Interim Management Statement
Interim Management Statement -Blue Planet Financials Growth & Income Investment
Trust
Quarter Ended the 30th June 2010
Fund Manager's Review
In June our undiluted NAV fell 4.9% to 90.6p per share unit. The benchmark
index return was -5.7% in sterling terms. The Fund fell less than the benchmark
as we were positioned to take advantage of the near term envisaged malaise. The
share unit price fell 13.2% to 66.0p per share unit. Over the last three months
the NAV of the fund has fallen 30.5% whilst the benchmark has fallen 13.2% and
the share unit price has fallen 24.1%. As of 30th June 2010, shareholder funds
were £12,382,690 and total borrowings were £7,500,000.
During June we saw continued evidence that there are major risks to the global
economy. The long economic boom through to 2007 was fueled by low interest
rates and accommodative monetary policy, which led to years of high risk
lending by banks and fueled elevated levels of both private and public
expenditure. When this boom turned to bust, sparked by the sub-prime mortgage
debacle in the US, at a point when individuals and corporate were highly
overleveraged, the governments stepped in. Their huge fiscal stimulus packages
returned the global economies to growth. From the start of this year we were
concerned about what would happen when governments started to withdraw their
stimulus packages, as the dangerously over-leveraged state of the public purses
became clear. Looking over the precipice at both private and public
institutions that have run out of firepower is a scary place!
In April we became complacent that the effects of the stimulus, particularly as
it remains in place in the US, and the strength in the Asian economies, would
continue to spur global growth and corporate profitability and drive markets
higher, for somewhat longer, and we reinvested in the market. This was a
mistake. Despite markets having a series of minor rallies, the current trend in
equity markets is down this year and we see major risks ahead of further sharp
market falls.
In the portfolio, we cut equity holdings further and introduced some short
index trackers. As we do not anticipate a rapid return to investing in
equities, we have built a portfolio of shorter-dated financial bonds during
June. These will provide a much improved yield to the portfolio going forward.
Cumulative Performance (%) as of 30th June 2010
Current 1 month 3 months 6 months 1 year 3 years 5 years
(p)
NAV 90.60 -4.9% -30.5% -30.9% -4.8% -71.5% -43.7%
(undiluted)
NAV (fully 90.60 -4.9% -27.9% -28.3% -4.5% -67.8% -39.4%
diluted)
Share Price - 66.00 -13.2% -24.1% -15.4% 21.9% -69.1% -29.6%
Total Return
Benchmark 64.48 -5.7% -13.2% -5.0% 16.1% -23.6% -3.3%
Warrant Price 5.00 -93.8% -96.9% -97.2% -97.5% -99.7% -98.5%
Discount: -27.2 -20.3 -33.2 -40.5 -40.4 -29.4 -38.8
Undiluted (%)
Discount : -27.2 -20.3 -30.7 -38.3 -40.3 -20.5 -34.4
Fully Diluted
(%)
Source: Blue Planet, share price bid to bid, net income reinvested
Discrete Annual Performance (%) as of 30th June 2010
Share price Benchmark
2Q/09 - 2Q/10 21.9% 16.1%
2Q/08 - 2Q/09 -56.8% -11.7%
2Q/07 - 2Q/08 -41.4% -25.5%
2Q/06 - 2Q/07 55.9% 9.4%
2Q/05 - 2Q/06 46.2% 15.7%
Source: Blue Planet, share price bid to bid, net income reinvested
Portfolio Information as of 30th June 2010
Security Security Country Valuation Weighting
Type Name £ %
89,660 Equity BP Global Financials-A Ireland 3,348,460 13.9
Class
124,400 Equity Direxion Financial Bear US 1,448,271 6.0
3X
40,360 Equity DJ Stoxx 600 Banks Short Luxembourg 1,118,430 4.7
ETF
690,060 Equity Bank Rakyat Indonesia Indonesia 472,006 2.0
149,720 Equity Asya Katilim Bankasi AS Turkey 230,641 1.0
58,390 Equity Turkiye Garanti Bankasi Turkey 164,329 0.7
AS
383,070 Equity Other Other 192,585 0.8
6,974,722 29.1
Bond Kommunalbanken 05/12 Norway 298,330 1.2
10.0%
Bond Morgan Stanley 04/11 US 257,103 1.1
7.5%
Bond Citigroup 06/11 5.25% US 254,524 1.1
Bond Santander 11/10 6.8% Cayman 253,750 1.0
Islands
Bond Abu Dhabi Com 11/11 UAE 253,264 1.0
5.625%
Bond ING Bank 10/10 7% Netherlands 251,525 1.0
Bond Swedbank 06/16 5.25% Sweden 244,544 1.0
Bond BA Creditanstalt 07/11 Austria 243,722 1.0
5.625%
Bond BAC Float 02/12 0.88% US 241,400 1.0
Bond AMP UK 11/10 6.375% UK 241,080 1.0
Bond BKIR Float 02/12 Ireland 235,000 1.0
0.74625%
Bond Rabobank 07/12 5.50% Netherlands 186,886 0.8
Bond NAB 05/12 5.25% Australia 180,235 0.7
Bond BQDAU 12/10 6.0% Australia 169,730 0.7
Bond Dexia MA 02/12 5.75% France 135,604 0.6
3,446,697 14.2
Security Cash Denomination Valuation Weighting
Type £ %
Security Name
Liquid Near Cash Assets GBP 0 0.0
Assets
Liquid Cash GBP 13,620,567 56.7
Assets
Liquid Cash Other 3,826 0.0
Assets Currency
13,624,393 56.7
Total 24,045,812 100
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