UK's IP Group jumps on swinging to annual pretax profit
** Shares of early-stage science investor IP Group IPO.L up about 12% at 54.9p, among top gainers on FTSE 250 .FTMC index ** Co swings to annual pretax profit of 64.8 million pounds ($86.20 million) from a loss of 206.7 million pounds a year ago ** Reports 13% rise in net asset value per share for the year ended December 31 ** YTD, stock down about 16% ($1 = 0.7517 pounds) (Reporting by Megha Anilkumar Nair) ((MeghaAnilkumar.Nair@thomsonreuters.com;))