Strong results from BlackRock Throgmorton during year which saw it bumped up to FTSE 250 – BlackRock Throgmorton (THRG) has published its annual results for the year to 30 November 2021. During the period, its NAV increased by 37% while its share price was up 38.8%. This compares with a 24.6% return from its benchmark […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 February 2022: Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP) has sold its containerships Candy and Echidna for a total of $21m. The realised net IRR will be around 74% and realised net MOIC will be around 1.80x. The ships were bought in January last year for $13.75m in total. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure (ORIT) […]
Despite 2021 not being the return to normality everyone had hoped for, it was an excellent year for equity investors with global equity markets (MSCI ACWI Index) returning 26.2% compared to 18.3% for UK equity markets (FTSE All-Share Index). Against this background, global financials and UK financials returned 26.2% and 13.7% respectively, led by a […]
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, Richard Williams and Andrew McHattie covered the week’s top stories: • Aquila Energy Efficiency • Triple Point Energy Efficiency • GCP Co-Living This week’s interview was with Sebastian Lyon of […]
Here it is, the first potential investment trust launch of 2022. And it is certainly an interesting one. Gravis Capital Management made an intention to float announcement this week for GCP Co-Living REIT, looking to raise £300m. The new trust will acquire three assets that are transferring out of the Co-living Group. This is the […]
BlackRock Energy and Resources Income (BERI) has announced its results for the year ended 30 November 2021, during which it provided NAV and share price total returns of 34.4% and 41.7% respectively. In comparison, the EMIX Global Mining Index rose by 12.5% and the MSCI World Energy Index rose by 41.2% over the same period. […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 February 2022: Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust (JEFI) has announced that its Fund Manager, Ross Teverson, has recently increased his personal shareholding in the Company to 1,134,000 ordinary shares, representing 1.90% of JEFI’s total voting rights. [QD comment: We are pleased to see Ross Teverson further aligning himself with […]
Strong trading at Gore Street Energy Storage – Gore Street Energy Storage Fund says that over the final quarter of 2021, three of its sites -Lower Road (10MW), Larport Farm (19.5MW) and Breach Farm (10MW) – ranked as one the highest revenue generating energy storage assets in per MWh, according to Modo Energy, a specialist […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 February 2022: Gravis Capital Management plans to launch a new company GCP Co-Living REIT Plc which will acquire three assets that are transferring out of the Co-living Group. Readers may recall that Co-Living Group was a problem investment within the GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI) portfolio. The new REIT has […]
British Land has exchanged contracts to acquire three warehouses in Wembley for £157m, as it continues to build its urban logistics exposure. The three warehouses comprise over 245,000 sq ft on a 12.5 acre site and are fully let to Amazon, Euro Car Parts and the North London Waste Authority generating an annual income of […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 February 2022: 3i Infrastructure (3IN) has completed its further £258m investment in ESVAGT, the market leader in service operation vessels for the offshore wind industry, taking its equity stake to 100%. Downing Renewables and Infrastructure (DORE) has acquired an operational 46 MW onshore wind project located in north east Sweden […]
Triple Point Energy Efficiency buying battery portfolio – Triple Point Energy Efficiency says that its investment manager has secured, under exclusivity, a near-term pipeline of £108m of grid-scale battery energy storage systems assets. If the deal progresses to plan, the portfolio will be substantially deployed. To fund the short-term pipeline and to allow greater financial […]
Riverstone Energy backs T-Rex – Riverstone Energy has made $17.5m preferred equity investment in T-REX Group, Inc.’s $40mSeries C funding round. T-REX is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider, supporting the asset-backed financing industry. Riverstone says that it brings together asset class expertise, critical data management capabilities, and a platform for deal structuring, cash flow modeling, scenario analysis, […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 February 2022: Augmentum Fintech (AUGM) published an update on its portfolio. One interesting fact is that, while publicly listed fintech companies have fallen from an average 15.2x revenue at end June 2021 to 9.2x revenue in recent months, AUGM’s portfolio is valued on 4.2x. Over the second half of 2021, […]
Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income enjoys turnaround performance – Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income (JEFI) has posted its full year results for the year ended 30 September 2021. Over the period, it delivered a share price total return of 31.5% and an NAV total return of 28.6%, compared to a 13.3% return from its MSCI […]
Stellar results from Henderson Opportunities as it plans to amend investment objective and policy – Henderson Opportunities (HOT) has posted its annual results for the year to 31 October 2021. During this time, its NAV increased by 58% while its share price increased by 29%. This compares with a 3% return from its benchmark and […]
Aquila Energy Efficiency to review investment strategy as it announces range of new investments – Aquila Energy Efficiency (AEET) has announced plans to conduct a review of its investment strategy to ascertain how best to accelerate deployment, while maintaining the trust’s credit criteria and return objectives. An update will be provided to shareholders on the […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 January 2022: Bluefield Solar Income (BSIF) has acquired the development rights for a 20 MW battery storage project for approximately £1.5m from Shaw-Energi Ltd. The project is based in Liverpool and construction is expected to begin during 2022. Meanwhile BSIF has also announced its first interim dividend of 2.03 pence […]
Today, transportation barriers prevent many from accessing the goods and services they need. But Nuro’s self-driving vehicles hope to deliver a better everyday life as its autonomous vehicles simultaneously reduce inequalities and transform local commerce for everyone. Claire Shaw, Investment Specialist at Scottish Mortgage explains. “With Nuro, the attraction is the scale of the opportunity, […]
QuotedData’s weekly news show 28th January 2022 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: • Foresight Sustainable Forestry • CIP Merchant Capital • Standard Life Private Equity This week’s interview was with […]
A storm is hitting markets as central bankers threaten to raise interest rates to choke off inflation. Growth-focused funds have been hit hard – Scottish Mortgage’s shares are 20% lower than they were a month ago, for example. However, it is not all doom and gloom. Polar Capital Global Financials Trust is trading at a […]
Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) has announced today that its portfolio company D-Orbit S.p.A., an Italy-based space logistics and transportation company, is to become publicly listed through a business combination with Breeze Holdings Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: BREZ), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. SSIT says that, following the close of the transaction, which is […]
JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) has announced that it has raised £60.7m through the placing and offer for subscription that it previously announced on 12 January 2022. The Issue was significantly oversubscribed, in both the placing and offer for subscription, and JLEN intends to use the net proceeds of the Issue to repay its credit […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 January 2022: Fondul Proprietatea (Ticker: FP.) has announced that the buyback programme that was approved by shareholders at the EGM on 5 December 2021 will start on 31 January 2022. The programme can repurchase up to 800m shares and lasts until 31 December 2022. All repurchased shares are to be […]
RTW Venture Fund has announced that it participated in an $85m Series B funding round for Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc. on 26 January. RTW invested alongside other investment vehicles of RTW Investments, LP (the investment manager) as well as other investors. Kyverna is a privately held cell therapy company engineering a new class of therapies for […]
Record results from Standard Life Private Equity – Standard Life Private Equity has announced results for the year ended 30 September 2021. The figures are good – an NAV return of 37.9% (the best in the trust’s 20-year history) and a whopping 60.6% share price return as the discount narrowed significantly. Both of these figures were […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 January 2022: ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT) is investing in Brooks Automation alongside funds advised by Thomas H. Lee Partners. The trust has an investment in THL Fund IX and will have exposure to the deal that way, but it will also make a direct investment in Brook Automation. Altogether – […]
Another strong year for Chrysalis as it doubles in size – Chrysalis Investments (CHRY) has posted its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2021, during which time its share price increased by 84% and its NAV per share increased by 57%. Total net assets rose by 154% from £542m to £1.4m over the […]
Polar Capital Global Financials back for more money – Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT) plans to raise additional equity capital through the issue of new ordinary shares via its placing programme. The new shares will be issued at a price which will be published on the day following the closing date of the placing, set […]
Another £300m for 2021’s IPO stars Digital 9 Infrastructure and Cordiant Digital Infrastructure – Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9) and Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), both of which only launched in March last year before going on to raise further funds during 2021, have raised almost £300m between them via their respective placing programmes. Digital 9 Infrastructure […]
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