BNY Mellon UK Equity Fund

As at 31 July 2010

Investment objective

To achieve long-term capital growth through investment primarily (meaning at least two-thirds of the Sub-Fund's assets) in a portfolio equity and up to one third of the Sub-fund's assets in a portfolio of equity-related securities of companies located or listed in the United Kingdom or deriving a preponderant part of their income in the United Kingdom.

General information

Total net assets (million)
£ 29.96
Lipper sector
UK Offshore - UK Equity
Index
FTSE All-Share
Fund domicile
Dublin
Fund type
ICVC
Fund manager
Simon Nichols
Alternate
Tineke Frikkee
Base currency
GBP
Currencies available
GBP, EUR

Key dates

Fund launch
29 Jan 1988
Close of financial year
31 Dec

BNY Mellon Asset Management Company

Newton Investment Management: Newton pursues a distinctive global thematic investment approach and provides added value from extensive proprietary research.

Dealing

09:00 to 17:00 each business day

Valuation point: 12:00 Dublin time

General
 
Share class launch date
02 Jan 2002
Minimum investment
€ 5,000
Annual management charge
2.00%
Maximum initial charge
5.00%
Codes
 
ISIN
IE0004156489
Bloomberg
MELUKAE ID
Sedol
0415648
Valoren
CH1339239
WKN
693949
Registered for sale in:
DE, NL, IT, GUE, PT, UK, FR, CH, NO, BE, JER, ES, TW, GIB, AT
General
 
Share class launch date
04 Jul 2005
Minimum investment
€ 5,000,000
Annual management charge
1.00%
Maximum initial charge
5.00%
Codes
 
ISIN
IE0004164368
Bloomberg
MELUKEC ID
Sedol
0416436
Valoren
CH1339255
WKN
693961
Registered for sale in:
DE, IRL, NL, IT, GUE, UK, FR, CH, NO, JER, ES, GIB, AT
General
 
Share class launch date
10 Dec 2001
Minimum investment
£ 5,000
Annual management charge
2.00%
Maximum initial charge
5.00%
Codes
 
ISIN
IE0004156828
Bloomberg
MELUKA2 ID
Sedol
0415682
Valoren
CH1339245
WKN
798162
Registered for sale in:
DE, NL, GUE, UK, FR, CH, NO, JER, HK, TW, GIB, IRL

Fund Specific Important Information

Performance record over 5 years

Source: Lipper as at 31 July 2010. Total Return, including annual charges but excluding initial charges, income reinvested gross of tax. Performance history is given in Fund - GBP A share class currency.

10.98
BNY Mellon UK Equity Fund
22.69
FTSE All-Share

PerformancetoAnnualised
1 month3 months6 monthsYTD1 year3 years5 years3 years5 years

Source: Lipper as at 31 July 2010. Total Return, including annual charges but excluding initial charges, income reinvested gross of tax. Performance history is given in share class currency.

Fund - GBP A share class4.93-4.582.18-0.5215.48-11.9410.98-4.152.10
Fund - GBP C share class5.02-4.342.690.0616.63-9.2616.66-3.193.13
FTSE All Share6.89-4.404.040.3319.35-7.3722.69-2.524.17
Sector average3.58-6.170.81-1.6813.91-11.429.64-5.540.31
Fund - EUR A share class2.81-0.715.965.9818.11-28.84-8.39-10.72-1.73
Fund - EUR C share class2.89-0.466.486.5919.23-26.70-3.73-9.83-0.76
FTSE All Share5.21-0.168.497.1522.69-24.991.75-9.140.35
Sector average1.94-2.025.125.0117.09-28.27-9.07-11.96-3.37
Ranking of fund in sector534758535245364536
No. of funds in sector797979797570557055
Quartile rank333333333

Statutory performance data updated quarterly

From30 Jun 0930 Jun 0829 Jun 0730 Jun 0630 Jun 05
To30 Jun 1030 Jun 0930 Jun 0829 Jun 0730 Jun 06

Source: Lipper as at 31 July 2010. Total Return, including annual charges but excluding initial charges, income reinvested gross of tax. Performance history is given in Fund - GBP A share class currency.

Fund14.9%-12.7%-19.2%15.7%15.3%

Calendar Performance

20092008200720062005

Source: Lipper as at 31 July 2010. Total Return, including annual charges but excluding initial charges, income reinvested gross of tax. Performance history is given in Fund - GBP A share class currency.

Fund13.26-21.25-1.6417.7918.46
Index30.12-29.935.3216.7522.04
Quartile Rank41314

Asset allocation

Asset allocation

Asset allocation - industry

Asset allocation - industry
Top 10 holdings
%
Royal Dutch Shell PLC7.3
Vodafone Group PLC6.3
GlaxoSmithKline PLC6.0
BP PLC4.9
HSBC Holdings PLC4.2
British American Tobacco PLC3.6
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC3.0
Scottish & Southern Energy PLC3.0
Tesco PLC3.0
Tate & Lyle PLC2.1

Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time without notice, are for information purposes only and should not be construed as investment recommendations.

Absolute contribution - top 5
Stock level contributors%
BP PLC1.47
Vodafone Group PLC0.46
HSBC Holdings PLC0.21
United Utilities Group PLC0.18
Reed Elsevier PLC0.14
Active moneyFundIndexRelative
Top overweight%%%
Consumer Services17.210.07.2
Utilities10.43.86.6
Industrials11.17.43.6
Telecommunication8.06.12.0
Consumer Goods11.911.50.4
FundIndexRelative
Top underweight%%%
Basic Materials0.911.8-10.9
Financials17.224.2-7.0
Oil & Gas12.215.9-3.7
Technology0.01.7-1.7
Options-0.10.0-0.1

Historical fund statistics - 3 years

Jensen alpha
-0.24
Beta
0.80
Correlation to benchmark
0.94
Annualised information ratio
-0.24
Annualised Sharpe ratio
-0.44
Annualised tracking error
7.08
0.89

Dealing & Statutory literature