4. Income
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
4.1 Discretionary portfolio
2015 €'000 |
2014 €'000 |
|
---|---|---|
Interest Income | 49 | 1 |
Dividend Income | 38 | 2 |
Property Income | 24 | 0 |
Other Income | 9 | 0 |
Private equity Income | 1 | 0 |
121 | 3 |
Other Income includes rebates of €7m, securities lending of €1m and miscellaneous income of €1m.
4.2 Directed portfolio
2015 €'000 |
2014 €'000 |
|
---|---|---|
Dividend Income | 446 | - |
Interest Income | 0 | 0 |
446 | 0 |
The interest income of €18k represents the interest received from Irish Exchequer notes that were held in 2015 (2014: €16k).
During the year the Fund held preference shares in AIB. The holding of these preference shares entitled the Fund to an annual dividend. On 13 May 2015 the Fund received a dividend of €280m in cash. On 18 December 2015, following the redemption and conversion of the preference shares, the Fund received a further €166m dividend income (Note 8.3).