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HXE Newstar Rbc 1Xe

0.66
0.00 (0.00%)
08 May 2024 - Closed
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Newstar Rbc 1Xe LSE:HXE London Ordinary Share GG00B1FBH479 RED PREF SHS NPV (1X EUR)
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 0.66 0.00 01:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
0 0 N/A 0

Interim Management Statement

19/05/2009 10:22am

UK Regulatory



 

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RNS Number : 4878S 
New Star RBC Hedge250 IDX (1X GBP) 
19 May 2009 
 

HEDGE ETS 
New Star RBC Hedge 250 Index Exchange Traded Securities 
PCC Limited 
 
 
(A closed-ended investment company incorporated in Guernsey with registered 
number 45501 under the provisions of The Companies (Guernsey) Laws 1994 to 1996 
and The Protected Cell Companies Ordinance 1997 to 1998, as amended) 
 
 
Interim Management Statement for the quarter ended 31 March 2009 
 
 
Investment Objective 
 
 
The objective of New Star RBC Hedge 250 Index Exchange Traded Securities PCC 
Limited ("Hedge ETS" or the "Company") is to provide access to performance 
representative of the hedge fund asset class. The investment policy of the 
Company is to provide access to such performance through investment exposure to 
the RBC Hedge 250 Index (the "Index"). 
 
 
The 1X Cell, which will be closed with effect from 30 June 2009, seeks to 
achieve its investment objective by entering into a swap agreement with Royal 
Bank of Canada designed to provide unleveraged exposure to the performance of 
the Index. 
 
 
The 3X Cell, which was closed with effect from 31 March 2009, sought to achieve 
its investment objective by entering into a swap agreement with Royal Bank of 
Canada designed to provide approximately three times' exposure to the 
performance of the Index. 
 
 
 
 
Compulsory Redemption of 1X Cell 
 
 
On 6 April 2009 the Company announced that there would be a compulsory 
redemption of the 1X Shares at Net Asset Value on 30 June 2009, less associated 
costs. The 1X Shares will be redeemed on 1 July 2009. It is expected that 
admission of the 1X Shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange and to the 
Official List will be cancelled on 2 July 2009. 
 
 
 
 
Compulsory Redemption of 3X Cell 
 
 
On 13 January 2009 the Company announced that there would be a compulsory 
redemption of the 3X Shares at Net Asset Value on 31 March 2009, less associated 
costs. The 3X Shares were redeemed on 1 April 2009. Admission of the 3X Shares 
to trading on the London Stock Exchange and to the Official List was cancelled 
on 2 April 2009. 
 
 
 
 
Fund size 
 
 
At 31 March 2009 the Company had total assets of US$72.9m (31 December 2008: 
US$111.3m). 
 
Performance 
 
 
+--------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------+ 
|                    |            1X            |            3X              | 
+--------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+ 
|                    |    $   |   EUR    |  GBP   |   $    |   EUR    |   GBP    | 
+--------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------+ 
| Net Asset Value    | 0.7657 | 0.7520 | 0.7646 | 0.2919 | 0.2730 |   0.2751 | 
| per share at 31    |        |        |        |        |        |          | 
| December 2008      |        |        |        |        |        |          | 
|                    |        |        |        |        |        |          | 
+--------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------+ 
| Net Asset Value    | 0.7660 | 0.7486 | 0.7590 | 0.2857 | 0.2625 |   0.2641 | 
| per share at 31    |        |        |        |        |        |          | 
| March 2009 *       |        |        |        |        |        |          | 
|                    |        |        |        |        |        |          | 
+--------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------+ 
| % increase /       |  0.04% | -0.45% | -0.73% | -2.12% | -3.85% |   -4.00% | 
| decrease           |        |        |        |        |        |          | 
|                    |        |        |        |        |        |          | 
+--------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------+ 
| Share price at 31  | 0.6000 | 0.6300 | 0.6150 | 0.1100 | 0.0800 |   0.0750 | 
| December 2008      |        |        |        |        |        |          | 
|                    |        |        |        |        |        |          | 
+--------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------+ 
| Share price at 31  | 0.6250 | 0.6400 | 0.6450 | 0.1500 | 0.1500 |   0.1500 | 
| March 2009         |        |        |        |        |        |          | 
|                    |        |        |        |        |        |          | 
+--------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------+ 
| % increase         |  4.17% |  1.59% |  4.88% | 36.36% | 87.50% |  100.00% | 
+--------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------+ 
 
 
* Based on the estimated net assets of the Company at 31 March 2009. 
 
 
 
 
Composition of RBC Hedge 250 Index 
 
 
+--------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ 
| Strategy                 |       Strategy |      No of |      Quarterly | 
|                          |         weight |      funds |         return | 
+--------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ 
| Equity long / short      |          33.5% |         80 |          0.43% | 
|                          |                |            |                | 
+--------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ 
| Multi-strategy           |          18.8% |         42 |          2.58% | 
|                          |                |            |                | 
+--------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ 
| Credit                   |          13.5% |         29 |         -2.82% | 
|                          |                |            |                | 
+--------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ 
| Mergers & special        |          11.6% |         24 |          1.48% | 
| situations               |                |            |                | 
|                          |                |            |                | 
+--------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ 
| Macro                    |           9.2% |         20 |          1.61% | 
|                          |                |            |                | 
+--------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ 
| Managed futures          |           5.9% |         14 |         -0.34% | 
|                          |                |            |                | 
+--------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ 
| Fixed income arbitrage   |           3.4% |          8 |          3.26% | 
|                          |                |            |                | 
+--------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ 
| Equity market neutral    |           2.1% |          6 |          2.33% | 
|                          |                |            |                | 
+--------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ 
| Convertible arbitrage    |           2.0% |          5 |         19.04% | 
|                          |                |            |                | 
+--------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ 
| Total                    |         100.0% |        228 |          0.74% | 
|                          |                |            |                | 
+--------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ 
 
 
Source: RBC Capital markets, data at 31 March 2009, sourced on 14 May 2009. 
 
Quarterly redemption facility 
 
 
The Company's Articles of Association incorporate provisions to enable 
Shareholders, at the Directors' discretion, to redeem up to 100 per cent. of 
their Shares for cash as at the first business day in January or July in each 
year or up to 50 per cent. of their Shares for cash in April or October in each 
year.  The Company received and granted the following redemption requests in 
respect of the 2 January 2009 redemption: 
 
 
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                 |                            Number of shares redeemed | 
|                 |                                                      | 
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ 
| 1X Cell         |                                                      | 
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ 
| $               |                                               50,000 | 
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ 
| EUR               |                                            1,002,785 | 
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ 
| GBP             |                                              813,935 | 
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ 
|                 |                                                      | 
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ 
| 1X Cell         |                                                      | 
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ 
| $               |                                              642,661 | 
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ 
| EUR               |                                               26,500 | 
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ 
| GBP             |                                              520,559 | 
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
The above figures exclude 3X Cell shares redeemed pursuant to the compulsory 
redemption of the 3X Cell announced on 13 January 2009. 
 
 
 
 
Quarterly conversion facility 
 
 
The Company's Articles of Association incorporate provisions to enable 
Shareholders to submit a written request to the Company (a "Conversion Request") 
to convert some or all of their Shares in one Class into Shares of any other 
Class with the same Cell on the last Business Day of March, June, September and 
December in each year or such other days as the Directors may determine by 
giving at least 5 Business Day's notice.  No Conversion Requests were received 
in respect of the quarter ended 31 March 2009. 
 
 
Company Information 
 
 
Further Information on the Company, including fact sheets and the annual report 
of the Company can be obtained from the Manager's website at www.newstaram.com 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For further information please contact: 
 
 
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------+ 
| Alison Bilham, HSBC Securities Services       | Tel: + 44 (0)1481      | 
| (Guernsey) Limited                            | 707213                 | 
|                                               |                        | 
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------+ 
 
 
 
 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
   END 
 
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