European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Jesús is an Insight Provider (Event-driven) on the Smartkarma network, where he looks across sectors at opportunities arising from securities mispricing (both credit and equity), share classes, bid announcements, prospective bids, and special situations. He has served as Economic and Business Advisor at the Spanish Congress in Madrid. Prior to that, he has worked in the City of London: as a Credit Analyst at Bloomberg; Event-driven associate at former boutique European Research; and doubled as Special Situations and Equity-linked VP (convertible bonds) at Merrill Lynch. Jesús has an MBA from the London Business School, a BA (Hons.) degree in Economics from the Complutense University in Madrid, and a BA (Hons.) in Law from U.N.E.D., also in Madrid.

Event-Driven

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<li>Blackstone launches a recommended 168p/share cash offer (via a scheme of arrangement) for Industrials REIT, which needs funding to increase its portfolio (and scale) and lower its blended cost ratio. </li>
<li>The asset class seems attractive in an economic upturn. The offers represents a 42% premium, 1.04x to latest reported NTA, 1.2x P/23e BVPS; 22.1x Fwd P/E (source IBES). </li>
<li>The offer should succeed, although irrevocables are just 6.3% (plus 22.4% letters of intent). Spread is 0.89%/4.52% (gross/annualised). While not terribly exciting, I would be long, in case of sweetening.</li>
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Blackstone launches a recommended 168p/share cash offer (via a scheme of arrangement) for Industrials REIT, which needs funding to increase its portfolio (and scale) and lower its blended cost ratio. 
The asset class seems attractive in an economic upturn. The offers represents a 42% premium, 1.04x to latest reported NTA, 1.2x P/23e BVPS; 22.1x Fwd P/E (source IBES). 
The offer should succeed, although irrevocables are just 6.3% (plus 22.4% letters of intent). Spread is 0.89%/4.52% (gross/annualised). While not terribly exciting, I would be long, in case of sweetening.


Blackstone/Industrial REIT: Final Agreed Offer