Barings Participation Investors Announces Unaudited Earnings Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2017
Barings Participation Investors (the Trust) announced unaudited earnings results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017. For the quarter, the company reported net investment income of $2,977,417 or $0.29 per share, of which approximately $405,470 or $0.04 per share represented income due to nonrecurring items, compared to $2,253,036 or $0.22 per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2016. During the quarter ended March 31, 2017 net capital gains of $333,072 or $0.03 per share were realized by the Trust, compared to net capital losses of $369,989 or $0.04 per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2016. Net assets value per was $13.56 compared to $13.39 a year ago.