £25.8m, with UFFO per […]
Warehouse REIT has reported a 29.5% drop in EPRA NTA to 122.6p per share in annual results to the end of March 2023, reflecting the outward movement in yields in line with the rise in interest rates. The group’s portfolio valuation fell 18.5% to £828.8m (2022: £1,012.0m) on a like-for-like basis following a 131 basis […]
Marwyn Value Investors (MVI) announced the appointment of Will Self to the company’s board as CEO, leading the development and execution of MVI’s overall company strategy. James Corsellis, CIO commented: “We are delighted to be working with Will in his new role as CEO, alongside Mark Hodges as chairman, as the company continues in the […]
Berlin residential landlord Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL) has proposed a change to the fee structure for its property advisor, capping its annual fee at €5m. The company’s core rental business remains strong, but it had to suspend its dividend earlier this year as this was paid out of proceeds from condominium sales (which have been […]
Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR) has transferred the leases of care homes let to Silverline Group, which has not paid its rent due for the first two quarters of this year, to an affiliate of an existing tenant of the company. IHR has transferred the leases of Silverline, which let seven homes and accounted for 3.4% […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing for 5 June 2023: Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9) has announced a $100m green loan debt facility, and an update on the syndication of one of its invested companies. The $100m debt facility is being utilised by Verne Global Iceland, one of DGI9’s invested companies. Verne Global is a leading data centre […]
The recent annual results from CT UK High Income (CHI) and Edinburgh Investment Trust (EDIN) have given us the interesting opportunity to compare the views of two managers targeting the UK equity income sector. Since the pandemic lows reached towards the end of 2020, the two funds have seen a wide divergence in performance with […]
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: • TR Property (0:32) • Aquila European Renewables (10:36) Andrew McHattie provided an update on NAV and price performance during May and highlights anomalies activity […]
Chrysalis (CHRY) portfolio company The Brandtech Group has completed the acquisition of Jellyfish, a global digital media and marketing group. CHRY says that the deal creates the number one digital-only marketing group in the world with over US$1bn in revenue, over 7,000 employees, working for eight out of ten of the world’s largest advertisers, and […]
TR Property (TRY) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2023, which its chairman, David Watson (pictured), has described as “a very difficult year for the property market, for property shares and for the Company”. During the period, TRY’s NAV total return was -35.5%, which is modestly worse than its benchmark’s […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 June 2023: Apax Global Alpha (APAX) has announced that it expects to invest approximately €1.7m in Swing Education on a look-through basis, via the Apax Global Impact Fund (AGIF). APAX Partners describes Swing Education as “a pioneering online marketplace that connects schools and substitute teachers”. Founded in 2015 by former […]
AVI Global Trust’s half-year figures (covering the six months ended 31 March 2023) were unfortunately dented by March’s nervous markets. At the end of February 2023, the trust was running about 1% ahead of its MSCI AC World ex US benchmark, but by the end of March it was 5% behind. The NAV return for […]
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure says that its portfolio company, Emitel S.A. has bought American Tower Corporation’s subsidiary in Poland, ATC Polska. ATC Polska’s portfolio will comprise of 65 modern lattice towers which are leased to leading mobile network operator (MNO) tenants via inflation-linked contracts with long tenors (average 14 years remaining on tenant lease agreements). The […]
CT UK High Income Trust says that for the year ended 31 March 2023 it generated an NAV return of -0.4%, underperforming its All-Share benchmark which returned +2.9%. The return to ordinary shareholders was +0.6% and to B shareholders +2.3%. Total dividends increased by 1.1% to 5.51p, representing the tenth consecutive year of dividend/capital repayment […]
JLEN Environmental Assets says that its first grid-scale battery project, the West Gourdie 50MW lithium-ion plant, has started commercial operations. The announcement notes that battery energy storage systems are playing an increasingly important role in the energy transition and the West Gourdie plant, situated in Dundee, Scotland, will provide critical balancing support to the GB […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 June 2023: ICG Enterprise (ICGT) has agreed a new €240m multicurrency revolving credit facility with SMC International and Lloyds Bank that matures on 30 May 2027 and costs 120 basis points (bps, equal to 1.2%) upfront, 115bps on undrawn amounts and 300bps over euro or sterling interest rate benchmarks (EURIBOR […]
Odyssean Investment Trust (OIT) announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2023. NAV per share fell 2.2% while shares fell 1.2% over the 12 month period, comfortably outperforming the benchmark Numis Smaller Companies Index ex IC plus AIM Total Return Index which fell 13.4%. Shares in the company continue to trade at […]
Taylor Maritime Investments (TMI/TMIP) Limited announced the appointment of Henry Strutt as non-executive chair of the company with effect from 1 June 2023. Strutt brings extensive financial services experience from his time spent in senior positions at several financial institutions, including Robert Fleming Group of Companies, Smith & Williamson, and Harrods Bank. He also has […]
Home REIT has announced an update on its internal investigation into allegations of wrongdoing including matters raised in the Viceroy Research report. As announced on 16 February 2023, the company instructed Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations (A&M), as independent forensic accountants to conduct an investigation. A&M delivered to Home REIT a detailed report prepared […]
Jade Road Investments Limited (JADE) (formerly Adamas Finance Asia Limited) has published its final results for the year ended 31 December 2022. The company’s main focus for the year was to pivot from its legacy portfolio of Asian assets to investing in geographically diverse assets in more stable regions. The headline numbers were poor with […]
The Edinburgh Investment Trust (EDIN) announced its annual results for the period ending 31 March 2023. Net Asset Value (NAV) per share (with debt at fair value) on a total return basis increased by 7.9%, comfortably exceeding the 2.9% return on the FTSE All-Share Index. The share price total return was 8.4%. Dividends for the […]
JPMorgan China Growth & Income (JCGI) announced its half year report for the year ended 31 March 2023. During this period, JCGI delivered a total return on net assets of 7.9% (in sterling terms), compared to the benchmark return of 7.3%. This positive performance follows a challenging time for the company in the last financial […]
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: • Momentum Multi-Asset Value (0:21) • RM Infrastructure (4:09) • Home REIT (10:49) • LondonMetric/CT Property (16:14) This week’s interview was with Andy Ho & […]
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