STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS) announced its annual report for the year ended 31 March 2024. The NAV total return for the year was +4.8%, and the share price total return was +6.1%, compared to a total return of +11.5% in the Lipper Global – Equity Global Income Index. This compares to a […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 May 2024: Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR) posted a 1.7% increase in NAV per share to 117.31p in the quarter to 31 March 2024. The value of its portfolio of care homes was up 1.5% to £660.8m, with contracted annual passing rent up 4% to £50.1m. Rent cover among its tenants […]
Caledonia Investments (CLDN) announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2024. The company saw a NAV total return of 7.4% slightly behind the benchmark return of 8.4%, although it remains well ahead over three, five, and ten year periods. Despite the solid NAV growth, the share price total return was -1.2%, leading […]
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) announced a trading update for the 12 months ended 31 March 2024. The announcement highlighted the ongoing revenue growth of the portfolio, which was up 5% over the period while EBITDA increased by 2%. The company also noted that it raised capital via both equity and debt, enabling continued […]
The Asia Dragon Trust (DGN) announced a strategic review. This follows the recent proposal to combine with Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets (AWEM) which was announced on 7 May 2024. Background to the strategic review In July 2023, the company announced a proposed combination with abrdn New Dawn Investment Trust to create an enlarged company with […]
Assura Group, the healthcare property investor, has entered a £250m joint venture with Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to invest in NHS infrastructure. The JV (which is split 80:20 in favour of USS – the principal pension scheme for universities and higher education institutions in the UK) will be seeded with an initial portfolio of seven […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 May 2024: Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP) announced its interim report for the six months to 31 March 2024. Over the period, the company’s NAV per share total return was 5.7%, slightly ahead of the 5.3% total return from the benchmark. The share price produced a total return of 4.4% over […]
abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI) has announced that it will undergo a managed wind down. Ahead of a continuation vote this year, the board launched the strategic review into the future of the company in November 2023, with the fund suffering from a wide discount to NAV and a materially uncovered dividend. The company received […]
Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP) has provided more details on the proposed actions to be taken as a result of its strategic review, the results of which were initially announced on 17 January 2024. The board will propose an amended investment policy, which will ease SHIP’s current investment restrictions, as the current policy prevents making new […]
British Land has exchanged contracts to sell its 50% stake in the Meadowhall Shopping Centre to its joint venture partner Norges Bank Investment Management for £360m. The sale was in line with the company’s strategy to focus on retail parks and reduce exposure to shopping centres. The sales price, which values the whole site (including […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 May 2024: HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) reported its monthly NAV for April 2024. HPVE has an estimated NAV per share of $50.47 (£40.40), a decrease of 0.4% in US dollar terms over the previous month. HPVE invested $55m into HarbourVest funds over April, as part of its $2.3bn investment […]
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • Chrysalis (0:16) • Pantheon International (5:07) • Henderson European Focus / Henderson Eurotrust (6:48) This week’s interview was with Mark Sheppard from Manchester & London IT […]
It is not a bad rule of thumb to invest in a similar way to people who already have a lot of money. Therefore, the logic of investing alongside in one of the investment trusts where a wealthy family has a large shareholding seems inescapable. But investors need to ensure their interests are looked after […]
Why an actively run portfolio of Japan small cap stocks could be a big winner over the coming years Japan is the third largest economy in the world, yet its declining weight in global indices and previous false dawns have put it out of focus for investors. While enthusiasm for Japanese equities grew in 2023, […]
Land Securities reported an 8.2% reduction in EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) per share to 859p in annual results to 31 March 2024, as the impact of higher interest rates weighed on property valuations. The group’s portfolio fell 6.0% in the year, which was weighted to the first half of the year. The company said […]
Chysalis (CHRY) has issued a portfolio update this morning following a news article published by Sky News on 16 May 2024 regarding wefox. CHRY says that its investment adviser has been in discussions with wefox management and other shareholders for a number of months and that a plan has been put in place to simplify […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 May 2024: Invesco Select Trust has announced that, following the results of its restructuring announcement on 3 May 2024 and the reclassification of its non-Global shares into Global Shares effective 7 May 2024, it has, with effect from today, changed its name to Invesco Global Equity Income Trust Plc. The […]
Tritax EuroBox reported a fall in EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) in half year results, as the impact of sector-wide outward yield shift continues. The company’s portfolio valuation fell 2.9% on a like-for-like basis to €1,464.8m, contributing to a 5.9% drop in EPRA NTA to €0.96. Adjusted earnings per share was down 3.0% to 2.62 […]
Pantheon International has published details of its capital allocation policy (CAP). This is the second step of the company’s three-step programme of shareholder-focused corporate strategy, following the £200m buyback that kicked off last sumer and is now almost complete. As at 15 May 2024, £189.6m had been invested in share repurchases, adding about 4.5% to […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 May 2024: Polar Capital Global Healthcare (PCGH) says that at end March 2024, its six-month NAV returns were seven percentage points better than its benchmark’s (16.55% versus 9.56% for MSCI ACWI/Healthcare Index). The manager says that this was driven by strong stock selection across the entire market capitalisation range and […]
The board of Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT) has provided an update on its merger with Henderson Eurotrust (HNE). The merger was initially announced on 14 March, with the intended new trust being named Henderson European Trust. The boards of HNE and HEFT have now agreed on revised terms to the merger, with the updated […]
Tritax EuroBox has agreed a lease re-gear, a new lease and associated solar PV Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) at Logistics Park Bornem, Belgium. The re-gear and new lease are both eight-year, inflation-linked leases and have been signed, together with the PPA, with an existing customer, which is a leading global pharmaceutical and medtech company. The […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 May 2024: RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW) portfolio company, Lycia Therapeutics, announced the completion of a $106.6m Series C financing round. The company, alongside other investment vehicles managed by RTW Investments LP, participated in the financing round with other life science investment firms. Gulf Investment Fund (GIF) announced that it has […]
Oakley Capital Investments Limited (OCI) has announced that Oakley Capital Origin II has agreed to acquire vitroconnect, a leading broadband open access platform business in Germany. This will be the first platform investment made by Origin II. OCI’s indirect contribution to Origin II is anticipated to be up to £19 million, which relates to OCI’s share of […]
BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC) announced its annual report for the 12 months to 29 February 2024. The company’s NAV total return was -3.6% while shares fell 0.8%, outperforming the benchmark Deutsche Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM (excluding Investment Companies) Index which was down 5.8% Commenting on the performance, investment manager Roland Arnold noted; “For the […]
Asian Energy Impact Trust (AEIT) announced its annual results for the 12 month period to December 2023. The company’s NAV total return was -3.6%, after falling 49.2% the previous year. Shares fell a total of 84% following a long period of suspended trading after issues with the release of the company’s annual report, being readmitted […]
Tritax EuroBox has exchanged contracts to sell its warehouse asset in Gothenburg, Sweden for a price of SEK 385m (€34m) to a pan-European real estate investment manager. The sale price is broadly in line with book value (at 30 September 2023) and is part of the company’s disposal programme aimed at reducing leverage. The 28,900 sqm […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 May 2024: abrdn Equity Income Trust (AEI) announced its interim results for the six months to 31 March 2024. During the period, the company delivered a NAV total return of 1.6% compared to the total return of the FTSE All-Share Index of 6.9%. The share price total return was -8.2%. […]
Unite Students (UTG) has sold six properties to PGIM Real Estate for £184m (UTG share: £76m), as it continues to focus on student accommodation close to highly ranked universities. The properties, comprising 2,948 beds, are located in Birmingham, Cardiff, Leicester, Liverpool, Nottingham and Sheffield and have an average age of 18 years. 53% of UTG’s […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 May 2024: Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF) has announced that it has made two solar investments, totalling £6.4m. It acquired a portfolio comprising 7.3MW of solar PV systems situated on two commercial sites in the UK which benefit from corporate offtake arrangements with fixed uplifts. Both are located on automotive manufacturing […]
