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03.05 / 07:43

markets Target Strategy Adventure Concerns mount over Coutts' plans to move £2bn of client funds out of UK

The portfolio allocation changes will target six Coutts portfolios, with combined assets under management of £9.8bn split across 62% equities and 38% bonds. Broker Peel Hunt has estimated that the largest asset transfers will affect the Ambitious and Balanced funds, with £928m and £612m pulled out of UK stocks respectively. The Managed Equity portfolio will also face high levels of UK divestment, with £227m worth of outflows, while the Adventurous fund, Coutts' highest risk strategy with 90% invested in equities, is expected to recalibrate £89m away from the market. UK investors a...

08.01 / 15:43

M&A UK companies private equity Take-private deals dominate UK M&A landscape in 2023

Peel Hunt also noted that smaller deals continued to represent the majority of transactions in 2023, with just a small minority of announced firm offers exceeding £500m equity value.

08.01 / 12:02

property Investment trusts Investment Trust AEW Home REIT Home REIT sells additional 98 properties for £26.5m

An additional 162 properties have been exchanged for sale at a total of £25.7m, which are expected to complete this month.

03.01 / 15:09

IPO M&A UK companies FTSE UK M&A fuelling 'relentless' de-equitisation drive

With 40 transactions worth more than £100m in 2023, Hall noted that the pace had increased throughout the year, as there had been jus three offers announced in Q1 2023 compared to 18 in Q4.

01.12 / 14:01

Investment trusts Baillie Gifford UK Growth NAV slumps 12% as discount widens

Managers Iain McCombie and Milena Mileva said it was 'disappointing to report another period of poor portfolio performance'.

03.11 / 14:45

Investment trusts Merger share buybacks Troy Income & Growth suspends buybacks ahead of potential merger

Peel Hunt analyst Thomas Pocock said that shareholders 'will likely have expected better planning and communication'.

01.11 / 11:37

Investment trusts RUMS solar project Asian Energy Impact transitional manager begins due diligence on RUMS project

Octopus said the net present value of the RUMS project is 'materially more negative' than the estimate, in the base case scenario, of £13m.

18.10 / 14:43

companies liontrust outflows Premier Miton Ashmore Peel Hunt reiterates Liontrust 'Buy' rating despite £1.6bn quarterly outflows

Liontrust’s current valuation 'does not reflect the strength of the core franchise and we believe there is re-rating potential when flows stabilise'.

29.09 / 08:27

Investment trusts Numis Verne Global Digital 9 Infrastructure Digital 9 Infrastructure shares plummet by 40% as turnaround hopes slump

Peel Hunt, DGI9’s corporate broker, downgraded its rating from ‘outperform’ to ‘under review’.

25.09 / 10:33

Investment trusts Winterflood tender offer Buyback Pantheon International Pantheon International launches £150m tender offer as part of £200m share buyback scheme

The closing date is expected to be 17 October 2023, with strike price announced on 18 October and settlement on 26 October.

08.09 / 12:33

Jefferies Investment trusts Winterflood Hipgnosis Songs Fund Takeover Round Hill Music Royalty fund agrees to $470m takeover offer

The trust’s portfolio consists of 51 catalogues comprising over 150,000 songs by artists including Bruno Mars, Celine Dion, Louis Armstrong and The Supremes.

31.08 / 12:45

Investment trusts Nippon Active Value 'Consolidator' Nippon Active Value posts 6.7% rise to NAV total return for first half of 2023

The trust has become a 'consolidator' within the AIC Japan sector.

11.08 / 12:27

Investment trusts Winterflood Gravis Backed Gravis trusts GCP Asset Backed Income and GCP Infrastructure agree to combine assets

The GCP Infra board said the proposed merger will bring multiple benefits to both existing and new shareholders.

04.08 / 09:27

property Investment trusts AEW social housing Home REIT Home REIT sells 40 properties for 60% average loss

The properties were chosen for their “limited prospects for income and capital return given the required capital expenditure in order to be brought up to specification”.

16.06 / 07:23

Citi dealmaking Peel Hunt posts £1.5m loss amid cost-cutting, UK dealmaking slump

City broker Peel Hunt posted a loss of £1.5m as investment banking fees slumped by nearly 60% amid a difficult period for UK capital markets.

01.12 / 12:25

Citi Broker City broker Peel Hunt posts record investment banking fees

City broker Peel Hunt reported record investment banking revenues as UK deal volumes boomed this year and its roster of clients expanded.

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