Volta Finance Limited : Net Asset Value(s)
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Volta Finance Limited (VTA) - July 2016 monthly report
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THE UNITED STATES
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Guernsey, 19 August 2016
Volta Finance Limited (the "Company" or "Volta Finance" or "Volta") has
published its monthly report. The full report is attached to this release and is
available on Volta's website (www.voltafinance.com).
PERFORMANCE and PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY
In July, Volta's Estimated NAV gained 5.5% following the broad rally in most
credit and equity markets after the retrenchment in June in the wake of the
Brexit vote.
As at the end of July, the YTD NAV performance was 4.6%, including the April
dividend payment. AXA IM still expects to produce a performance in the area of
10% for this year, after 10% in 2015 and 12.4% in 2014.
Volta purchased four assets in July (two euro CLO Equity tranches, one USD CLO
Equity tranche and one European RMBS debt tranche) for a total of ?10.6m. On
average and based on standard market assumptions, these purchases were yielding
close to 10.5%. During the month four positions (two USD CLO Debt tranches and
two euro CLO Debt tranches) were sold for the equivalent of ?8.0m (having
projected yield, on average and based on standard market assumptions, close to
4.5%).
At the end of July 2016, Volta's Estimated NAV* was ?287.4m or ?7.87 per share.
The GAV stood at ?329.8m.
In July, mark-to-market variations** of Volta's asset classes were: +0.9% for
Synthetic Corporate Credit deals; +4.5% for CLO Equity tranches; +8.0% for CLO
Debt tranches, -1.2% for Cash Corporate Credit deals; and, -0.1% for ABS. In
July, USD CLO tranches, in particular from 2.0 deals, led the rally. After
showing good defensive characteristics for several months Volta was able to
participate in the rally.
In July, Volta generated the equivalent of ?4.9m in interest and coupons (non-
euro amounts translated into euro using end-of-month cross currency rates),
bringing the total cash amount generated in terms of interest and coupons during
the last six months to ?17.9m.
Cash holdings or cash equivalent instruments at the end of July totaled ?7.6m
(taking into account some trades unsettled at the end of July) and therefore the
Company can be considered as fully invested. AXA IM expects to continue to
rotate the portfolio from its old positions to more recently issued deals in
order to increase the projected yield of the portfolio.
AXA IM continues to see opportunities in several structured credit sectors
including mezzanine and equity tranches of CLOs, RMBS tranches and tranches of
Cash Corporate Credit and Synthetic Corporate Credit portfolios.
On 12th August 2016, the Company announced a change to the expected frequency of
the dividend distributions from semi-annual to quarterly. The Company intends to
make dividend distributions in March, June, September and December.
The Board has also decided to implement a dividend currency election mechanism
which will give Volta's shareholders the option to elect to receive their
dividends in Sterling. Shareholders who do not elect to receive their dividends
in Sterling will continue receiving them in euros. Currency elections, once
made, apply to all subsequent dividends but forms will be provided prior to each
quarterly dividend. There is no change in the distribution policy other than
dividend frequency and currency election.
* It should be noted that approximately 11% of Volta's GAV comprises investments
in funds for which the relevant NAVs as at the month-end date are normally
available only after Volta's NAV has already been published. Volta's policy is
to publish its own NAV on as timely a basis as possible in order to provide
shareholders with Volta's appropriately up-to-date NAV information.
Consequently, such investments in funds are valued using the most recently
available NAV for each fund. The most recently available fund NAV was as at: 30
June 2016 for 10.3% of Volta's GAV and as at 31 March 2016 for 0.7% of Volta's
GAV.
** "Mark-to-market variation" is calculated as the Dietz-performance of the
assets in each bucket, taking into account the Mark-to-Market of the assets at
month-end, payments received from the assets over the period, and ignoring
changes in cross currency rates Nevertheless, some residual currency effects
could impact the aggregate value of the portfolio when aggregating each bucket.
CONTACTS
For the Investment Manager
AXA Investment Managers Paris
Serge Demay
Serge.demay(at)axa-im.com
+33 (0) 1 44 45 84 47
Company Secretary and Portfolio Administrator
Sanne Group (Guernsey) Limited
voltafinance(at)sannegroup.com
+44 (0) 1481 739810
Corporate Broker
Cenkos Securities plc
Alan Ray
Oliver Packard
Sapna Shah
+44 (0) 20 7397 1916
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ABOUT VOLTA FINANCE LIMITED
Volta Finance Limited is incorporated in Guernsey under The Companies (Guernsey)
Law, 2008 (as amended) and listed on Euronext Amsterdam and the London Stock
Exchange's Main Market for listed securities. Volta's home member state for the
purposes of the EU Transparency Directive is the Netherlands. As such, Volta is
subject to regulation and supervision by the AFM, being the regulator for
financial markets in the Netherlands.
Volta's investment objectives are to preserve capital across the credit cycle
and to provide a stable stream of income to its shareholders through dividends.
Volta seeks to attain its investment objectives predominantly through
diversified investments in structured finance assets. The assets that the
Company may invest in either directly or indirectly include, but are not limited
to: corporate credits; sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt; residential mortgage
loans; and, automobile loans. The Company's approach to investment is through
vehicles and arrangements that essentially provide leveraged exposure to
portfolios of such underlying assets. The Company has appointed AXA Investment
Managers Paris an investment management company with a division specialised in
structured credit, for the investment management of all its assets.
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ABOUT AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is a multi-expert asset management company
within the AXA Group, a global leader in financial protection and wealth
management. AXA IM is one of the largest European-based asset managers with ?694
billion in assets under management as of the end of June 2015. AXA IM employs
approximately 2,360 people around the world.
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This press release is for information only and does not constitute an invitation
or inducement to acquire shares in Volta Finance. Its circulation may be
prohibited in certain jurisdictions and no recipient may circulate copies of
this document in breach of such limitations or restrictions. This document is
not an offer for sale of the securities referred to herein in the United States
or to persons who are "U.S. persons" for purposes of Regulation S under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or otherwise in
circumstances where such offer would be restricted by applicable law. Such
securities may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an
exemption from registration from the Securities Act. The company does not intend
to register any portion of the offer of such securities in the United States or
to conduct a public offering of such securities in the United States.
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This communication is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i)
persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) investment professionals
falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or (iii) high net worth
companies, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling
within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being
referred to as "relevant persons"). The securities referred to herein are only
available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or
otherwise acquire such securities will be engaged in only with, relevant
persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this
document or any of its contents. Past performance cannot be relied on as a guide
to future performance.
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This press release contains statements that are, or may deemed to be, "forward-
looking statements". These forward-looking statements can be identified by the
use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes",
"anticipated", "expects", "intends", "is/are expected", "may", "will" or
"should". They include the statements regarding the level of the dividend, the
current market context and its impact on the long-term return of Volta's
investments. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties and readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements
are not guarantees of future performance. Volta Finance's actual results,
portfolio composition and performance may differ materially from the impression
created by the forward-looking statements. Volta Finance does not undertake any
obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements.
Any target information is based on certain assumptions as to future events which
may not prove to be realised. Due to the uncertainty surrounding these future
events, the targets are not intended to be and should not be regarded as profits
or earnings or any other type of forecasts. There can be no assurance that any
of these targets will be achieved. In addition, no assurance can be given that
the investment objective will be achieved.
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