LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) - British private equity firm 3i's total return on assets reached 16.4 percent in its firstquarter to June 30, it said on Tuesday, adding that itsportfolio had been helped by sterling weakness since Britain'svote to leave the European Union.
Its diluted net asset value (NAV) per share, a keyperformance indicator, rose to 538 pence from 463 pence in theprevious quarter.
"While we cannot be immune to what we expect will be avolatile and challenging period, we expect the portfolio to begenerally resilient as the wider implications of Brexit unfold,"the company said in a statement.
(Reporting By Freya Berry; Editing by David Goodman)