In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 September 2024: GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (GABI) announced its interim results for the six months to 30 June. The main development for the period was the decision to undertake a managed wind-down of the company and realise all existing portfolio assets. Strong progress was made in this regard with […]
NewRiver REIT has made a cash and share offer to acquire Capital & Regional for £147m. Under the terms of the offer, Capital & Regional shareholders would be entitled to receive 31.25p in cash and 0.41946 NewRiver shares. On the basis of the closing price per NewRiver share of 74.5 pence on 22 May 2024 […]
City of London Investment Trust (CTY) announced its annual results for 12 months to 30 June 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 15.6%, ahead of the benchmark return of 13%. The share price total return was 11.3%, leading the discount to widen to 1%. Dividends per share were 20.6p, up 2.5% for […]
Murray Income (MUT) has a announced its annual report for the 12 months to 30 June 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 9.9% and a share price total return of 7.6%, causing the discount to widen to 11%. Dividends per share were 38.5p for a yield of 4.5%. The benchmark total return […]
Ruffer Investment Company (RICA) has announced its annual report for the year end 30 June 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 1%, while shares fell 0.6%. Dividends for the 12 month period were 3.65p for an annualised dividend yield of 1.4%. The discount widened to 5% at the end of the period. […]
Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR) said that property values stabilised over the first half of 2024, however falls in 2023 contributed to a decline in EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) of 6.3% in annual results to 30 June 2024. The value of its portfolio of omnichannel supermarkets fell on a like-for-like basis by 3.2% over the […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing on 18 September 2024: SEGRO (SGRO) announced the pricing of a €500m senior unsecured bond issue for an eight-year term priced at 123 basis points above euro mid-swaps with an annual coupon of 3.5%. The bond issuance was over six times subscribed at peak. The proceeds of the issue will principally […]
Urban Logistics REIT has refinanced £151m of debt and deployed some of the proceeds into the acquisition of four assets. The company has refinanced its existing £100m term loan and £51m revolving credit facility (which was due to mature in August 2025) with a £140m term loan and a £50 million revolving credit facility. The […]
Pacific Horizon has published annual results for the 12 months ended 31 July 2024. Over the period, the NAV total return was 4.8% and the share price total return was 5.1% compared with a total return of 6.8% for the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index. [This puts a small dent in some very […]
Target Healthcare REIT posted an impressive NAV total return of 11.8% in annual results for the year ended 30 June 2024. The care home landlord reported an EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) uplift of 5.9% over the year to 110.7p per share. This was mainly due to a 4.6% increase in the value of its 94-home […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 September 2024: AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT) made good progress over the first half of 2024, generating a return of 7.7% in NAV terms, well-ahead of the -0.2% return generated by MSCI Japan Small Cap and ahead of rival Nippon Active Value (NAVF) which also announced interims today and posted a […]
In its interim accounts, covering the six-month period ended 30 June 2024, Menhaden Resource Efficiency reported an NAV per share total return of 7.2%. The share price over the same period rose from 100.8p per share to 102.5p, giving a share price total return of 2.6%. The trust uses a benchmark of RPI +3%. The […]
HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN) has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2024. During the period, NAV per share increased by 0.6% from 31 December 2023 to 30 June 2024 (102.99p to 103.60p), while total NAV grew by 0.6% from £132.7m to £133.5m and the share price increased by 7.8% over […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 September 2024: Edward Warner, Chair of JLEN Environmental Assets, has purchased 15,000 JLEN shares at 95.46p per share, taking his holding to 75,000 JLEN shares. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure (ORIT) has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2024. During the period, ORIT provided an NAV total […]
Thank you to everyone that listened in today on our YouTube channel. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: Aquila European Renewables (0:19) Gulf Investment Fund (3:35) Keystone Positive Change (6:47) JPMorgan Emerging EMEA Securities (9:47) This week’s interview was with Jon Forster from Impax Environmental Markets – watch it again here.
Having taken a combination of macroeconomic blows over the last few years that sent the real estate market to the canvas, the sector appears set to stage a recovery. In true Rocky style, property seems to have beaten the 10 count and is back in the fight. There is always the threat of a knockout […]
Alliance Trust (ATST) and WTAN have published circulars in relation to their proposed merger, which, if it proceeds, will see a voluntary winding-up of Witan with its assets rolled into ATST, with the combined entity to be renamed Alliance Witan Plc (you can see our coverage of the original announcement here). The details announced with […]
PRS REIT has announced that chairman Steve Smith will step down at its forthcoming AGM, with Robert Naylor and Chris Mills joining the board. Following the announcement, the requisition notice has been withdrawn. The following changes have been agreed by the board: Steve Smith has offered and will step down at the AGM (due in […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 September 2024: RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW) has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2024, during which its NAV was up 3.0% and its share price was up 10.1%. In comparison, RTW says that its comparator indices – Russell 2000 Biotech and Nasdaq Biotech were up […]
Oakley Capital Investments has published results for the six-months ended 30 June 2024. The NAV has been out for a while but we now have more detail on the drivers of returns (26p or 4% return on NAV, would have been 6% but for adverse currency movements). The return to shareholders over the first half […]
Aquila European Renewables says that the board has consulted extensively with shareholders and believes that it would lose a continuation vote. It is now publishing a circular to convene a meeting at which shareholders will be asked to approve a managed wind-down of the company. Background A continuation vote in 2023 was built into the […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 September 2024: Harmony Energy Income (HEIT) says its 99.8 MWh / 49.9 MW Hawthorn Pit project (located in County Durham) and its 66 MWh / 33 MW Wormald Green project (located in Yorkshire) have been successfully energised and are expected to be fully operational in the coming weeks. Its portfolio […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 September 2024: Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust (DNE) announced its interim results for the half year ended 30 June 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 2.1% while shares rose 1.8%. Since the company’s managed wind-down was approved by shareholders in 2016 it has distributed £147m to shareholders and […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 September 2024: EPE Special Opportunities (ESO) announced its interim report for the six months to 31 July 2024. The company’s NAV total return was down 2%, while shares increased 2%. The share price represents a discount of 47% to the NAV per share. The company has cash balances of £18.4m, […]
Gulf Investment Fund (GIF) has announced that its 100% tender offer, which was launched on 21 August 2024 (click here to see our coverage), has received irrevocable commitments that would push it below its minimum size condition (this being that GIF must retain a post tender offer share capital of not less than 38m Shares). […]
Keystone Positive Change’s board has identified a need for some kind of corporate action that addresses the size of the company, the low liquidity in its shares and the discount. It also wants to enable shareholders to retain exposure to a global impact strategy. The board will consult more widely with shareholders and to explore […]
Mid Wynd International (MWY) has released its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2024, during which its NAV and share price increased by 13.9% and 17.1% (on a total return basis) both underperforming MWY’s comparator index, the MSCI All Country World Index which MWY says returned 20.1% (all figures in sterling terms). It […]
Ecofin US Renewables Infrastructure (RNEW) has announced that it has concluded its strategic review which was launched just over a year ago. As part of the review, RNEW appointed Marathon Capital to undertake a process focused on a sale of all its assets and an extensive marketing exercise was undertaken. However, RNEW says that no […]
JPMorgan Emerging EMEA Securities (JEMA) has said that, in conjunction with its appointed depositary, who appoints its custodian, its board is considering the options available to it in the event that JPMorgan Bank International (JPMBI), the sub custodian of its Russian assets in Russia, becomes insolvent. The circumstances in which such an event may occur […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 September 2024: Starwood European Real Estate Finance (SWEF) has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2024. SWEF says that it has made positive realisation progress during the half year with a total of £102.1m, 38.9 per cent of the Group’s 31 December 2023 total funded […]
