In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 July 2022: BMO Private Equity (BPET) has changed its name to CT Private Equity, BMO Commercial Property has changed its name to Balanced Commercial Property, BMO Real Estate Investments has changed its name to CT Property Trust, and BMO Managed Portfolio has changed its name to CT Global Managed Portfolio. […]
Technology is making education more accessible and relevant. Thaiha Nguyen, an investment manager with Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust and the Baillie Gifford Positive Change Fund, explores the companies changing the way we learn. The value of an investment, and any income from it, can fall as well as rise and investors may not get […]
ICG Enterprise Trust has made two new direct co-investments and invested in a secondary portfolio on behalf of its shareholders. Precisely On 15 June 2022, the trust invested in Precisely alongside Clearlake Capital and Insight Partners, both leading US private equity managers. Precisely operates in the software sector and is a market leader in data […]
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust has published results covering the 12 month ended 30 April 2022. The underlying portfolio fell by 8.1%, beating the MSCI Small Cap Index, which fell by 15.2%. However, the fall is amplified by the gearing provided by the trust’s zero dividend preference shares. The net asset value per ordinary share fell […]
Chrysalis Investment’s interim results, covering the six months ended 31 March 2022, confirm the reduction in its NAV from 251.96p to 211.76p. Net realisations of about £33m were generated in the period. Incoming cash came from: the sale of Embark Group (£57m of proceeds), sales of Wise (£18m at an average price of 588p), and […]
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust has announced its financial results for the year ended 31 March 2022. The NAV total return for the period was 11.2%. Earnings per share of 10p (up from 7p) comfortably cover a dividend of 5.62p (as does cash generated by the portfolio which covered the dividend 1.2x). The dividend target […]
Civitas Social Housing has reported a strong set of annual results for the year to 31 March 2022, posting a NAV total return of 7.0%. The group’s IFRS NAV increased to 110.3p per share (2021: 108.3p) following a 5.8% increase in the value of its portfolio to £968.8m. Dividends of 5.55p per share were paid […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 June 2022: Riverstone Credit Opportunities Income (RCOI) has realised its investment in Roaring Fork Midstream, crystalising a 21.3% IRR and 1.16x MOIC. The loan was made in March 2021, with a $5.9m first lien delayed-draw term loan to sponsor-backed Roaring Fork Midstream, a company which owns and operates pipeline and […]
DP Aircraft 1 to go ahead with $750,000 fundraising plan – Following its announcement in April this year, DP Aircraft 1 (DPA) has decided to proceed with plans for a fundraising through the issue of new ordinary shares by way of tap issuance. The tap issue will provide for the issue of up to 30,000,000 […]
Africa Opportunity announces mandatory redemption of shares – Africa Opportunity (AOF) has announced a mandatory redemption of shares via an initial capital distribution in respect of its ordinary shares of US$0.01 each. The trust has benefited from realisations from its underlying portfolio and has resolved to return a total of $4.5m to AOF ordinary shareholders. […]
Asset Value Investors raises concerns over Fujitec board’s actions – Asset Value Investors, manager of AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT) and AVI Global Trust (AGT) has called into question the credibility of Fujitec’s current board following its failure to hold former President Takakazu Uchiayma to account for decades of related-party transactions and after the debacle at Fujitec’s AGM where, […]
VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities raises £122m which it hopes to commit within three to six months – VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO) has successfully completed its Placing, Open Offer, Offer for Subscription and Intermediaries Offer, raising gross proceeds of £122m. A total of 110,909,091 new shares will be issued at a price of […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 June 2022: Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP) has applied to introduce an additional market quote for its shares on the London Stock Exchange denominated in GBP Sterling, which will appear alongside the existing US Dollar market quote. There will be no changes to the legal form or nature of SHIP’s shares […]
The Investors’ Chronicle held their Future of Private Investing virtual event on 15 – 16 June 2022. The two-day digital event brought together experts from the financial industry, from advisors to fund managers, to share exclusive insights and key trends for investors in the months to come. In the post pandemic world, which industry are […]
NextPower III ESG, the international private solar fund backed by NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) and others, is buying two 100MW solar projects in Lake Placid, Florida. This deal takes the fund’s total capacity in the USA to 397MW. The two 100MW solar projects will benefit from long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for 100% of their […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 June 2022: Pharmakon Advisors, the investment manager of BioPharma Credit (BPCR) says that it notes the announcement released yesterday by Ipsen regarding its planned purchase of Epizyme Inc. BioPharma Credit has a $110m investment in a senior secured loan to Epizyme which would be prepaid upon the closing of the […]
NextEnergy Solar Fund reports that, for the 12 months ended 31 March 2022 it produced: a 14.6p (c.15%) increase in its NAV to 113.5p, contributing to a total return on NAV of 22.0% a return to shareholders of 11% [a discount opened up on the shares that is out of line with competing funds and […]
Aquila European Renewables Income Fund says that, with energisation completed, its Albeniz asset is now fully operational and producing revenue. Albeniz is a 50 MWp solar PV project located in the south of Spain acquired in December 2020. The asset is expected to have an operating life of 30 years after commissioning. Albeniz benefits from […]
Pantheon Infrastructure has invested approximately $58m (£47.3m at current exchange rates) in independent US power producer Calpine Corporation. Calpine Corporation is one of the largest generators of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources in the US, with operations across the CAISO (California), ERCOT (Texas), and PJM (13 states and the District of Columbia) power […]
Taylor Maritime Investments has agreed to sell a 2009 built Handysize vessel for proceeds of $17.2m. The vessel was an IPO seed asset and the sale is expected to complete before the end of August 2022, generating an IRR of 80% and MOIC of 1.9x. This represents an 8% premium to the 31 March 2022 […]
Digital 9 Infrastructure has agreed the terms of an acquisition of a 48.02% voting stake in Arqiva Group Limited. The completion of the acquisition is subject to customary regulatory approvals, and it will be funded through a combination of £300m in cash and a £159.3m (not £135.5m – the two announcements this morning don’t tie up) […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 June 2022: We have news of an acquisition and fundraise by Digital 9 Infrastructure, portfolio updates from Taylor Maritime and Aquila European Renewables, a new investment for Pantheon Infrastructure, and full year results from NextEnergy Solar.
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 and Richard Williams covered the week’s top stories: • Triple Point Energy Efficiency • Trian 1 • Urban Logistics This week’s interview was with Pedro Gonzalez de Cosio, manager of […]
If investors listened to the headlines, they would be understandably nervous about the prospects for private equity. Vincent Mortier, chief investment officer of Amundi, the largest asset manager in Europe, described parts of the industry as a “Ponzi scheme”[1], while former Pimco chief Mohamed El-Erian also raised concerns about the sector, notably its claims to […]
Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF) has announced that its fundraise, which was announced on 14 June 2022, has raised gross proceeds £45m. FSF says that 38,002,022 new ordinary shares will be issued pursuant to the Placing, and 4,054,052 New Ordinary Shares will be issued pursuant to the Offer for Subscription. The issue price is 107 pence […]
Triple Point Energy Efficiency Infrastructure (TEEC) has announced that its board has initiated a consultation process with a number of key shareholders regarding potential amendments to TEEC’s investment policy and, related to that, a change to the company’s name. Separately, the company has also announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2022 […]
Montanaro European Smaller Companies (MTE) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2022, during which it provided NAV and share price total returns of 8.4% and 4.8% respectively, outperforming its benchmark, which returned 3.8%. The trust’s chairman, R M Curling, says that while these headline numbers might appear unremarkable, they disguise […]
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (AEET) has announced its final results for the year ended 31 December 2021, during which it provided NAV and share price total returns of -0.6% and -4.3% respectively. AEET’s chair, Miriam Greenwood OBE DL, says that despite the optimism at the time of AEET’s flotation in June 2021, deployment of monies […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 June 2022: Literacy Capital (BOOK) has announced that it has received approval as an investment trust, with effect from its accounting period commencing on 1 April 2022. Augmentum Fintech (AUGM) has announced that, following the publication of its annual results on 4 July 2022, it will be holding a capital […]
Urban Logistics REIT doubles size of portfolio in “transformational year” and reports a 23.9% uplift in NAV. The group, which raised £358m of equity, moved to the main market and was included in the FTSE 250 index in the 12 months to 31 March 2022, said its portfolio of mid-box urban warehouses was now valued […]
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