| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.08.2023 | Taking a look at some economic moats – 1. High switching costs | Warren Buffett famously introduced the investment world to the concept of an economic moat and has referred to it many times at shareholder meetings, talks to students, and in his annual shareholder letters. For example, the 2007 annual sha... |
| 21.07.2023 | Downing-backed Pub People accelerates its expansion plan | The Pub People Group (Pub People or the Group), led by Andrew Crawford and backed by investment manager Downing LLP (Downing), has accelerated its expansion plans by making several freehold acquisitions, accelerating investment into the exi... |
| 21.07.2023 | Cautious Investors: the three dilemmas |
It’s never been harder to be a cautious investor. Not within most of our working lives, anyway. This is unfortunate because there have never been so many cautious investors.
It’s no coincidence. The outsized baby-boom generation are all ... |
| 21.07.2023 | Investment Week Summit: VT Downing Small & Mid-Cap Fund | Downing's Josh McCathie, manager of the VT Downing Small & Mid Income Fund, presented at the Investment Week Summit last week. You can catch-up on the key highlights below.
The VT Downing Small & Mid-Cap Income Fund is a UK equity ... |
| 18.06.2023 | Downing LLP partners with Southern Water to develop 12 solar PV sites and supply renewable energy to its facilities | Downing is pleased to announce that it has been appointed by Southern Water to deliver 12 new solar PV projects across its sites and to supply renewable energy from these projects to its water treatment facilities under long-term offtake ag... |
| 20.05.2023 | Andrew Vaughan reunites with Rosemary Banyard at Downing Fund Managers | The pair formerly worked closely together at Sanford Deland where Rosemary launched and managed the CFP Free Spirit Fund (Free Spirit). Andrew took over management of Free Spirit following Rosemary’s departure from the company in 2019.
Ros... |
| 15.05.2023 | Downing LLP makes senior appointment to its Energy & Infrastructure team | Karl will join Downing in June from Macquarie Asset Management where he was a Managing Director and led a team focussed on a dedicated renewable energy fund and broader energy transition activities in Europe. Karl will work closely with Tom... |
| 05.05.2023 | DUO: Some reflections from the first three years | Three years after its launch, as markets hit their nadir and the UK entered its first lockdown, Rosemary Banyard, manager of the VT Downing Unique Opportunities Fund, reflects on the challenges businesses and investors have faced, and how t... |
| 01.05.2023 | Downing to launch multi-asset range for Simon Evan-Cook | Boutique investment house, Downing Fund Managers, is launching a new multi-asset fund range led by Simon Evan-Cook. The VT Downing Fox Funds range*, which will be available for investment from June 2023, will consist of four funds of funds,... |
| 21.04.2023 | Cash: let the bad times roll |
I got excited on the phone to my bank last month, which was unusual for all sorts of reasons. What lit my sparkler? They told me I could switch up to £5k into an account paying 5% interest. The shock of them paying me anything, let alone ... |
| 21.04.2023 | There is nothing dull about dividends | The “dullness dividend” is the term the City coined on the back of the relative calm since the appointment of Rishi Sunak as UK Prime Minister, and Jeremy Hunt as Chancellor. Consensus is that markets are taking comfort that fiscal prudence... |
| 06.04.2023 | The little companies that could | **Disclaimer
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| 21.03.2023 | Downing Sustainability Report 2022 | By Roger Lewis, Head of ESG at Downing
With sustainable investment and environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations becoming more deeply integrated within financial services, questions are increasingly being asked around the r... |
| 02.03.2023 | The overlooked value in the value universe | **Disclaimer
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This is a non-independent marketing communication commissioned by Downing Strategic Micro-Cap. The report has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements design... |
| 17.02.2023 | Opposites attract. Or - do they? | Oil and water repel. Yin and Yang are – Yin and Yang. Introverts and extroverts rarely end up chatting happily in the corner at parties.
As in life, fund management likes to pigeonhole. Growth and Value being the most regular sparring part... |
| 08.02.2023 | Downing Fox – Review of 2022 | Downing Fox was born - of frustration - in February 2022. Specifically my frustration – I thought there was a simple, reliable and cost-effective way of running good portfolios for financial advisers, but the industry seemed dead set on not... |
| 03.02.2023 | Can you bear to wait? | Albert Einstein is credited with the statement: “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it… he who doesn’t, pays it.” When it comes to investing in equities, I believe that the power of upward comp... |
| 28.01.2023 | We live in grim times – what to do? |
One of my guiding investment principles is “follow the money”. By that I mean find out what investment experts are actually doing with their own money, not what they say they’re doing. It’s amazing how different these can be.1
It’s usefu... |
| 15.01.2023 | Downing to acquire 6 GWh Norwegian hydro plant in £3m deal | Investment manager Downing LLP is expanding its focus on sustainable investing with a c.£3 million acquisition of Norwegian hydro power plant Lauvstad Kraftverk AS.
The renewable energy and infrastructure arm of Downing Estate Planning Ser... |
| 14.12.2022 | Where next for profit margins? | In 1912, an explosives salesman working for the large US chemicals company DuPont invented a framework to measure internal efficiency, which became famous as the DuPont analysis or formula. This formula breaks down the important investment ... |
| 13.12.2022 | Time to be daring | “You can’t take the same actions as everyone else and expect to outperform.”[1] – Howard Marks, I beg to differ, July 2022
In one of Howard Marks’ (of Oaktree Capital) recent memos, he re-emphasises a point he made back in 2006 but one he ... |
| 02.11.2022 | Alex Paget to join Downing Fund Managers | Downing has appointed Alex Paget to the fund management team as the group continues to grow the Downing Fund Managers (DFM) boutique listed fund business. He will work alongside Simon Evan-Cook on the Downing Fox multi-asset strategies.
Al... |
| 28.10.2022 | Downing LLP supports continued expansion of Special Educational Needs Group Bridges Care and Education | Investment manager Downing LLP has committed £12.5 million to support the continued expansion of Bridges Care and Education (BCE), an operator of special educational needs schools in the UK that trades under the name Spaghetti Bridge.
This... |
| 25.10.2022 | Downing LLP supports growth at bridge lender Whitehall Capital | Investment manager Downing LLP has agreed a new debt facility to support growth at specialist bridge lender Whitehall Capital, which focuses on short-term real estate finance solutions for private and corporate borrowers across the UK.
The... |
| 20.10.2022 | Downing boosts growth with £11.1 million in property finance deals | Sustainable investment manager Downing LLP has continued its expansion drive with the completion of development loans worth £11.1 million during the last month, building on strong growth.
The latest deals include residential developments i... |
| 19.10.2022 | Downing LLP appoints industry veteran, Nick Burley, to join its new Capital Solutions team | Nick Burley, the former Chief Financial Officer at European healthcare services business Alliance Medical, has joined the new Capital Solutions team at sustainable investment manager Downing LLP.
Nick will join Downing’s Capital Solutions ... |
| 18.10.2022 | Smaller companies vs FTSE stalwarts: opportunities for small cap companies | Downturns or recessions are traditionally challenging times for smaller-sized companies. But for investors with longer-term time horizons, UK small caps may offer compelling relative value.
Smaller companies, which tend to be more vulnerab... |
| 12.10.2022 | Former M&G Fund Manager Paul Taylor establishes new investment strategy at Downing LLP targeted at institutional investors | Sustainable investment manager Downing LLP plans to launch a series of new investment activities and funds, led by Paul Taylor. Paul is a former senior Fund Manager and Head of Restructuring at M&G and will manage capital on behalf of l... |
| 11.10.2022 | Downing LLP creates new investment vehicle for UK charity to invest in renewable energy | Sustainable investment manager Downing LLP has created a new, bespoke investment vehicle for the UK charity, the Human Capability Foundation (HCF), to invest into renewable energy assets.
Over the past 12 years, Downing’s Energy and Infras... |
| 30.09.2022 | Downing’s Simon Evan-Cook appointed to advise the VT Johnston Financial Multi-Asset Funds | Boutique investment house, Downing Fund Managers, is delighted to announce that, as of 1 April 2022, Simon Evan-Cook has been appointed by Johnston Financial as Investment Adviser to the VT Johnston Financial Multi Asset funds. The £149 mil... |
| 30.09.2022 | Downing LLP’s first Finnish wind farm investment completes construction | Investment manager Downing LLP is pleased to announce the acquisition and entry into operations of a 30MW onshore wind farm in Finland as it expands its focus on sustainable investing.
Bagnall Energy Limited (Bagnall), the renewable energy... |
| 29.09.2022 | The Nordics: a renewable energy powerhouse | The Nordic region, consisting of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland, is a leader in renewable energy. These countries have been at the forefront of renewable energy since the start of the 20th century. We examine what factors have... |
| 29.09.2022 | Future-proof: Diversification unlocks the power of sustainable renewable energy returns | Energy transition and the race to net zero have put renewable energy at the forefront of future energy strategies. Meanwhile, geopolitical flashpoints and global conflict are redrawing energy supply lines - underlining the urgency to accele... |
| 29.09.2022 | Downing acquires Pub People and commits to growth | Investment manager Downing LLP (“Downing”) has acquired The Pub People Group of companies (“Pub People”) and committed to further funding for expansion.
Downing has acquired Pub People, based in Alfreton, Derbyshire from its management tea... |
| 29.09.2022 | Downing LLP hits significant milestone as a sustainable investor after being awarded B Corp status | Investment manager Downing LLP is delighted to announce that it has been certified as a B Corporation (B Corp), joining a group of companies committed to people and planet, as well as profit.
The certification means Downing LLP has been re... |
| 30.08.2022 | Downing LLP supports growth at surgical augmented intelligence company Cydar Medical | Investment manager Downing LLP is supporting growth at surgical augmented intelligence company Cydar Medical with a £1.3 million investment through its healthcare ventures team.
The company, based in Barrington, Cambridgeshire, uses leadin... |
| 26.08.2022 | Downing LLP partners with Yorkshire Water to develop 28 new solar sites | Investment and asset manager, Downing LLP, is pleased to announce it has been selected by Yorkshire Water to develop, design, build and operate a portfolio of 28 solar sites across Yorkshire.
The first phase of solar deployments, an invest... |
| 10.08.2022 | Downing LLP provides an additional £4.4 million to Special Educational Needs Group Bridges Care and Education | Investment manager Downing LLP has agreed a follow-on investment of £4.4 million for its platform Bridges Care and Education (“BCE”), a provider of special education needs schools in the UK, which trades under the Spaghetti Bridge name.
Th... |
| 09.08.2022 | Infrastructure: building certainty through the economic cycles | Infrastructure’s resilience and predictability through macroeconomic cycles means the sector continues to attract capital. In the following insight, we discuss the powerful drivers and themes behind the growth of infrastructure investment a... |
| 09.08.2022 | Many puddings are in the oven, and we’re waiting for the proof | It’s time for a stock take. Environmental, social and governance-related investing is hot on the lips and touted as a key component in mitigating climate change. Downing’s Head of ESG, Roger Lewis, reviews progress from the first half of 20... |
| 22.07.2022 | Downing LLP property finance team passes £300 million milestone | Investment manager Downing LLP is celebrating its Property Finance team passing the significant £300 million milestone for commitments.
Around £140 million of the total has been achieved in the past financial year and the team has complete... |
| 08.07.2022 | Downing Renewables and Infrastructure Trust (DORE): The power of diversification | Environmental Finance spoke with Tom Williams, head of energy and infrastructure at Downing LLP, to explore how diversification sets DORE apart from other renewables funds.
Environmental Finance: What is the benefit of DORE’s geographical ... |
| 06.07.2022 | Downing LLP completes sale of its non-healthcare ventures investment business | Downing LLP has completed the sale of its non-healthcare ventures investment business, enabling its industry-leading team of ventures investment specialists to focus on attractive growth prospects in the healthcare sector. Downing has also ... |
| 06.07.2022 | Downing LLP appoints Roger Lewis as Head of ESG | Downing LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Lewis to the newly created role of Head of ESG. Roger joins Downing from River and Mercantile where he was Group Head of ESG and was responsible for implementing and overseeing the... |
| 06.07.2022 | VT Downing Unique Opportunities Fund - Investor Update | In this short video, Rosemary Banyard, manager of the VT Downing Unique Opportunities Fund, speaks with Lawrence Gosling, editor of What Investment magazine. Rosemary explains how the fund has performed since launch, what sectors and stocks... |
| 30.06.2022 | Downing LLP and Raynham Estate agrees the sale of 550m3 per hour gas-to-grid anaerobic plant, Corbiere Renewables | Downing LLP (Downing) and Raynham Estate have agreed on the sale of gas-to-grid plant operator Corbiere Renewables after a successful seven-year investment in the firm.
The anaerobic digestion plant, based near Fakenham in Norfolk, has bee... |
| 30.06.2022 | Outlook: Property can shine as an inflationary hedge | After defying economic gravity in recent years, the UK property market is beginning to flash amber. During the pandemic, house prices rose after stamp duty on property transactions was slashed and mortgage interest rates tumbled to record l... |
| 30.06.2022 | DORE wins Renewables Fund of the Year | Downing LLP is pleased to announce that the Downing Renewables and Infrastructure Trust (DORE) is the winner of the Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Awards 2022 – “Renewables Fund of the Year”.
The 2022 Sustainable Investment A... |
| 23.06.2022 | Downing Development Capital bolsters its team to match growth ambitions | Downing is delighted to announce that it has expanded its Development Capital team with five new hires since the start of 2022.
This takes the team up to 15 professionals and demonstrates the team’s growth and ambitions in supporting asset... |
| 13.06.2022 | Downing’s Ventures division to focus on Healthcare in strategic move | To facilitate this strategic move, the company has exchanged contracts to sell its non-healthcare ventures investment business to Foresight Group Holdings Ltd (Foresight). The sale includes the transfer of the investment management contract... |
| 12.06.2022 | DORE targets £50m equity raise | Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (LSE: DORE) is pleased to announce a proposed issue of ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to raise target gross proceeds of approximately £50 million at an Issue Price ... |
| 12.06.2022 | Downing LLP grows with £7.6 million care home development deal | Investment manager Downing LLP has agreed a £7.6 million funding facility to support Country Court, a leading national operator and developer of elderly residential care.
The loan to develop a 69-bed modern purpose-built care home, is the ... |
| 20.05.2022 | Mark Dunn joins Downing LLP to bolster growth in AUM | Downing has appointed Mark Dunn who joins the group in the newly created role of Head of Retail Sales. Mark’s primary responsibilities include overseeing Downing’s sales teams and the distribution strategy across the business.
Tony McGing,... |
| 16.05.2022 | DORE's Q1 Net Asset Value and Dividend Declaration | The Board of Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust plc (the "Company" or "DORE") is pleased to announce the Company's unaudited Net Asset Value ("NAV") as at 31 March 2022 and the declaration of an inte... |
| 16.05.2022 | DORE acquires 18GWh hydropower portfolio and announces intention to raise | Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust plc (LSE: DORE) has entered into an agreement to acquire, through Downing Hydro AB ("DHAB"), a 100% interest in a portfolio of operational run-of-river hydropower plants in Sweden (the... |
| 13.05.2022 | A changing Europe is throwing up investment gems | It is hard to be particularly bullish on markets at the moment. The daily headlines make for gloomy reading – a devastating and protracted war in Ukraine, soaring energy and commodity prices, hawkish central banks and a cost of living crisi... |
| 06.05.2022 | Downing LLP provides unique wholesale financing solution to Greenfield Mortgages | Downing LLP, a London based Investment Manager, is pleased to have provided a unique financing solution for short term property lender Greenfield Mortgages. The bespoke solution is a forward-flow type arrangement originated by Downing’s Who... |
| 27.04.2022 | Sticking to the knitting | The first quarter of 2022 has been very difficult for UK equity funds focussed on investing in quality growth businesses. The mood music probably changed around September 2021 with growing expectations of rising interest rates as inflationa... |
| 23.04.2022 | Curating creativity: why we invested in BBC Maestro | Cultivating creativity
Covid-19 brought about significant challenges in several sectors, none more so than the arts. Various lockdowns ensured the public had limited opportunities to experience them and even shut some productions down alto... |
| 23.04.2022 | Stewards of our landscape | What is our exposure to biodiversity?
Biodiversity is an important product of a healthy climate. It encourages functioning ecosystems which supply the planet with oxygen, clean air, water and food. Farming and agriculture are intrinsically... |
| 14.04.2022 | Downing LLP completes new property development and bridging loans totalling c.£10M | Investment manager Downing LLP is pleased to announce the completion of several property development and bridging loans in March 2022. The new deals totalled almost £10 million and funded multiple acquisitions and development projects.
The... |
| 08.04.2022 | Downing extends loan facility worth £30m for solar asset portfolio | Downing LLP (Downing) is pleased to announce that it has completed an extension of a £30 million term loan facility (Term Loan) with NatWest for a portfolio of c.48MWp of solar assets in England and Northern Ireland.
The Term Loan was comp... |
| 30.03.2022 | Downing's response to the allegations by Mr Dixon on the Staines Town Football Club website |
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| 17.03.2022 | Downing LLP completes sale of luxury hotel Dunkeld House | The initial refurbishment was completed in 2017 and additional sums have been invested over the course of the investment to further enhance the quality of the hotel.
We successfully completed the rebranding and first stage of the value enh... |
| 17.03.2022 | How to hit a home run: all you need to know about VCTs | 1. What is your investment approach?
We concentrate on being thematically focused investors, looking at Healthcare, DeepTech and Enterprise. In my view, by looking at these specialisms we can drive additional insight, access and value add ... |
| 11.03.2022 | Downing to accelerate its growth plans in specialist care with key hire | Downing Investment Director, Torsten Mack, mentioned: “We intend to grow through M&A, as well as through organic growth opportunities. Service-wise, we intend to expand into supported living.
“Expanding into supported living is all abo... |
| 11.03.2022 | Downing partners with Ennoviga Solar Limited to deliver five solar sites for Northumbrian Water Limited | Downing’s investment amounts to £3.7 million and represents its first investment into solar assets commissioned by a UK regulated utility company.
NWL supplies mains water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people across the northeast of... |
| 07.03.2022 | Downing completes new property development and bridging loans totalling c.£20M | Investment manager Downing LLP is pleased to announce the completion of several property development and bridging loans over the last three months. The new deals totalled just over £20 million and funded various residential home development... |
| 26.02.2022 | Maths to the masses: Why we invested in Third Space Learning | Additional tuition has traditionally only been preserved for the fortunate minority. Children who need it most, whether academically or socially, often lack access to it. Third Space Learning, set up in 2013, is addressing this imbalance.
... |
| 17.02.2022 | Latest Kepler profile: DSM a ‘powerful cocktail for shareholder returns’ |
This includes the Kepler Intelligence independent overview of the trust plus their comments on the performance and potential uplift within the portfolio.
Read the full report here.
Click here for more information on the Downing Strategi... |
| 16.02.2022 | Simon Evan-Cook joins Downing Fund Managers | Judith MacKenzie, head of Downing Fund Managers comments:
‘I am delighted that Simon has chosen to join DFM – he brings a wealth of experience and a demonstrable track record which will be invaluable as we develop and grow the business. We... |
| 07.02.2022 | Why we invested in CS Pharmaceuticals | Despite China having one billion more people than the USA, healthcare spending in China equaled about 7.1% of the GDP compared to 19.7% in the US. But China is now set on improving its healthcare system by investing in the latest medicinal ... |
| 07.02.2022 | The compliance carbon markets are back, but it has consequences for the voluntary market! | Not only are EUA prices (the carbon credit in the EU carbon compliance market for large industrials known as the EU ETS cap and trade system) at record highs since its collapse between 2011-2013, but COP26 reintroduced the carbon compliance... |
| 04.02.2022 | Downing launches its first impact fund | The new fund follows our underlying Healthcare investment strategy of investing in innovative companies across the healthcare & life sciences sector. In addition, the fund will focus on investing in companies that generate a measurable ... |
| 03.02.2022 | Why we invested in e.fundamentals | What do consumer packaged goods (CPG) giants such as Nestlé, Proctor & Gamble and PepsiCo have in common? They are all in a race to optimise how they sell to consumers as buying habits have shifted online. The pandemic has accelerated m... |
| 02.02.2022 | DORE acquires first onshore wind farm | The farm is located in northeast Sweden and generates 46MW. The farm was acquired for approximately €23.8 million (c.£19.8 million) and underlines DORE’s commitment to a diversified, renewable energy portfolio.
The wind farm is powered by ... |
| 20.01.2022 | Fibre broadband: connecting the nation’s remote populations |
Empowering rural communities with better choices
Throughout Covid-19 we witnessed the importance of connectivity for work and social wellbeing. Many of the UK's towns and cities transitioned to remote living seamlessly, but this highligh... |
| 19.01.2022 | Rosemary Banyard: review and outlook |
The A Accumulation share class returned 25.82% in the 12 months to end of December 2021, 8.57% ahead of the IA All Companies TR sector of 17.25%. The concentrated portfolio of 25-40 holdings only added 5 new positions and sold out of 3, w... |
| 13.01.2022 | Downing LLP completes c£9M development deal for new family homes in Buckinghamshire | London based Downing (www.downing.co.uk) is an investment management business with over 30 years of experience and c.£1.5 billion of assets under management.
The recipient of the loan is an existing developer client of Downing LLP and has ... |
| 12.11.2021 | An intergenerational solution to climate change |
When it comes to sustainability, most people are looking for answers. There is hope that COP26 will provide coherent and actionable outcomes, but the pressure is immense. As investors, the answer to one of the most pressing problems is ri... |
| 12.10.2021 | Downing LLP completes two property loans totalling c£8M for Oxford and Norfolk developments | Investment manager Downing LLP is pleased to announce the completion of two property loans totalling c£6.8 million and c£1.3 million respectively for developments located in Norfolk and Oxford.
The c£6.8 million property loan will see 24 n... |
| 25.08.2021 | The importance of a wider perspective in Estate Planning | A lot of content has been produced about the rise in the already high levels of wealth transferring through the generations over the next 25 years. According to the King’s Court Trust, annual intergenerational wealth transfers will increase... |
| 23.08.2021 | Downing Renewables and Infrastructure Trust – Ahead of expectations | "It is still early in the life of DORE, yet, with an early focus on Swedish hydropower – 51% of the portfolio at the end of March 2021 – complemented by a diverse portfolio of UK solar assets, it can already boast a portfolio that is c... |
| 05.05.2021 | Value? Growth? Where should we invest? | Value versus growth is an age-old debate amongst investors. Questions from clients are normally along the lines of: after a decade long trouncing by growth stocks, ‘is the recent value revival the start of a new era of outperformance or jus... |
| 10.02.2021 | Rosemary Banyard featured in Investment Week discussing UK equities | After a roller coaster year in the UK equity market in 2020, investors and commentators are looking forward to better news in 2021 as several Covid-19 vaccines are rolled out and Brexit is seen as done and dusted. The pundits are predicting... |
| 21.12.2020 | DORE acquires first investment since IPO | Downing is pleased to announce that Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust plc ("DORE") has exchanged contracts to acquire its first investment, a portfolio of eight operational hydropower plants (the “Portfolio”) in centra... |
| 15.12.2020 | Why we invested in Carbice | Imagine that for every single electronic device that you interact with on a day to day basis – phone, computer, television, kettle, oven, anything with a circuit board you name it – requires heat dissipation in order to function properly. T... |
| 01.12.2020 | Why We Invested In - Ayar Labs | We are in a time of exciting change at Downing Ventures as we hone our areas of expertise, with a key area of focus being the future of computing. We are strengthening our knowledge and understanding of trends in the market, alongside build... |
| 27.11.2020 | Downing LLP Energy & Infrastructure is undertaking carbon life cycle assessments to understand and reduce emissions throughout the asset lifecycle | As a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)*, Downing takes its environmental, social and governance (ESG) responsibilities very seriously. Continuing with our responsible investor approach and by applying the same rig... |
| 13.11.2020 | Energy & infrastructure team acquire solar asset, Carrow Solar | The energy and infrastructure team announce the acquisition of a rooftop portfolio, Carrow Solar, comprising 210 distinct installations in Norfolk that were built across 2011 and 2012. A comprehensive due diligence programme focused on ener... |
| 12.11.2020 | Asset Management team successfully contributes to National Grid service set up during pandemic | This May, the National Grid Electricity System Operator (NG ESO) launched its Optional Downward Flexibility Management (ODFM) service as a temporary solution to help them manage the unprecedented drop in electricity demand caused by the COV... |
| 12.11.2020 | Downing Exits Solar Project | This month, Downing announced an exit by its EIS and VCT funds from a UK-based solar portfolio, Juno Holdings Limited. These investments performed well and have provided excellent returns for its investors.
Throughout 2013 and 2014, Downin... |
| 23.10.2020 | The Future of Commercial PPAs in the Unsubsidised World of Renewables | In the UK energy markets, where there is a trend towards the end of subsidies for renewables and a demand for green energy increasing year-on-year, a key challenge is how subsidy-free renewable energy projects will be funded if revenue is i... |
| 19.10.2020 | Why I Invested In - Cornelis Networks | Welcome to Downing Ventures' new series, Why I Invested In, that gives the team's insight into the exciting deal closes they have been working on and how they got there in the first place.
High-performance computing (HPC) is a sector that ... |
| 09.10.2020 | How to expand a European business into the USA | Last week, Downing Ventures hosted a session with Jjellyfish (a B2B sales consultancy for early-stage start-ups) to advise our portfolio companies on how to break into the USA. With 95% of European start-ups attempting to expand or build th... |
| 05.10.2020 | Downing Ventures appoints Joe Raffa as new Silicon Valley Ventures Partner | Downing Ventures is delighted to announce the appointment of Joe Raffa as a Venture Partner as it scales up for global expansion and sector specialisation. Joe is an investor and executive with extensive expertise in early stage and Fortune... |
| 30.09.2020 | Cornelis Networks Launches with $20 million Investment and Spin-out of the Intel Omni-Path Business | Downing Ventures Leads Financial and Corporate Investors including Intel Capital and Chestnut Street Ventures in Funding High Performance Interconnect Provider
Cornelis Networks, Inc., a provider of purpose-built interconnects focused on h... |
| 29.09.2020 | Downing’s Lynch – Where can UK investors still get income of 4% + p.a? | Whatever your view on quantitative easing, most can agree that the increased liquidity has helped support and appreciate asset prices across almost all asset classes. Whilst capital appreciation is beneficial, it still leaves the issue of w... |
| - | Downing wins ancillary contracts and discusses why flexible energy is vital in the success of a net-zero future | Quite rightly, the whole world is discussing how quickly – and how – to achieve net-zero carbon emissions. We have woken up to the damage that plundering our natural resources (including coal and oil) has done to the environment and an acce... |
| - | Deep value - buying on fundamentals rather than following sentiment | Deep value - buying on fundamentals rather than following sentiment
Any personal opinions expressed are the views of the Fund Manager at the time of publication and are subject to change and should not be interpreted as advice or a recomme... |
