Balanced Commercial Property Trust has sold its largest office holding as it continues to reduce its exposure to the challenged UK offices sector and rebalance its portfolio. Contracts have exchanged for the sale of the Leonardo Building in Crawley, a 110,000 sq ft out-of-town business park office, for a price of £26.1m. This represents a […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 February 2024: Diverse Income Trust (DIVI) released its half year report for the period ended 30 November 2023. The Trust’s NAV total return was down 1.3% over the half year, in contrast with the total return of the Deutsche Numis All-Share, Index, (dominated by returns on the largest stocks) which […]
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched an investigation into scandal-hit Home REIT. Trading in shares of the company has been suspended since January 2023 after allegations of serious wrongdoing by its manager Alvarium surfaced in a short-seller report in November 2022. The allegations in the short-seller report led to a delay in the publishing […]
Life Science REIT has fully let Building 5 at Oxford Technology Park (OTP), covering 57,000 sq ft to WAE Technologies Limited. The technology and engineering services provider, which delivers innovative solutions to a range of sectors including green energy, medical engineering and automotive, has signed a 10-year lease and will pay an annual rent of […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 February 2024: JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI) announced a placing and retail offer of shares in light of the ongoing demand in the market (with a total of 50,975,336 JGGI shares being issued over the last 12 months) and a recent approach by a large wealth manager who has […]
A possible £3.9bn merger of Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX) and UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) was announced this morning – although UKCM’s chairman has yet to support the deal. BBOX announced that both boards, excluding UKCM chairman Peter Pereira Gray, had “reached agreement on the key terms of a possible all-share offer” for the […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 February 2024: Warehouse REIT (WHR) has sold two assets in separate transactions for a total of £13.4m. The combined price is 3.7% ahead of the September 2023 book value and reflects an average net initial yield of 5.3%. The sales comprise Warrington South Industrial Estate, a 106,000 sq ft single-let […]
In the latest episode of the Scottish Mortgage Invest in Progress podcast, deputy manager Lawrence Burns speaks to Climeworks CEO Christoph about why he thinks the carbon removal industry could be as big by 2050 as oil and gas is today. Capital at risk. Listen to the podcast below.
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: • Pershing Square Holdings (0:31) • Gore Street Energy Storage (9:11) • Digital 9 Infrastructure (12:35) This week’s interview was with Kartik Kumar from Artemis Alpha Trust […]
The Chinese year of the Dragon begins tomorrow, 10 February 2024. Dragons are associated with prosperity and abundance. This has been conspicuously absent from 2023’s year of the Rabbit, which has delivered a combination of volatile geopolitics, domestic economic weakness and unwelcome regulation. Chinese markets are now the ultimate contrarian investment option. Can they revive […]
Syncona’s (SYNC’s) portfolio company Autolus Therapeutics plc has announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with BioNTech SE, a next-generation immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases. The strategic collaboration is aimed at advancing both companies’ autologous CAR-T programmes towards commercialisation, pending regulatory authorisations. In connection with the strategic […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 February 2024: Schroders Capital Global Innovation Trust (INOV) has invested US$1.6m in Neurona Therapeutics through its Series E financing round, which raised US$120m. The fundraising was co-led by Viking Global Investors and Cormorant Asset Management with participation from new and existing investors including The Column Group, Passaic Capital Management, Lyfe […]
Riverstone Energy proposes to return $200m (equivalent to approximately £158m) of its excess capital to shareholders by means of a tender offer at a price of £10.50 per ordinary share. The tender price represents a premium of approximately 31% to the closing market price of £8.00 on 7 February 2024 and a 16% discount to […]
Pershing Square Holdings says that its investment manager (Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P) has proposed and the board has approved some changes to the fund’s investment management agreement that will reduce the performance fees paid by Pershing Square Holdings from this year. The amendments to the management agreement are to its variable performance fee provision. […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 February 2024: Digital 9’s (DGI9) sale of Verne Global may take longer than expected to close as the Icelandic anti-trust authority wants to look at the transaction. The company warns that this could add between 90 and 135 days to the wait for the final sign off of the deal. […]
Augmentum Fintech has highlighted an announcement today from one of the companies in its portfolio, Onfido. Onfido has entered exclusive discussions with potential acquirer, US based Entrust, a global leader in trusted payments, identities and data security. If this transaction goes ahead, Augmentum expects that the proceeds will be at or slightly above the current […]
RIT Capital Partners has announced an annual update for the year ended 31 December 2023. The company’s NAV was up 3.2% over the 12 month period and the company expects to provide full details of the year’s performance when the annual report is released in March. Commenting on the performance, the manager noted that the […]
HydrogenOne (HGEN) has announced an update for Q4, with NAV increasing 1.6% over the 3 month period to December 31 2023. This marks a total NAV return of 5.8% for the year. The company highlighted the ongoing growth of its portfolio, which delivered an aggregate £74m over the 12 months to 31 December 2023, an […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 February 2024: UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) posted a 2.5% fall in NAV to 78.7p per share in the quarter to 31 December 2023. The group’s portfolio value dropped 2.1% in the period to £1.25bn. On the operational side, the company grew earnings 6.3% over 2023 to 3.35p per share. […]
Aquila European Renewables has provided a Q4 update for the period ended 31 December 2023. The company saw a NAV total return of -2.6% while total shareholder return over the quarter was -4.1%, with the discount widening to 20.3%. Key drivers of the NAV movement in Q4 2023 were the impact of changes to Norway’s […]
As previously announced, Chrysalis (CHRY) continues to pursue legal action against Revolution Beauty Group based on misstatements and material omissions made by its management when CHRY originally invested in the company. In January 2024, following a letter of claim from CHRY, Revolution Beauty requested further time to formulate a response as the initial December deadline […]
QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 February 2024: Augmentum Fintech (AUGM) announced a £4 million investment into London based insurtech Artificial Labs. Augmentum has led Artificial’s £8 million Series A+ round, which also includes participation from existing investors MS&AD Ventures and FOMCAP IV, alongside other investors. Artificial is an established underwriting technology provider for the London Insurance […]
BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust (BRSA) has released its financial year end results for the 12 month period ending 30 November 2023. Over the 12 months BRSA reported a NAV total return of -5.6%, and share price total return of -8.1%, both underperforming its reference index, the Russell 1000 Value Index, which returned -5.0%. The […]
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG) has released its annual results for the financial year ending 30 November 2023. Over the 12 month period THRG reported a NAV total return of -2.3% and share price total return of -0.8%. Both these represented an outperformance relative to THRG’s benchmark index, the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM (excluding Investment […]
Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG) has provided an update on ongoing litigation between Hipgnosis Music Limited and Mr Mercuriadis, Hipgnosis Songs Management (SONG’s investment adviser, which is majority owned by funds managed and/or advised by Blackstone) and SONG. Hipgnosis Music Limited (of which Mr Mercuriadis was a director from 16 June 2015 and is still shown […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing for 5 February 2024: CVC Income & Growth (CVCE) has announced an increase in its annual dividend targets, increased to 8.25p per ordinary sterling share and 7.25c per ordinary euro share. This means that CVCE’s quarterly dividends will be increased to 2.0625p per sterling share and 1.8125c per euro share. Schroders […]
In a statement issued today (2 February 2024) on Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s (SONG’s) website (click here to read), it has been announced that Merck Mercuriadis, founder of SONG’s the management company has stepped down from his role as its chief executive but will be staying on as the chair of the manager’s board. Ben Katovsky, […]
After an extended period of trading at wide discounts, private equity funds seem to be more responsive to the idea of using share buybacks to tackle the problem. Is it time to pick up these bargains before they disappear? HarbourVest launching distribution pool The latest to make a move on this is HarbourVest Private Equity […]
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: • Batteries – Gresham and Harmony (0:56) • Digital 9 Infrastructure (9:40) Andrew McHattie explained how it has been a better month for growth stocks […]
It has been five years since we launched the AVI Japan Opportunity Trust (AJOT). In Japan, five years is the blink of an eye, Japanese companies tend to think in decades or generations. However, a lot has happened in five years. It all started in 2012 with Shinzo Abe’s economic legacy, coined Abenomics. The first […]
