4th Dec 2007 14:23
New Star Financial Opp Fd Ltd04 December 2007 The directors of New Star Financial Opportunities Fund Limited today announcethat the unaudited Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share based on bid prices(excluding income from 1 December 2006) as at 30 November 2007 was 71.38 pence(including income it was 71.68 pence). The directors of NSF Securities Limited today announce that the unaudited NetAsset Value per Zero Dividend Preference Share as at 30 November 2007 was 168.06pence. Asset AllocationFixed Interest 15.0% Banks 5.0% Nonlife Insurance 4.8% General Financial 3.5% Investment Companies 1.5% Life Assurance 0.2% Real Estate 0.0% Equities 71.3% Banks 33.8% General Financial 16.2% Life Assurance 12.4% Nonlife Insurance 3.5% Investment Companies 3.2% Real Estate 2.1% Cash 13.7% Total 100.0% Largest HoldingsHolding Stock Value (£) % of Fund900,000 Unicredito Italiano 3,729,654 4.4%450,000 Resolution 3,186,000 3.7%150,000 Commerzbank 2,897,630 3.4%375,000 DnB NOR 2,858,264 3.3%400,000 Aviva 2,728,000 3.2%200,000 BBVA 2,427,184 2.8%300,000 HBOS 2,394,000 2.8%1,750,000 Legal & General 2,269,750 2.6%115,000 Alpha Bank 1,879,997 2.2%60,000 Credit Suisse Group 1,761,361 2.1%1,100,000 Friends Provident 1,723,700 2.0%306,250 Man Group 1,702,750 2.0%200,000 HSBC Holdings 1,660,000 1.9%30,000 BNP Paribas 1,652,270 1.9%550,000 Personal Group Holdings 1,611,500 1.9%17,500 Deutsche Boerse 1,592,840 1.9%2,250,000 Fortis Conditional Capital 1,546,795 1.8% Exchangeable Notes600,000 New Star Asset Management 1,467,000 1.7%75,000 Bank of Piraeus 1,413,478 1.7%500,000 Chaucer Holdings 8.5% CULS 1,307,350 1.5%40,000 National Bank of Greece 1,242,147 1.5%375,000 Liontrust Asset Management 1,237,500 1.4%2,000,000 Dartmoor, Pref 1,100,000 1.3%425,000 Davenham 1,083,750 1.3%150,000 ICAP 1,034,250 1.2%150,000 Marfin Popular 1,006,568 1.2%65,000 Hellenic Exchanges 983,724 1.1%100,000 Bank of Cyprus 956,596 1.1%200,000 Royal Bank of Scotland 918,000 1.1%1,000,000 Financials 10.0% WOP Basket 916,200 1.1%800,000 Barclays Worst of Call 10.05% 829,120 1.0% Index Note Derivatives Short 20,000 Dow Jones Euro Stoxx Banks Index Swap The Company has 61,500,000 ordinary shares in issue. The Company's subsidiary,NSF Securities Ltd, has 24,675,000 zero dividend preference shares in issue. Enquiries to: Elysium Fund Management Limited No 1 Le Truchot St Peter Port Guernsey GY1 3JX This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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