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Big Broadcast: Edinburgh – falling inflation could light the UK touchpaper

Edinburgh Investment Trust fund managers James de Uphaugh and Imran Sattar say an oversold UK stock market is right for a rebound as falling inflation lifts people's real incomes.

David Stevenson: What will lift the curse on private equity trusts?

Despite the efforts of more enlightened listed private equity funds, shares in the sector don’t look like narrowing their ultra-wide discounts to asset value any time soon.

Sirius Real Estate raises £146m to fund multi-let acquisition spree

Business park investor receives strong shareholder support for quick share issue giving it funds to buy more good value, multi-let industrial properties in the UK and Germany.

Schroder REIT to include sustainability in investment objective

Schroder REIT has proposed amendments to its investment objective and policy, and to its investment management agreement, to include sustainability at...

Dunedin Enterprise may now wind up

Dunedin Enterprise says that regulatory approval for its sale of Premier Hytemp (a manufacturer and supplier of engineered metal solutions held via th...

Sirius Real Estate raises £146.6m

Sirius Real Estate raised £146.6m in a placing. The company said the net proceeds enables it to execute on a significant near term pipeline of attract...

UK Commercial Property REIT and Picton merger talks off

UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) has terminated discussions with Picton Property over a possible merger of the companies. It was announced on 8 Nove...

QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 November 2023 – GRID, MTU, SREI

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 November 2023: Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID) says that its 50MW West Didsbury project has been successfully ...

Trust industry backs British ISA but warns on cost disclosure issue

ISA reform would need to go hand and hand with cost disclosure in order to protect closed-end funds, according to some industry participants.

Sirius Real Estate looks to raise £145m

Sirius Real Estate (SRE) is looking to raise £145m in a placing. This will enable the company to acquire a near-term pipeline of opportunities, follow...

QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 November 2023 – SSIT, INOV, IBT, USF, UKCM

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 November 2023: Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) has released its Q1 update. Highlights include a further £4....

James Carthew: RTW Biotech will succeed with or without Arix

The biotech slump is a combination of the deflation of a bubble that was triggered by COVID and the general aversion to growth companies that has accompanied rising interest rates. It seems clear to me though that this has gone too far.