Notes to the financial statements continued For the year ended 31 December <strong>2009</strong> 15 Movement in opening <strong>and</strong> closing portfolio investments net of financing 40 <strong>QBE</strong> <strong>Syndicate</strong> <strong>2999</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> report <strong>2009</strong> <strong>2009</strong> 2008 £000 £000 Net cash inflow for the year: Increase/(decrease) in cash holdings 12,094 (5,382) Increase/(decrease) in overseas deposits 18,433 (5,909) Net portfolio (disinvestments)/investments (32,344) 41,618 Movement arising from cash flows (1,817) 30,327 Changes in market value <strong>and</strong> exchange rates (95,952) 306,672 Total movement in portfolio investments, net of financing (97,769) 336,999 At 1 January, net of financing 1,494,287 1,157,288 At 31 December, net of financing 1,396,518 1,494,287 Movement in cash, portfolio investments <strong>and</strong> financing Changes to market At 31 1 January value <strong>and</strong> December <strong>2009</strong> Cash flow currencies <strong>2009</strong> £000 £000 £000 £000 Cash at bank <strong>and</strong> in h<strong>and</strong> 10,136 12,094 (436) 21,794 Overseas deposits 69,768 18,433 (1,566) 86,635 Shares <strong>and</strong> other variable yield securities <strong>and</strong> units in unit trusts 66,075 26,794 (2,993) 89,876 Debt securities <strong>and</strong> other fixed income securities 1,283,884 (65,082) (90,490) 1,128,312 Participations in investment pools 57,078 4,096 (206) 60,968 Deposits with credit institutions 7,346 1,848 (687) 8,507 Derivatives – – 426 426 Total cash, portfolio investments <strong>and</strong> financing 1,494,287 (1,817) (95,952) 1,396,518 16 Cash flows invested in portfolio investments <strong>2009</strong> 2008 £000 £000 Purchase of shares <strong>and</strong> other variable yield securities (957,070) (1,035,357) Purchase of debt securities <strong>and</strong> other fixed income securities (1,829,662) (3,198,645) Purchase of participations in investment pools (40,394) (115,385) Sale of shares <strong>and</strong> other variable yield securities 930,276 1,094,211 Sale of debt securities <strong>and</strong> other fixed income securities 1,894,744 3,074,612 Sale of participations from investment pools 36,298 131,211 Amount owed to credit institutions (1,848) 7,735 Net cash inflow(outflow) on portfolio investments 32,344 (41,618)
17 Related parties The managing agent of the syndicate, QUL, <strong>and</strong> the corporate member that provides capital to the syndicate, are wholly owned subsidiaries of their ultimate parent company, <strong>QBE</strong> Insurance Group Limited. All transactions between the syndicate <strong>and</strong> companies within the <strong>QBE</strong> Insurance Group are conducted on normal market terms on an arm’s length basis. The syndicate is exempt under the terms of FRS 8 from disclosing related party transactions. 18 Reinsurance to close accepted In early <strong>2009</strong>, the syndicate agreed to accept the RITC of <strong>Syndicate</strong> 566’s 2000 <strong>and</strong> prior years of account, following a successful consultation with members’ agents. The effect of this in these accounts is to increase gross written premiums by £67,458,000, gross claims outst<strong>and</strong>ing by £143,350,000, <strong>and</strong> reinsurers’ share of claims outst<strong>and</strong>ing by £75,892,000, a net effect of £nil. 41 <strong>QBE</strong> <strong>Syndicate</strong> <strong>2999</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> report <strong>2009</strong>