Top Fifteen Equity Holdings and Exposures

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

08 January 2025

 

8^th January 2025

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

Top Fifteen Holdings and Sector and Geographic Exposures as at 31^st December 2024 and full portfolio listing as at 29^th November available from company's website.

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust Plc is pleased to announce that as at 31^st December 2024 the top fifteen equity holdings and the sector and geographic breakdown were as follows:

Top 15 Longs	%
JPMorgan	6.9%
Mastercard	4.5%
Bank of America	3.8%
Visa	3.7%
Goldman Sachs Group	2.5%
Citigroup	2.2%
Barclays	2.2%
Erste Group Bank AG	2.2%
Berkshire Hathaway	2.1%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial	2.1%
Nasdaq	2.1%
Globe Life	2.1%
ICICI Bank	2.0%
Fidelity National Information	1.9%
Blackrock	1.9%
Total	42.2%

Sector Exposure	Total %
Financial Services	39.0%
Banks	33.7%
Insurance	19.9%
Fixed Income	6.6%
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)	0.7%
Cash	0.0%
Total	100.00%

Geographic Exposure	Total %
North America	58.1%
Europe	13.5%
UK	10.0%
Asia Pac (ex-Japan)	7.9%
Fixed Income	6.6%
Japan	3.0%
Latin America	0.8%
Cash	0.0%
Total	100.00%

Gearing Ratio as calculated in accordance with the guidelines of the Association of Investment Companies, was 3.2%.

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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