LMS Capital : LMS

Research History

• 09 Oct 2020

  QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – October 2020

  Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments  Table of contents  New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list  New research Here is a list of research we published over September: Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust – […]

• 07 May 2020

  QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – May 2020

  Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments  Table of contents  New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list  New research Here is a list of research we published over April: An update note […]

• 07 May 2020

  QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – May 2020

  Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]

• 10 Jan 2020

  QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – January 2020

  Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford  Table of contents  New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Income Events  New research  Here is a list of research we published over December: An update note on BlackRock Throgmorton (THRG) “BlackRock Throgmorton continues to lead its peer group in […]

• 06 Dec 2019

  QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – December 2019

  Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford  Table of contents  New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Income Events  New research  Here is a list of research we published over November: An initiation note on Henderson High Income “We have initiated coverage on Henderson High Income (HHI). Since […]

• 11 Sep 2019

  QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2019

  Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford  New research Over August, we published notes on Aberdeen Emerging Markets and JLEN Environmental Assets . You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com.  In this issue Performance data – appetite for risk was generally down in August, as […]

• 22 Feb 2019

  QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – February 2019

  QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – February 2019 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of January 2019. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. December’s sharp sell-off in technology and growth stocks reversed somewhat in January. This was […]

• 18 Jul 2018

  Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Second Quarter 2018

  QUARTERLY INVESTMENT COMPANIES ROUNDUP – SECOND QUARTER 2018 Global equities markets rose in the second quarter of 2018, Markets were volatile, as positive economic data and encouraging company performances played off against geopolitical concerns. Yields from bond markets rose early in the quarter but fell back as investors turned to ‘safer’ investments. The threat of […]

• 11 Jul 2018

  QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018

  QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of June 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. July Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in June Newcomer to the market, Yew Grove […]

• 11 May 2018

  QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – May 2018

  QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of April 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. India Capital Growth has experience a rebound in performance in the past month, as […]

• 25 Apr 2018

  Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018

  Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018 Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018 – Global equity markets declined in the first quarter of 2018. Concerns about US interest rate rises were the feature of the first half of the quarter. However, worries about global trade took over in the second part, particularly […]

• 18 Apr 2018

  QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2018

  QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of March 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Stock markets have suffered their first meaningful fall for nearly two years. At the quarter end, […]

• 19 Oct 2017

  Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017

  Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017 – Markets moved up a little over the course of the three months ended 30 September 2017. Regionally, emerging markets did well. The pound strengthened a bit relative to the US dollar but was flat against the euro. The oil price rose by more than 20%. In […]

• 14 Sep 2017

  QuotedData investment companies roundup – September 2017

      QuotedData investment companies roundup – September 2017 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of August 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. September Investment Companies Roundup Winners and losers in August Ashmore Global’s […]

• 03 Aug 2017

  QuotedData investment companies roundup – August 2017

  QuotedData investment companies roundup – August 2017 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of July 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. August Investment Companies Roundup Monthly NAV/Price moves: A couple of themes stand out […]

• 16 May 2017

  QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 2017

  QuotedData investment companies roundup: Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of April 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money in: The only new launch in April was EJF Investments, a £69m fund trying to take advantage of […]

• 15 Mar 2017

  QuotedData investment companies roundup – March 2017

  Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of February 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. March Investment Companies Roundup

• 14 Feb 2017

  QuotedData investment companies roundup – February 2017

  Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of January 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. February Investment Companies Roundup

• 27 Oct 2016

  Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2016

  Q3 saw the market adapt to life post the UK’s EU referendum. Sterling continued to fall but most stock markets stabilised and discounts narrowed across most sectors. While the US election is dominating headlines, it does not seem to be having much impact on markets so far. q3-quarterly-roundup

News

• 01 Mar 2021

  Greencoat Renewables recaps on a big year of growth

  Greencoat Renewables (GRP) reported final results for the year to 31 December 2020, with key highlights from the year including the following: 2020 Generation increased by 22% to 1,404GWh, 3 per cent below budget. (2019: 1,154GWh) 2020 Net cash generation increased by 36% to €66.4 million (2019: €48.7million) Dividend cover for 2020 of 1.7x Increased the portfolio […]

• 22 Mar 2019

  LMS Capital surveying new opportunities

  LMS Capital surveying new opportunities – The small to mid-sized focused private equity trust LMS Capital (LMS) saw its NAV decline by 6.5% in the year to December 31, 2018. Highlights include: The net asset value at 31 December 2018 was £60.3m, 74.7p per share (31 December 2017: £64.5m, 79.9p per share) The portfolio showed […]

• 15 Mar 2018

  First year results for LMS Capital with new investment manager

  First year results for LMS Capital with new investment manager – In August 2016, LMS Capital (LMS) appointed Gresham House Asset Management Limited as its investment manager to carry out the new investment policy and to manage the company’s assets on a discretionary basis. Please click here to see our report on the proposal at the time. […]

• 08 Feb 2018

  LMS Capital exits Brockton Capital LLP

  LMS Capital exits Brockton Capital LLP – In 2006 LMS, together with 3 other cornerstone investors, backed the establishment of Brockton Capital LLP, a private equity real estate investment adviser, and became an investor in Brockton Capital Fund I LP, a real estate investment fund.  The investment in the LLP gave LMS the right to participate in […]

• 26 Jul 2017

  LMS Capital announces tender offer proposals

  LMS Capital is proposing to return up to £11 million to shareholders by way of tender offer and repurchase of up to 16.29% of the issued share capital of the Company at a price of 70p per Ordinary Share. The company says that the tender offer price represents a 5% discount to the 30 June […]

• 16 Jun 2017

  LMS Capital assessing tender proposals in light of YesTo realisation

  LMS Capital has announced that it has been informed by the general partner of the San Francisco Equity Partners Funds (SFEP Funds) that the funds have received cash proceeds from a partial realisation of holdings in YesTo and that the general partner intends shortly, to make a distribution. LMS Capital says that, whilst it not […]

• 06 Jun 2017

  LMS Capital handing back another £11m

  LMS Capital handing back another £11m in two tender offers. In its circular published on 27 July 2016, LMS Capital proposed two further returns of capital to shareholders either by way of tender offers or share repurchases. This would be up to half the net proceeds of further sales of assets from the existing portfolio. The details of […]

• 06 Apr 2017

  LMS Capital sells stake in 365IT

  LMS Capital says it has sold  its majority stake in the, leading UK IT services business, 365IT, to CORETX Holdings plc. Under the terms of the acquisition the enterprise value of 365IT was agreed at GBP5.4m, which after adjusting for net debt of GBP800k results in an equity value of GBP4.6m, to be settled through […]

• 14 Mar 2017

  LMS Capital sees 23% NAV drop in 2016

  LMS Capital has announced preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2016.  At the general meeting on 16 August 2016 shareholders voted in favour of proposals to change the Company’s investment policy so that the Company may now make new investments focused on private equity opportunities. On the same date the Company appointed Gresham House […]

• 21 Mar 2016

  LMS Capital NAV flat in 2015

  LMS Capital reports that its Net Asset Value per share at the end of 2015 was 92p, a 1% decrease from 93p a year ago. They wrote up the value of 365iTMS and wrote down the value of Nationwide Energy Partners. They say 365 made good progress in 2015 and this is reflected in the […]

• 15 Dec 2015

  LMS Capital tender offer returns £40m

  LMS Capital has announced the results of its tender offer that was previously announced on 27 November 2015. The latest tender is the fourth the company has made since the approval of its realisation strategy in November 2011. The tender price was 96p and 130,363,380 ordinary shares were validly tendered. The basic entitlement is 28.7% […]

• 27 Nov 2015

  LMS proposes fourth tender to return up to $40m

  LMS Capital has announced its intention to return up to £40m to shareholders through a tender offer and repurchase of up to 29.98% of the ordinary shares of the Company. The proposed tender offer is the fourth made since the approval of the Company’s realisation strategy in November 2011 and will, if approved, bring the […]

• 24 Jul 2015

  LMS thinking of investing in energy

  LMS Capital’s interims for the first half of 2015 show its NAV rising by a penny to 94p. They sold off investments worth £26.6m including the sale of five fund positions in the secondary market which raised £9.2m after costs; ChyronHego Corporation (one of our US quoted investments) was bought by Vector Capital – the cash proceeds […]

• 10 Mar 2015

  Updata and wesupply drive NAV growth at LMS Capital

  LMS Capital is continuing the process of realising its portfolio and handing back the proceeds to shareholders. Its net asset value rose from 88p to 93p over the course of 2014. They handed back £40m to shareholders by way of a tender offer. They made sales totalling £45.9m, £31.8m of this came from the sale […]

• 04 Aug 2014

  LMS Capital : LMS - interims

  LMS Capital has published its interim figures for the six months ended 30 June 2014. £40.5m was realised from the portfolio and £40m returned to shareholders by way of a tender during the period. In addition a net £5m was generated from their fund investments. The net asset value rose to 94p from 88p despite […]

• 09 May 2014

  LMS Capital : LMS - tender offer

  LMS Capital, which is gradually selling off its portfolio and returning money to its shareholders, will tender for £40m of shares. Forms must be submitted by 22 May, the tender will be approved by shareholders on 27 May and the result of the tender will be announced on 28 May.

• 01 Apr 2014

  LMS Capital : LMS - sale of investment

  LMS Capital has announced that it has sold its interest in Updata Infrastructure for £27.2m to Capita. The price reflects a 5.3x multiple on the cost of the investment and adds 4p per share to the net asset value. Updata was LMS capital’s largest investment.

• 04 Mar 2014

  LMS Capital : LMS - annual results

  Over the year ended 31 December 2013 LMS capital’s net asset value rose from 85p to 88p. £35m was handed back to shareholders via a tender offer, funded by £44m of cash exits from portfolio positions.

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