PERSONAL ASSETS
Size: £1.8 billion
Manager: Sebastian Lyon (Troy Asset Management).
Asset split: Equities (35%);
US inflation linked bonds (35%);
Gold (13%) and UK bonds (17%).
Top holdings: Gold bullion (8.7%); Microsoft (5.9%); Alphabet (5.7%); Visa (4.0%); Nestlé (3.7%).
Performance: +11.8% (1 year);
+28.1% (3 years); +30.3% (5 years).
Total annual charge: 0.73%.
Dividends: Quarterly (total of £5.60 in last year).
Share price: £497.
Stock market identification code/ ticker: 0682754/PNL.
RUFFER Size: £829 million
Manager: Hamish Baillie/Duncan MacInnes.
Asset split: Equities (41%); index linked UK Government bonds (21%); gold (8%); derivatives (14%); non UK indexlinked Government bonds (7%); cash/ near cash (9%).
Top equity holdings: Shell (2.6%); BP (1.8%); Cigna (1.5%); Lloyds (1.5%); Mitsubishi (1.4%).
Performance: +10.0% (1 year); +53.2% (3 years); +38.0% (5 years).
Total annual charge: 1.08%.
Dividends: Half-yearly (1.5p interim, 2.5p total last year).
Share price: £3.11.
Stock market identification code/ ticker: B018CS4/RICA.
CAPITAL GEARING Size: £1 billion
Manager: Peter Spiller/Alastair Laing/ Chris Clothier.
Asset split: Equities (43%); index-linked Government bonds (37%); gold (1%); cash (9%); other (10%).
Top equity holdings: iShares MSCI Japan ESG Screened (3.7%); Vonovia (2.3%); Grainger (2%); North Atlantic Smaller Cos (1.7%); SPDR MSCI Europe Energy (1.6%).
Performance: +10.4% (1 year); +27.9% (3 years); +37.2% (5 years).
Total annual charge: 0.58%.
Dividends: Yearly (45p last financial year).
Share price: £51.30.
Stock market identification code/ ticker: 0173861/CGT.
RIT CAPITAL PARTNERS Size: £4.2 billion
Manager: J Rothschild Capital Management.
Asset split: Equities (30%); absolute return (18%); private investments (38%); equities – hedged (11%); other (3%).
Top holdings: Eisler Capital (4.95%);
HCIF Offshore (4.36%); BlackRock European Opp Hedge (4.34%); Iconiq Funds (4.3%); Morant Wright Japan (4.22%).
Performance: +14.5% (1 year); +33.5% (3 years); +49.8% (5 years).
Total annual charge: 0.72%.
Dividends: Half-yearly (18.5p, last financial year 35.25p).
Share price: £26.20.
Stock market identification code/ ticker: 0736639/RCP.