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02 Sep 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 September 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 September 2020: Temple Bar (TMPL) briefed that as per their announcements on 20 April and 9 June 2020, the board has instigated a review of the management arrangements. They anticipate that this review will be completed shortly, and the publication of the interim results has been delayed in order to […]

01 Sep 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 September 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 September 2020: CIP Merchant Capital has sold its interest in Circassia Group, a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on respiratory diseases and quoted on AIM, for approximately £3.9m, resulting in a net profit of £1.1m. Circassia is the first investment that CIP Merchant Capital has sold. It made a 1.4 times cash on […]

01 Sep 2020

Urban Logistics back for more money

Urban Logistics back for more money – In March 2020 Urban Logistics REIT completed a £136m equity raise, followed by arranging a £151m debt facility (at a reduced all in cost of c.2.66%) replacing the £76m facility previously in place. Since March 2020, Urban Logistics has completed nine acquisitions for a total consideration of £145.7m (6.0% […]

28 Aug 2020

Working from home or back to work?

The debate around the future of the office continues to rage. It was reported today that the government is likely to set about on a campaign to get people back to the office. If the economy is going to bounce back quickly, cities like London, Manchester and Birmingham buzzing with office workers will certainly help. […]

28 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 August 2020: Invesco Asia (IAT) announced two measures aimed at meeting its 10% discount target. Chairman, Neil Rogan, says that they are being introduced to spark new demand for the company. Conditional tender offer: subject to approval by shareholders, the board intends to introduce a performance-related conditional tender offer. Under the […]

27 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 August 2020

It has been a quiet morning so far. In QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 August 2020: NB Distressed Debt (NBDD) reported interim results to 30 June 2020, with the main point of focus being the ongoing wind up of the company’s three share classes: Ordinary; Extended Life; and New Global. Chairman, John Hallam, noted: “the Ordinary class […]

26 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 August 2020: Hedge fund company, BH Macro (BHMG), which invests all of its assets in the Brevan Howard Master Fund, is having a strong 2020 with its shares up over 30%. This morning, it reported interim results, covering the period to 30 June 2020. NAV in the Sterling share class increased by […]

25 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 August 2020: Princess Private Equity says that its manager, Partners Group, has agreed the sale of its majority equity stake in PCI Pharma Services to private equity firm Kohlberg & Company and Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company. Princess, alongside other Partners Group-managed funds, will retain a meaningful minority equity […]

24 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 August 2020: Schroder AsiaPacific (SOI) announced that Matthew Dobbs will retire from fund management in 2021. In accordance with a succession plan agreed with the board, he will hand over responsibility to Richard Sennitt as manager and Abbas Barkhordar as assistant manager. Robin Parbrook, who has extensive Asian investment management […]

21 Aug 2020

An unlikely saviour of shopping centres

The conundrum of what to do with the vast amount of vacant space in shopping centres has been staring landlords in the face for years. The solution has been mulled over countless times by the biggest landlords, but a deal to convert space left over by ailing department stores into logistics space has yet to […]

21 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 August 2020: JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC) reported interim results to 30 June 2020, with the total NAV return coming in at (4.9%). The benchmark Russell 2000 index delivered (6.8%) over the same period, in sterling terms. Small-cap shares have underperformed the tech-led led large-cap rally in US markets since March. […]

20 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 August 2020: Great Portland Estates is issuing £150m of new unsecured US private placement notes. The Sterling denominated notes cover 12 year and 15 year maturities (weighted average of 14.5 years) and have a weighted average fixed rate coupon of 2.77%. The new issue priced on 5 August and, subject to […]

19 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 August 2020 BBGI SICAV (BBGI), the global infrastructure fund, has completed the acquisition of a further 50% equity position in the Kelowna and Vernon Hospitals PPP Project, located in British Columbia. Though no purchase price was disclosed for contractual reasons, BBGI said it was less than £15m. We also have interim […]

18 Aug 2020

Grit Real Estate collects 85.4% of rents

Grit Real Estate Income Group has released an update on rent collection figures for the period March to July 2020, for which 85.4% of rent has been received. The pan-African real estate investor said the figure includes pre-paid rent that was collected in the period – 77.4% without it. Short-term concessions amounted to 7.9% of […]

18 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 August 2020: Acorn Income declared a third interim dividend of 5.75p – in line with previous quarters – but its revenue reserves are running down as it uses these to top up income lost to dividend cuts by companies in its portfolio. Revenue reserves at 30 June were 14.6p, having been […]

14 Aug 2020

University challenge may come good

On the same morning that the farcical A-level results were announced this week, student accommodation specialist Empiric Student Property released half-year numbers that revealed bookings for the upcoming academic year was at 65%, compared to 85% at the same period last year. On first look that does seem a startling drop, but given the disruption […]

14 Aug 2020

NewRiver REIT announces improved rent collection figures

NewRiver REIT has said it has collected 60% of rent for the quarter ended June 2020 with a further 20% deferred or re-geared. The company, which owns a portfolio of retail and pub assets, added that 1% of rent for the period had been waived and 19% was still outstanding. NewRiver also updated on its […]

13 Aug 2020

Empiric Student Property hit by decline in international students

A decline in international student bookings has left Empiric Student Property with just 65% of rooms booked for the 2020/21 academic year, compared to 85% at the same point last year. The company, which owns 95 student accommodation properties across the UK with 9,401 beds, reported half-year results today in which EPRA net asset value […]

12 Aug 2020

Impact Healthcare REIT continues growth

Care home investor Impact Healthcare REIT has reported growth across all metrics in half-year results to the end of June. The group saw its net asset value (NAV) increase slightly to 107.17p per share (Dec 2019: 106.81p), with its portfolio now valued at £346m (Dec 2019: £318.8m). Its contracted rent roll has grown to £29.5m […]

12 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 August 2020: International Public Partnerships (INPP) has acquired an additional interest in the Bradford and Lewisham Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Project. INPP is committing a further £3.6m to acquire stakes in the six PFI project companies that own the fourteen schools providing education facilities to over 17,000 pupils across Bradford and […]

11 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 August 2020 it is a quiet day: Robert Peto, chair of Standard Life Property Investments Income, will step down in favour of James Clifton-Brown following the next board meeting on 25 August. Robert agreed to extend his role temporarily, following the COVID-19 outbreak. The board now feels that a clearer view […]

11 Aug 2020

McKay buys Bracknell logistics property

McKay buys Bracknell logistics property – McKay Securities has bought 1-4 Willoughby Road, a fully let logistics asset in Bracknell, for £10.0m, representing a net initial yield of 5.6%. The property was sourced off-market from a UK institutional vendor. The 2.7 acre freehold estate consists of two modern, self-contained units totalling 54,157 sq ft with large […]

07 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s weekly news show 7 August 2020

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: SDCL Energy Efficiency’s foray into EV charging Hipgnosis C shares and NAVs Hammerson’s expensive rights issue Syncona’s IPO of Freeline Watch it again here We’ll be back next week […]

06 Aug 2020

Hammerson rights issue

Hammerson rights issue – Hammerson has announced a proposed rights issue to raise gross proceeds of approximately £552m and the sale of substantially all of the company’s 50% interest in VIA Outlets to a mutual fund managed by APG Asset Management N.V. for estimated cash proceeds of approximately €301m (equivalent to approximately £274m), to raise a […]

06 Aug 2020

Stenprop buys in Glasgow

Stenprop buys in Glasgow – Stenprop has bought St Andrews Industrial Estate, a 73,248 sq ft multi-let industrial estate of nine high quality warehouse units near Glasgow city centre. The £5.5m acquisition price reflects a net initial yield of 7.3% and a capital value of £75 per sq ft. Located on the south side of Glasgow, […]

06 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 August 2020: VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity has completed its sale of its stake in International Dairy Products. The fund shares $45.4m with its co-investment partner Daiwa PI Partners. All in, this deal added 14 cents to the NAV but this is already in the NAV (has been reflected there since 10 July). […]

05 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 August 2020: SEGRO (SGRO), the £11.5bn market cap REIT focused on modern warehouses and light industrial property, announced results covering the interim period to 30 June 2020. Adjusted pre-tax profit of £140.4m, represented an increase of 6.5% year-on-year. Adjusted NAV per share increased by 2.6% over the six-month period, helped by an […]

04 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 August 2020, as BP cuts its dividend for the first time in a decade: BMO Commercial Property is to reintroduce a monthly dividend from this month at 0.25p per share (half the previous rate). The NAV return for the three months ended 30 June 2020 was -2.9%. The retail and leisure […]

03 Aug 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 August 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 August 2020: Fidelity Japan (FJV) reported interim results to 30 June 2020. The trust’s NAV increased by 2.3% in sterling terms, which FJV noted was ahead of its reference index which returned (0.8%) and the average of the peer group which returned 0.7%. Manager, Nicholas Price, notes that: “Japan continues to […]

30 Jul 2020

QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 July 2020

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 July 2020: Secured Income Fund’s latest factsheet discloses that it extended loans accounting for 27.5% of its portfolio by 12 months in response to COVID-related pressures on the borrowers. This extends the weighted average maturity of the portfolio from 2.58 years to 2.89 years. Shareholders just voted to wind down […]

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