Unite Group has raised £450m in a placing, with the proceeds earmarked for a number of student accommodation acquisitions and development projects. A total of 49,686,114 new ordinary shares were placed, raising gross proceeds of approximately £447m. Shares were issued at a price of 900 pence, representing a discount of 2.6% to the closing price […]
Ruffer (RICA) has published its “Investment Manager’s Year End Review” for the year ended 30 June 2024. This review, which is unaudited, is intended to give shareholders unaudited key performance indicators and a portfolio review in a timely fashion. The net asset value (NAV) total return for the financial year to 30 June 2024 was […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 July 2024: CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN) has declared its fourth interim dividend of 1.82p per share for the year ended 30 June 2024 (2023: 1.82 pence per share). It has also declared an additional special interim dividend of 1.00p per share, reflecting the fact that underlying core […]
Vote against discontinuation JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN) and the wider renewable energy infrastructure sector have traded at a persistently wide discount with investor sentiment continuing to wane. This has triggered the activation of a discontinuation vote at JLEN’s AGM in September. We strongly believe shareholders should vote against discontinuation, taking into account the strong long-term […]
Vote against discontinuation JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN) and the wider renewable energy infrastructure sector have traded at a persistently wide discount to net asset value (NAV) with investor sentiment continuing to wane. This has triggered the activation of a discontinuation vote at JLEN’s annual general meeting (AGM) in September. We strongly believe shareholders should vote […]
‘Vote against discontinuation’ JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN) and the wider renewable energy infrastructure sector have traded at a persistently wide discount with investor sentiment seemingly continuing to wane. This has triggered the activation of a discontinuation vote at JLEN’s AGM in September. JLEN’s manager strongly believes shareholders should vote against discontinuation, citing its long-term performance […]
The board of Home REIT has proposed a managed wind down of the company after failing to secure a refinancing of its debt facility. That loan facility with Scottish Widows, which totals £114.6m, will need to be repaid by the end of the year – all the while incurring a charge on the outstanding amount […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 July 2024: Brett Miller has joined the board of Ecofin US Renewables (RNEW) as a non-executive director of the company with immediate effect. Brett, who has wide-ranging investment trust experience, particularly in the restructuring and managed run-off of a number of listed closed end funds across a range of asset […]
Unite Group has upped its rental growth forecast for the forthcoming academic year to 7% (from 6%) due to high demand for its student accommodation, and said that the higher education policy remains stable under a Labour government. The company revealed that 94% of rooms were now reserved for the 2024/25 academic year, ahead of […]
At the outset of 2024, we challenged our analysts to come up with some ideas for investment companies that they liked, and thought could do well over the course of this year (click here to read the original article which set out our analysts’ thinking and why they liked the stocks). We also promised to […]