Property Financial News
15.02 / 09:29
property
investigation
FCA
Investment trusts
Home REIT
Home REIT sells additional 117 properties for £5.6m
An additional property is expected to be entered into a public auction on 15 February.
03.05 / 06:35
property
FTX
Former FTX Boss Ryan Salame Gives up $5.9M Bahamas House
Former co-CEO of FTX Digital Market Ryan Salame is to transfer a $5.9 million house he owns in the Bahamas to settle criminal charges.
01.03 / 05:09
supply
stocks
property
asset
Hong Kong's largest bitcoin ETF assets up five-fold since October
Hong Kong has been a relative latecomer to crypto trading, approving its first three cryptocurrency futures ETFs in late 2022.
09.02 / 13:42
property
Copyright
rights
Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor's claim 'a brazen lie', London court told
Craig Wright says he is the author of a 2008 white paper, the foundational text of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, published in the name «Satoshi Nakamoto».
26.01 / 14:13
property
Investment trusts
REITS
Numis
Andrew Rees
Nav
AEW UK REIT dividend remains uncovered as tenant administrations hit earnings
Management noted earnings were constrained by 28p due to Wilko and CJ Services both entering administration.
18.01 / 09:31
property
Investment trusts
People moves
Business roles
social housing
Home REIT
Entire Home REIT board commits to step down on publication of results as chair Fennah replaced
The filing contained no information regarding a potential publication for the delayed results.
11.01 / 09:15
property
Investment trusts
Merger
LXi REIT agrees to £1.9bn LondonMetric takeover deal
The boards said the combined group will have EPRA net tangible assets of about £4.1bn, becoming the fourth largest UK REIT.
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.
20.12 / 10:53
property
Investment trusts
social housing
Home REIT
£564m written off as Home REIT portfolio shrinks 58% in revaluation
The material reduction of £564m in valuation has been tied principally to a 'reassessment of the quality of assets', alongside the 'covenant strength of the tenants', many of which have entered liquidation.
16.12 / 15:18
property
Unit trusts/OEICs
M&G
distribution
suspensions
First M&G Property distribution due in February with wind-up predicted to last 18 months
The fund is being closed due to the dwindling popularity of property vehicles, according to M&G, which noted the ongoing withdrawals are 'likely to continue' and may 'accelerate in the future'.
05.12 / 15:31
Asia
property
Moody's
Global
Moody's downgrades China sovereign credit outlook to negative
Despite the downgrade, the country’s A1 rating was affirmed by Moody’s, which it said reflected the country’s financial and institutional resources.
05.12 / 09:31
property
Investment trusts
Alternatives
AEW
Home REIT
Rent collection dwindles to 14% as further Home REIT tenant enters liquidation
As 30 November, Home REIT tenants in liquidation accounted for 16.3% of annual contracted rent.
28.11 / 19:55
property
FCA
REITS
open
LGIM mulls increased REIT exposure in potential hybrid solution to open-ended property question
In light of the current FCA consultation on funds investing in UK property, the firm said L&G PAIF and its feeder fund will remain open to investors.
28.11 / 11:59
property
companies
jp morgan
Julius Baer to review private debt arm following 'European conglomerate' bankruptcy
In a stock exchange notice, the group revealed, without naming Signa, that it possessed three loans to different entities within 'a European conglomerate' that was now restructuring, totalling CHF 606m (£545.4m).
27.11 / 15:07
property
Investment trusts
AIC
Investec
Investment Trust
strategic review
abrdn European Logistics Income launches strategic review
The trust has suffered from a double-digit discount for over a year and fell to a new low of 47.1% last month, according to data from the Association of Investment Companies. It currently sits at a 39.7% discount.
24.11 / 14:05
property
Unit trusts/OEICs
M&G
St James's Place
open
NOT
Deep Dive: A 'bleak' future but not a 'forgone conclusion' for open-ended property funds
'Let us not be fooled into thinking the challenges faced by the likes of M&G and St James’s Place render the future of these structures a foregone conclusion.'
21.11 / 14:57
Sustainability
property
ESG
SDR
REIT
ESG funds
Schroder REIT proposes investment objective change and variable fee structure
The proposal will be voted on in an extraordinary general meeting, held on 15 December.
16.11 / 14:23
property
ESG
Unit trusts/OEICs
infrastructure
Blackfinch unveils infrastructure and property funds
Blackfinch Group CIO of listed assets Dan Appleby (pictured)
13.11 / 20:17
property
Unit trusts/OEICs
OEIC
St James's Place
Time
open
TIME Investments suspends open-ended property fund on 'material uncertainty'
The fund invests predominantly in residential freehold properties, which Oli Creasey, property research analyst at Quilter Cheviot, said had faced concerns over regulatory changes for some time.
07.11 / 16:29
property
bonds
ESG
Unit trusts/OEICs
equities
Equity funds suffer largest outflows since Mini Budget as ESG funds shed £700m
Equity funds shed £1.2bn in assets last month, the sixth consecutive month of net selling.
25.10 / 10:49
property
Unit trusts/OEICs
Aegon Property Income sells final properties
The wind-up of the fund lasted more than 27 months, beginning on 9 July 2021, exceeding its original expected deadline of August 2023.
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