Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI) has released interim results for the six months to 30 April 2025. The trust delivered a NAV total return of -2.9%, significantly ahead of the -7.2% fall in its benchmark, the S&P Global Small Cap Index. The share price declined by 1.9% as the discount to NAV narrowed from 7.6% to 6.7%. […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 June 2025, Polar Capital Global Financials has completed its tender, Invesco Asia Dragon is increasing its dividend, Weiss Korea Opportunity has announced its first capital return, Life Settlement Assets has a c3% NAV uplift following the revaluation of a group of policies, Seraphim Space will be doing a presentation on […]
Foresight Environmental Infrastructure (FGEN) has reported its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2025, during which the company continued to generate robust income from its diversified portfolio despite a volatile macroeconomic environment for listed infrastructure trusts. For the tenth consecutive year, FGEN achieved record cash receipts from its underlying investments, totalling £90.4m, which […]
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) has completed an £8.6m third-party equity raise for Glassenbury Battery Storage Ltd, the special purpose vehicle which owns its Glassenbury A and B projects in Kent. The capital will fund the augmentation of the 50MW projects from 38MWh to 110MWh, increasing duration to 2.2 hours. The equity has been […]
RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW) has provided an update on private portfolio company Corxel Pharmaceuticals, its second-largest core holding as at 31 May 2025, representing 8.3% of NAV. Corxel, a clinical-stage biopharma firm developing therapies for cardiometabolic diseases, recently announced two key developments relating to its lead candidate, CX11 – an investigational, once-daily oral GLP-1 receptor […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 June 2025, Caledonia is holding its public companies spotlight today, which includes a live webcast, Fidelity Japan shareholders have approved changes to its articles that will give the board six months rather than three to come up with proposals following its failed continuation vote, Mike Lindsell has been buying shares […]
Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets Trust (AWEM) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2025, reporting a NAV total return of 8.8% for the period, 3.0 percentage points ahead of its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets (GBP) Index. Since its IPO in May 2023, AWEM’s NAV is up 21.7% compared with a […]
JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI) has reported another good year of performance, extending its track record of outperformance over its benchmark and peers to five consecutive years. For the year ended 31 March 2025, the trust delivered a NAV total return of 3.5%, ahead of the benchmark return of 2.5% and well above the […]
The board of Assura has recommended the offer for the company from Primary Health Properties (PHP), switching from its previous recommendation for the KKR/Stonepeak bid. Under the terms of the increased PHP offer, Assura shareholders would receive 0.3865 new PHP shares and 12.5p in cash. In addition, Assura shareholders would receive a special dividend of […]
SDCL Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT) has reported a total return on NAV of 7.1% and maintained its NAV per share at 90.6p for the year ended 31 March 2025. Dividends totalling 6.32p per share were declared and covered by portfolio cash inflows. However, with the shares continuing to trade at a deep discount to NAV, […]
The boards of European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT) and European Assets Trust (EAT) have announced that they have reached agreement on the heads of terms for a proposed combination of the two companies. The merger will be implemented via a scheme of reconstruction under section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986, resulting in the voluntary […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 June 2025: We also have: Stories you may have missed from Friday:
The rout in the healthcare sector shows no sign of abating. Even during the recent market weakness, investors haven’t appreciated its defensive qualities, but have instead focused on the potential disruption to US healthcare from an unpredictable new administration. However, contrarian investors may spot opportunities in the gloom. The MSCI World Healthcare index is down […]
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has announced that its board has agreed terms for a recommended all-cash acquisition by Polar Nimrod Topco Limited (Bidco), a newly formed vehicle wholly owned by Bagnall Energy Limited. The transaction, which will be implemented via a Court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement, values DORE at approximately £174.6m, or 102.6016p per […]
Aquila European Renewables (AERI) has confirmed the completion of its previously announced Sagres disposal (a hydropower asset in Portugal), with the company receiving €14.7m in sale proceeds. The deal marks a key step in AERI’s managed wind-down process, following the board’s strategic review and shareholder backing for a staged realisation of assets. Looking ahead, the […]
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has agreed a conditional forward purchase of a sixth solar site at its Ballymacarney complex in Ireland. The new site, named Irishtown, will add 32.6MW of capacity and increase the total output of the complex by 14% to 274MW. The €27m acquisition will be completed following the site’s construction and […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 June 2025 We also have: Stories you may have missed from yesterday:
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Cordiant Digital Infrastructure’s results for the year ended 31 March 2025 are pretty good. The NAV rose from 117.9p (adjusting for the dividend) to 129.6p. That translated into an NAV total return of 11.6%. The share price total return was 43.1%, driven by a substantial narrowing of the discount. The dividend has been upped by […]
Montanaro European Smaller Companies has published results for the year ended 31 March 2025. The NAV return lagged that of the MSCI Europe ex-UK SmallCap Index benchmark, returning -1.1% to the index’x 1.3%. However, discount narrowing (from 13.7% to 8.3%) meant that shareholders got a return of 5.1%. During the year, the company bought back […]
JPMorgan European Discovery has published results for the 12 months ended 31 March 2025. The trust beat its MSCI Europe ex UK Small cap benchmark, returning 2.9% to the index’s 1.3%. A narrowing of the discount from 10.6% to 7.3% meant that shareholders got a return of 7.0%. During the year, the company repurchased 14,660,188 […]
Syncona’s board is planning to offer shareholders a vote on a change of investment policy. The proposal is for an orderly realisation of its assets. The aim will be to return cash to shareholders in a timely manner while maximising value. A new capital allocation policy would allow the company to support existing portfolio companies […]
JPMorgan Core Real Assets has now fully redeemed its holding in the Mezzanine Debt Strategy and the majority of its holding in the Infrastructure Strategy. That equates to about 29.3% of its end November 2024 NAV. The board observes that the first five months of 2025 have been an exceptionally volatile period for all financial […]
Following the approval of its managed wind down in February 2025, Schroder Capital Global Innovation is ready to start handing back some money to shareholders. With the cash that the trust already had, the realisation of Araris Biotech in April and an anticipated partial realisation of the company’s interests in AI Company II, there is […]
In a blow to Janus Henderson, the board of Henderson European has announced that it is proposing a combination with Fidelity European, creating a trust with net assets of about £2.1bn. The enlarged trust would be managed by Fidelity’s existing team of Sam Morse and Marcel Stötzel. The decision follows the shock resignation of the […]
NextEnergy Solar Fund says it is shifting the way that its fee is calculated from being based entirely on NAV to being based on 50% NAV and 50% market cap. This is a model that has been adopted by others in the renewable energy sector. The fee remains 1% on the first £200m, 0.9% on […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 June 2025: UIL has a larger borrowing facility, Vietnam Enterprise saw a big vote in favour of a wind up of the trust, Temple Bar has two new directors, and Partners Private Equity has made a profitable disposal. We also have: Did you see from yesterday?
European Opportunities Trust (EOT) has announced the results of its 25% tender offer, initially announced in February 2025 (click here to see our coverage of that), saying that it received applications for 29,961,689 shares – 9,938,378 relating to the basic entitlement and 20,023,311 that were excess applications – around 1.93x the number of shares that […]
Personal Assets Trust (PNL) has released its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2025, reporting a NAV total return of 7.5%, which it says is in line with the All-Share Index. Shareholders saw a total return of 7.4%, with the share price ending the year at 511p. Despite elevated volatility across global markets, […]
Rockwood Strategic (RKW) has reported another impressive set of results for the year to 31 March 2025, delivering a NAV total return of 21.0%, materially outperforming both the AIM All-Share (down 8.2%) and the FTSE Small Cap ex-IT index (up 3.4%). The company’s share price total return for the period was 20.8%, as shares continued […]
