Top Fifteen Holdings and Exposures

RNS Number : 2599U

Polar Capital Global Financials Tst

05 April 2016

 

5^th April 2016

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

Top Fifteen Holdings and Sector and Geographic Exposures as at 31^st March 2016 and full Portfolio listing as at 29^th February 2016 available from the Company's website.

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust Plc is pleased to announce that as at 31^st March 2016 the top fifteen equity holdings and the sector and geographic breakdown were as follows:

Top 15 Longs	%
JPMorgan	3.3%
Chubb	2.9%
Wells Fargo	2.9%
ING Groep	2.7%
Sampo	2.2%
Bank of America	2.0%
UBS Group	2.0%
BNP Paribas	2.0%
Swedbank	2.0%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial	2.0%
Marsh & McLennan	1.9%
Toronto-Dominion	1.9%
Fortune Real Estate Investment	1.9%
Direct Line Insurance	1.8%
PNC	1.8%
Total	33.5%

Sector Exposure	Total %
Banks	53.7%
Diversified Financials	14.8%
Insurance	13.4%
Fixed Income	9.5%
Real Estate	5.5%
Cash	3.1%
Total	100.0%

Geographic Exposure	Total %
North America	32.4%
Europe	27.6%
UK	12.1%
Asia Pac (ex-Japan)	11.0%
Fixed Income	9.5%
Japan	2.0%
Eastern Europe	1.7%
Latin America	0.7%
Cash	3.1%
Total	100.0%

Gearing Ratio as calculated in accordance with the guidelines of the Association of Investment Companies, was 5.2%.

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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