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INVESCO ASIAN EQUITY A USD - Fund overview

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Overview of INVESCO ASIAN EQUITY A USD

This fund offers investors core exposure to Asian equities excluding Japan and Australia. The aim is to achieve capital growth. Stuart Parks takes a pragmatic approach, switching between growth and value styles depending on the prevailing market environment. His process is based on modelling company cash flows. However, he has indicated a willingness to loosen his valuation criteria for stocks during periods of rising corporate earnings to avoid underperforming strongly rising markets.

Standard Initial Charge

5.25% 0.00%

Fund summary

Sector	–
Product type	OFFSHORE FUND
Launched	August, 2001
Size	£372m
Yield	0.0%
Charging basis	–
Dividends paid	14/02
Bid price	321.02p

Fund Charges

Standard Initial charge	5.25%
Initial charge via Bestinvest	0.00%
Additional bid/offer spread	0.00%
Annual management charge	1.50%
Total expense ratio	2.02%
Reduction in yield (10yr)	2.02%

Bestinvest says

This portfolio is managed for total return investing in the Far East ex-Japan. Parks seeks to gain the correct asset split through a thorough study of the macroeconomic situation. This determines his overall views for each of the countries represented within the portfolio. The manager uses the tried and tested methods of P/E and P/Book ratios for stock valuation following a pragmatic approach to investment. The fund has been outperforming its benchmark consistently over the years, although is unlikely to greatly differ from the benchmark.

Portfolio

invesco asian equity a usd asset allocation illustration

Allocation		Proportion

	Equity	97%
	High yield bonds	0%
	Quality bonds	0%
	Property	0%
	Commodities	0%
	Hedge	0%
	Fund cash	3%

invesco asian equity a usd equity geographic illustration

Allocation		Proportion

	UK	5%
	Europe	0%
	Nth America	0%
	Japan	0%
	Pacific	70%
	Other Equity	25%

invesco asian equity a usd equity capitalisation illustration

Allocation		Proportion

	Large Caps	74%
	Mid Caps	23%
	Small Caps	3%

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Investment process

This portfolio is managed for total return investing in the Far East ex-Japan.
Parks seeks to gain the correct asset split through a thorough study of the macroeconomic situation. This determines his overall views for each of the countries represented within the portfolio. Once this has been achieved, his views are then represented through his decisions regarding stock selection. The manager uses the tried and tested methods of P/E and P/Book ratios for valuation following a pragmatic approach to investment.

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