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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
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Ceres Agricul. | LSE:CROP | London | Ordinary Share | GG00B28B2R95 | ORD NPV |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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0.00 | 0.00% | 0.915 | 0.00 | 01:00:00 |
Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
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0 | 0 | N/A | 0 |
TIDMCROP RNS Number : 3093K Ceres Agriculture Fund Limited 19 April 2010 Ceres Agriculture Fund - Release of March 2010 Monthly Report The Ceres Agriculture Fund Limited ("Ceres" or the "Company"), the Guernsey domiciled, closed-ended investment company established to invest in an actively managed portfolio of exchange-traded agricultural commodity contracts and derivatives managed by FourWinds Capital Management is pleased to announce its results for the month of March 2010. Overall Ceres was negative -2.08% during the month leading to a composite annualised return of -1.73%. This was primarily driven by losses in the tropicals, grains and livestock sectors. A summary of performance is shown below. Performance (USD Ordinary Shares): +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ | DATE | Official | NAV/share | Fund | | | Rounded | to four |Performance | | |NAV/share* |decimals** | | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/12/07 | 1.02 | 1.0170 | 1.70% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/01/08 | 1.03 | 1.0321 | 1.48% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |29/02/08 | 1.06 | 1.0558 | 2.30% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/03/08 | 1.04 | 1.0410 | -1.40% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |30/04/08 | 1.05 | 1.0452 | 0.21% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/05/08 | 1.05 | 1.0496 | 0.41% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |30/06/08 | 1.09 | 1.0903 | 3.88% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/07/08 | 1.07 | 1.0718 | -1.70% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/08/08 | 1.07 | 1.0706 | -0.11% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |30/09/08 | 1.05 | 1.0478 | -2.13% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/10/08 | 1.04 | 1.0422 | -0.54% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |30/11/08 | 1.04 | 1.0371 | -0.75% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/12/08 | 1.04 | 1.0371 | 0.01% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/01/09 | 1.03 | 1.0291 | -0.77% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |28/02/09 | 1.02 | 1.0235 | -0.54% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/03/09 | 1.02 | 1.0195 | -0.39% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |30/04/09 | 1.03 | 1.0292 | 0.62% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/05/09 | 1.05 | 1.0456 | 1.60% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |30/06/09 | 1.03 | 1.0322 | -1.28% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/07/09 | 1.03 | 1.0257 | -0.63% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/08/09 | 1.01 | 1.0148 | -1.06% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |30/09/09 | 1.01 | 1.0112 | -0.36% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/10/09 | 0.98 | 0.9834 | -2.74% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |30/11/09 | 0.98 | 0.9770 | -0.67% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/12/09 | 0.98 | 0.9779 | 0.05% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/01/10 | 0.99 | 0.9940 | 1.58% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |28/02/10 | 0.98 | 0.9776 | -1.64% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ |31/03/10 | 0.96 | 0.9632 | -2.08% | +----------+------------+------------+-------------+ * Official NAV's are rounded to 2 decimals. **NAV/share provided to 4 decimals for informational purposes. Performance Statistics: +-------------------+---------+----------+ | | Ceres | DJ UBS | | | | AG TR | +-------------------+---------+----------+ | Average Monthly | -0.15% | -0.94% | | Return | | | +-------------------+---------+----------+ | Largest Monthly | 3.81% | 16.21% | | Return | | | +-------------------+---------+----------+ | Largest Monthly | -2.97% | -16.48% | | Loss | | | +-------------------+---------+----------+ | Comp. Annualised | -1.73% | -10.70% | | Return | | | +-------------------+---------+----------+ | Percent Winning | 61% | 54% | | Months* | | | +-------------------+---------+----------+ | Sharpe Ratio (5%) | Neg. | Neg. | +-------------------+---------+----------+ | Standard | 5.53% | 30.58% | | Deviation | | | +-------------------+---------+----------+ | Maximum Drawdown | -11.93% | -46.82% | +-------------------+---------+----------+ | Months in Max | 21 | 25 | | Drawdown | | | +-------------------+---------+----------+ | Months to Recover | N/A | N/A | +-------------------+---------+----------+ * Positive months or flat Breakdown by sector: +-------------------+------+ | Grains | 38% | +-------------------+------+ | Fibers | 3% | +-------------------+------+ | Tropicals | 18% | +-------------------+------+ | Livestock | 22% | +-------------------+------+ | Other | 14% | +-------------------+------+ | Cash | 5% | +-------------------+------+ Breakdown by strategy: +-------------------+------+ | Discretionary | 91% | | Trading | | +-------------------+------+ | Systematic | 4% | | Trading | | +-------------------+------+ | Cash | 5% | +-------------------+------+ Trade horizon allocation: +-------------------+------+ | Short term | 40% | +-------------------+------+ | Medium term | 47% | +-------------------+------+ | Long term | 8% | +-------------------+------+ | Cash | 5% | +-------------------+------+ Contribution by sector (during the month): +-------------------+--------+ | Grains | -0.15% | +-------------------+--------+ | Fibers | -0.07% | +-------------------+--------+ | Tropicals | -1.58% | +-------------------+--------+ | Livestock | 0.05% | +-------------------+--------+ | Other | -0.34% | +-------------------+--------+ A full report is available on the Company's website: www.ceresagriculture.com Further enquiries: FourWinds Capital Management, Investment Manager Kimberly Tara info@fourwindscm.com Cenkos Securities plc, Corporate Broker Peter Hindmarsh +44 (0)20 7397 1983 Will Rogers +44 (0)20 7397 1920 HSBC Securities Services (Guernsey) Limited, Administrator Tel: +44 (0) 1481 707 000 Citigate Dewe Rogerson, PR Advisor Kevin Smith /Lindsay Noton +44 207 638 9571 Ceres is a Guernsey-domiciled Authorised Closed-ended investment scheme pursuant to section 8 of the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 1987, as amended and rule 6.02 of the Authorised closed-ended Investment Schemes Rules 2008. The ordinary shares of the Company ("Shares") have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act") or the US Investment Company Act of 1940, or with any securities regulatory body or any state or other jurisdiction in the United States and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of US persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) absent registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from such registration. No public offering of any shares in the Company is being, or has been, made in the United States. FUTURES AND OPTIONS TRADING HAS LARGE POTENTIAL REWARDS, BUT ALSO LARGE POTENTIAL RISKS. YOU MUST BE AWARE OF THE RISKS AND BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THEM IN ORDER TO INVEST IN THE FUTURES AND OPTIONS MARKETS AND IN ORDER TO INVEST IN THE COMPANY. DO NOT TRADE OR INVEST WITH MONEY YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE NEITHER A SOLICITATION NOR AN OFFER TO BUY OR SELL FUTURES, STOCKS OR OPTIONS ON THE FUTURES OR OPTIONS MARKETS. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT OR INVESTMENT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE DISCUSSED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (IF ANY). THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF ANY TRADING SYSTEM OR METHODOLOGY IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION IN CONNECTION WITH POOLS WHOSE PARTICIPANTS ARE LIMITED TO QUALIFIED ELIGIBLE PERSONS, AN OFFERING MEMORANDUM FOR THE COMPANY IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE, AND HAS NOT BEEN FILED WITH THE COMMISSION. THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN A POOL OR UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF AN OFFERING MEMORANDUM. CONSEQUENTLY, THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAS NOT REVIEWED OR APPROVED ANY OFFERING BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OFFERING MEMORANDUM FOR THE COMPANY. End. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END MSCKKADQCBKKOQD
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