NSF.L Regulatory News (NSF)

3 Oct 2007 07:00

New Star Financial Opp Fd Ltd03 October 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 September 2007 was 77.35 pence(including income it was 76.59 pence). The directors of NSF Securities Limited today announce that the unaudited NetAsset Value per Zero Dividend Preference Share as at 30 September 2007 was165.75 pence. Asset AllocationFixed Interest 15.2% Nonlife Insurance 5.1% Banks 4.4% General Financial 3.8% Investment Companies 1.5% Life Assurance 0.4% Real Estate 0.0% Equities 78.0% Banks 39.2% General Financial 15.8% Life Assurance 12.3% Investment Companies 3.9% Nonlife Insurance 3.6% Real Estate 3.2% Cash 6.8% Largest HoldingsHolding Stock Value (£) % of Fund Resolution 3,924,375 4.5%575,000 Unicredito Italiano 3,756,806 4.3%900,000 Commerzbank 2,976,756 3.4%150,000 HBOS 2,972,125 3.4%325,000 Anglo Irish Bank 2,949,183 3.4%325,000 Aviva 2,944,000 3.4%400,000 DnB NOR 2,800,521 3.2%375,000 Royal Bank of Scotland 2,625,000 3.0%500,000 New Star Asset Management 2,184,000 2.5%600,000 Alpha Bank 1,969,915 2.2%115,000 BBVA 1,949,672 2.2%170,000 Credit Suisse Group 1,947,479 2.2%60,000 Man Group 1,937,250 2.2%350,000 HSBC Holdings 1,809,000 2.1%200,000 1,350,000 Legal & General 1,803,600 2.1% Personal Group Holdings 1,622,500 1.8%550,000 BNP Paribas 1,606,589 1.8%30,000 Friends Provident 1,462,000 1.7%850,000 Liontrust Asset Management 1,417,500 1.6%375,000 Marfin Popular 1,354,181 1.5%200,000 Deutsche Boerse 1,331,425 1.5%20,000 Bank of Piraeus 1,311,950 1.5%75,000 Chaucer Holdings 8.5% CULS 1,279,400 1.5%500,000 National Bank of Greece 1,248,080 1.4%40,000 Hellenic Exchanges 1,141,282 1.3%75,000 2,000,000 Dartmoor, Pref 1,100,000 1.3% Integrated Asset Management CULS 1,050,000 1.2%750,000 1,500,000 Fortis Conditional Capital Exchangeable Notes 1,045,278 1.2% 1,000,000 Financials 10.0% WOP Note 953,500 1.1% 1,000,000 Wogen 870,000 1.0% 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 Exchange