The 8IP Asia Pacific Equity Fund offers investors in the United Kingdom and South Africa access to a diversified portfolio of equities from across the Asia Pacific region (including Japan).
The investment objective of the Fund is to provide long-term capital growth. It achieves this by investing in companies listed on regulated stock exchanges in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. It can also invest in companies that are listed in other markets but which have their principal business activities in the Asia Pacific region.
The Fund is an open-ended umbrella type investment company with segregated liability between its Funds authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank“) as an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities pursuant to the Regulations.
Sanlam Universal Funds plc is managed by Sanlam Asset Management (Ireland) Limited (SAMI). SAMI currently manages in excess of US$4 billion for clients world-wide.
For further information, please read the Supplement to the Prospectus for Sanlam Universal Funds plc and the Monthly Performance Reports.
Key Features
| Feature | Details |
| Trustee & Administrator | Northern Trust is the Trustee, Sanlam Asset Management (Ireland) Limited is the Administrator, JP Morgan is the Transfer Agent |
| Product Type | Ireland UCITS IV listed on the Irish Stock Exchange |
| Inception Date | 19 August 2010 |
| Firm FUM | AU$250 million |
| Minimum Investment | Class A (USD): $500; Class A (GBP): £500; Class B (USD): $500; Class C (USD): $2 million; Class D (USD): $10 million |
| Liquidity | Daily |
| Withdrawal Notice | Please refer to the Supplement to the Prospectus |
| Distributions | Reinvest all net income on all share classes |
| Annual Cost of Fund | Class A (USD): 1.5%; Class A (GBP): 1.5%; Class B (USD): 1.1%; Class C (USD): 0.75%; Class D (USD): 0.75% |
| Annual Performance Fee | Class B (USD): 10% of outperformance of index; Class C (USD): 10% of outperformance of index |
| Hurdle | MSCI All Country Asia Pacific Net USD Total Return Index |
| Index | MSCI All Country Asia Pacific Net USD Total Return Index |
This is general information which does not take account of your particular objectives, financial circumstances or needs. You should consider the Fund's offering document in deciding whether to acquire, or continue to hold, the product.
Performance Summary
| 1m | 3m | 6m | 1yr | 3yr | 5yr | 10yr | Inception | |
| Fund | +6.73% | +6.60% | +18.18% | +9.32% | - | - | - | +5.11% |
| Index | +4.92% | +7.40% | +17.63% | +16.45% | - | - | - | +9.20% |
| Active Return | +1.81% | -0.80% | +0.55% | -7.13% | - | - | - | -4.09% |
* Inception date 19 August 2010. Source: 8IP and Bloomberg. All returns are shown to two decimal places. Returns for periods of more than one year are annualised. Total returns include realised and unrealised gains and losses plus income and are time-weighted rates of return that adjust for external cash flows. Valuations are computed and performance reported in US dollars. Gross-of-fees performance returns are presented before management and performance fees but after all trading expenses. Returns are presented net of non-reclaimable withholding taxes. Fees for respective classes are shown above. Sources of foreign exchange rates may be different between the Fund and the Index.
