Top Fifteen Equity Holdings and Exposures

RNS Number : 9608W

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

06 August 2018

 

6^th August 2018

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust Plc (the "Company")

Top Fifteen Holdings and Sector and Geographic Exposures as at 31^st July 2018

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust Plc is pleased to announce that as at 31^st July 2018 the top fifteen equity holdings and the sector and geographic breakdown were as follows:               

Top 15 Longs	%
JPMorgan	5.4%
Bank of America	4.4%
Wells Fargo	3.5%
Chubb	2.8%
Citigroup	2.7%
Mastercard	2.7%
ING Groep	2.6%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial	2.4%
Marsh & McLennan	2.2%
Toronto-Dominion	2.1%
KBC Groep	2.1%
Arch Capital	2.1%
BNP Paribas	2.0%
PNC	2.0%
Sampo	2.0%
Total	41.1%

Sector Exposure	Total %
Banks	66.0%
Insurance	11.7%
Diversified Financials	8.5%
Fixed Income	5.6%
Real Estate	3.3%
Software & Services	2.7%
Cash	2.2%
Total	100.0%

Geographic Exposure	Total %
North America	43.6%
Europe	22.5%
Asia Pac (ex-Japan)	12.6%
UK	9.4%
Fixed Income	5.6%
Japan	3.3%
Eastern Europe	0.5%
Latin America	0.3%
Cash	2.2%
Total	100.0%

Gearing Ratio as calculated in accordance with the guidelines of the Association of Investment Companies, was 1.2%.

The monthly factsheet will usually be available on the Company's website on the 10^th working day after the month end and includes a commentary by the investment manager.

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from the hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into or forms part of this announcement.

 

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