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UK commercial property has been a cornerstone asset for many income-seeking investors (both retail and institutional) in recent decades, particularly since the global financial crisis of 2007/8 and the resulting ultra-low interest rate environment. However, since rates began to rise in 2022 to tackle surging inflation, meaningful returns have once more become available on lower-risk assets such as cash and government bonds, which has led to a retrenchment from alternative income assets such as p
Companies: LABS SREI SUPR AEWU
Capital Access Group
The focus of Hardman & Co Research is on the nine quoted Infrastructure Investment Companies (IICs) and on the 22 Renewable Energy Infrastructure Funds (REIFs): the stocks analysed are all members of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). We are updating our publication of January 2023, assessing both the lacklustre share price performances during 2023 and the key issues, including interest rates, inflation and power prices. As a 31-strong group, its combined market capitalisation is no
Companies: AEIT ROOF DGI9 INPP GSF SEIT USFP HICL ORIT BSIF TRIG NESF SEQI HEIT GRP GCP FSFL 3IN AERI PINT RNEW BBGI GSEO DORE TENT GRID CORD HGEN AEET
Hardman & Co
NextEnergy Solar Fund has extended its £70m revolving credit facility by a year to June 2025 and improved the margin by 10bps. Along with the refinancing of £135m announced in April the move shows a willingness amongst lenders to support solar energy and storage on attractive terms in our view.
Companies: NextEnergy Solar Fund Ltd
Longspur Clean Energy
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) is the largest UK fund investing in utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS). A recent sharp decline in gas prices, a ‘disappointing’ start to the Energy System Operator’s (ESO’s) new energy trading platform and systemic delays connecting completed projects to the national grid have raised concerns about the revenue generating capacity of the BESS sector. This has placed significant downward pressure on the share prices of GRID and others in th
Companies: Gresham House Energy Storage Fund Plc GBP
Edison
Chesnara has announced its 2023 results. Positive returns from equity markets and gains from acquisitions in the first half were somewhat offset by adverse changes to operating assumptions in the second. Economic Value profit of £59.1m marked a good turnaround from a loss of £85.1m in 2022. Economic Value of £524.7m was 2% higher than a year ago, reflecting the dividend payment and forex effects. The final dividend of 15.61p brought the full year up to 23.97p, a 3% increase over the previous yea
Companies: Chesnara Plc
PCI Pal’s FY23 results show revenue growth of +25% to £14.9m, gross profit growth of +31% to £13.1m at a margin of 88%, and an outlook confirming robust momentum in H1 24. The FY23 results are as expected following the August trading update, and FY23 Total Annual Contract Value (TACV) is +23% yoy to £16.4m, with ARR +14% yoy to £12.6m due to £3.1m of contracts in deployment. We expect ARR will increase +35% and +31% to £17.0m and £22.2m in FY24 and FY25, as management lands and expands following
Companies: PCI-PAL PLC
Cavendish
AGT’s increasing focus on idiosyncratic opportunities may offer a good source of diversification…
Companies: AVI Global Trust PLC GBP
Kepler | Trust Intelligence
The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR) has been managed by Alex Crooke, co-head of equities at Janus Henderson Investors (JHI), since July 2003. It can be considered as a ‘one-stop shop’ for global equity exposure as the fund is made up of six geographic portfolios (sleeves), which harness the talent of JHI’s regional specialists. Crooke (in conjunction with the board) sets BNKR’s asset allocation and manages its gearing. He believes that inflation will remain elevated, and that future shareholder
Companies: Bankers Investment Trust PLC GBP
Henderson Far East Income (HFEL) has consistently delivered on its objective to provide a rising dividend. However, like many investors, HFEL’s managers overestimated the potential for a post-pandemic rebound in China. The trust’s resultant overweight to Chinese consumer and other cyclicals led to a fall in portfolio revenues and underperformance in the financial year ended 31 August 2023 (FY23). With a view to improving future returns, HFEL’s board has since indicated an increased willingness t
Companies: Henderson Far East Income LTD GBP
In our 15 March 2023 initiation, 'Pawnbroking royalty, with strong, profitable growth', and subsequent notes, we have highlighted the strong market for pawnbroking and why H&T, as the market leader, is uniquely placed to take advantage of these opportunities. These results reconfirmed both, with the pledge book up 28% and net pawnbroking revenue up 36%. Like many in the retail space, H&T faced the challenge of customers focusing on lower-value, lower-margin items in the key run-up to Christmas 2
Companies: H&T Group plc
DUKE’s unique product provides SMEs across diversified sectors with hybrid capital, allowing the existing team to retain control. By optimising the best of equity and debt, DUKE aims to achieve equity-type returns with debt levels of risk. The loan and participating preference share elements support DUKE shareholders’ high (2024E: 9.0%), growing (2026E: 7% above 2024), and covered dividend. Early exit fees and equity stakes should generate ongoing capital growth as the portfolio matures. PE-styl
Companies: Duke Capital Limited
BlackRock Frontiers posted another year of strong returns in FY23 (ended 30 September) and has continued to outperform into 2024, with NAV and share price total returns over one, three, five and 10 years to end-January 2024 comfortably beating the average of its peers in the AIC Global Emerging Markets sector. The trust offers a highly differentiated proposition, avoiding the eight largest emerging markets, which between them tend to account for around 90% of GEM investment. Instead, co-ma
Companies: BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust PLC
Tern hosted an investor presentation and Q&A session on 26 March. Each of the four presentations from the portfolio companies highlighted increased commercial traction, with configuration work turning to repeat licencing through the SaaS models, a growing high-profile customer base and important strategic partnerships. The presentations reinforced the chairman’s statement that Tern has created, and continues to support, a portfolio of businesses where 80% are not just surviving but thriving, com
Companies: Tern PLC
Progressive Equity Research
Companies: Chariot Limited (CHAR:LON)Duke Capital Limited (DUKE:LON)
Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL) invests in UK small- and mid-cap companies, seeking to generate total returns. Managed since 2002 by Neil Hermon of Janus Henderson Investors, HSL typically owns around 100 companies which the manager and his analyst team believe offer superior growth potential at a reasonable valuation. Neil builds his portfolio primarily through bottom-up stock analysis, looking for companies which are attractive on his ‘4 Ms’: Model, Management, Money and Momentum (which we
Companies: Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC
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