BNY Mellon S&P 500 Index Tracker
As at 31 July 2010
Investment objective
To match the performance of the S&P 500® Index (the Index). The Sub-Fund is constructed to mirror the Index and to provide long-term capital growth by investing in equity securities that represent a large cross-section of the US publicly-traded stock market.
General information
- Total net assets (million)
- $ 225.31
- Lipper sector
- UK Offshore - North America
- Index
- S&P 500
- Fund domicile
- Dublin
- Fund type
- ICVC
- Fund manager
- Karen Wong
- Alternate
- Tom Durante
- Base currency
- USD
- Currencies available
- EUR, USD
Key dates
- Fund launch
- 23 Mar 2001
- Close of financial year
- 31 Dec
BNY Mellon Asset Management Company
Mellon Capital Management: Mellon Capital is a leading innovator in the investment industry and is dedicated to providing clients with global investment solutions designed to achieve their objectives – consistent, risk-controlled investment performance. Mellon Capital applies quantitative methods to investment management.
Dealing
09:00 to 17:00 each business day
Valuation point: 22:00 Dublin time
Shareclass EUR A
- General
- Share class launch date
- 03 Jul 2001
- Minimum investment
- € 5,000
- Annual management charge
- 1.00%
- Maximum initial charge
- 5.00%
- Codes
- ISIN
- IE0004234476
- Bloomberg
- MEL500E ID
- Sedol
- 0423447
- Valoren
- CH1219899
- WKN
- 693975
- Registered for sale in:
- DE, PE, NL, IT, GUE, UK, CH, NO, BE, JER, ES, GIB, AT
Shareclass EUR C
- General
- Share class launch date
- 16 May 2002
- Minimum investment
- € 5,000,000
- Annual management charge
- 0.30%
- Maximum initial charge
- 5.00%
- Codes
- ISIN
- IE0004240754
- Bloomberg
- MEL50CE ID
- Sedol
- 0424075
- Valoren
- CH1220570
- WKN
- 693977
- Registered for sale in:
- DE, NL, IT, GUE, PT, UK, CH, NO, CL, BE, IE, JER, ES, GIB, AT
Shareclass USD A
- General
- Share class launch date
- 23 Mar 2001
- Minimum investment
- $ 5,000
- Annual management charge
- 1.00%
- Maximum initial charge
- 5.00%
- Codes
- ISIN
- IE0004234583
- Bloomberg
- MEL500A ID
- Sedol
- 0423458
- Valoren
- CH1215337
- WKN
- 694110
- Registered for sale in:
- DE, NL, IT, GUE, PT, UK, CH, NO, JER, HK, GIB, IRL, ES
Shareclass USD C
- General
- Share class launch date
- 18 Jan 2002
- Minimum investment
- $ 5,000,000
- Annual management charge
- 0.30%
- Maximum initial charge
- 5.00%
- Codes
- ISIN
- IE0004240861
- Bloomberg
- MEL50C1 ID
- Sedol
- 0424086
- Valoren
- CH1220678
- WKN
- 798179
- Registered for sale in:
- DE, IRL, NL, IT, GUE, UK, CH, NO, JER, HK, GIB, ES
Fund Specific Important Information
| Performance record over 5 years | ||||||||
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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 - USD A share class currency. |
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| 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | YTD | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 3 years | 5 years | |||
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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. |
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| Fund - USD A share class | 6.85 | -7.18 | 2.61 | -1.18 | 11.68 | -23.55 | -9.62 | -8.56 | -2.00 | ||
| Fund - USD C share class | 6.92 | -7.02 | 2.97 | -0.78 | 12.47 | -21.93 | -6.40 | -7.92 | -1.31 | ||
| S&P 500 | 7.01 | -6.69 | 3.61 | -0.11 | 13.84 | -18.99 | -0.86 | -6.78 | -0.17 | ||
| Sector average | 6.28 | -8.12 | 1.78 | -2.07 | 11.19 | -22.33 | -7.44 | -8.21 | -1.70 | ||
| Fund - EUR A share class | 0.25 | -5.15 | 9.18 | 8.71 | 22.18 | -19.72 | -15.86 | -7.06 | -3.39 | ||
| Fund - EUR C share class | 0.32 | -5.00 | 9.55 | 9.13 | 22.94 | -18.08 | -12.93 | -6.43 | -2.73 | ||
| S&P 500 | 0.61 | -4.77 | 10.54 | 10.00 | 23.88 | -14.88 | -7.57 | -5.23 | -1.56 | ||
| Sector average | -0.07 | -6.23 | 8.59 | 7.85 | 20.99 | -18.39 | -13.70 | -6.68 | -3.07 | ||
| Ranking of fund in sector | 82 | 68 | 78 | 73 | 86 | 111 | 92 | 111 | 92 | ||
| No. of funds in sector | 214 | 214 | 214 | 214 | 214 | 181 | 149 | 181 | 149 | ||
| Quartile rank | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Statutory performance data updated quarterly
| From | 30 Jun 09 | 30 Jun 08 | 29 Jun 07 | 30 Jun 06 | 30 Jun 05 |
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| To | 30 Jun 10 | 30 Jun 09 | 30 Jun 08 | 29 Jun 07 | 30 Jun 06 |
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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 - USD A share class currency. |
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| Fund | 12.2% | -27.8% | -14.6% | 18.5% | 6.8% |
Calendar Performance
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |
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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 - USD A share class currency. |
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| Fund | 23.80 | -38.16 | 3.71 | 13.82 | 3.13 |
| Index | 26.46 | -37.00 | 5.49 | 15.79 | 4.91 |
| Quartile Rank | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Asset allocation

Asset allocation - industry

Holdings and Risk
| Top 10 holdings | |
|---|---|
| % | |
| EXXON MOBIL CORP | 3.0 |
| APPLE COMPUTER INC | 2.3 |
| MICROSOFT CORP COM | 1.9 |
| PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM | 1.7 |
| GENERAL ELEC CO COM | 1.7 |
| IBM CORP COM | 1.6 |
| J P MORGAN CHASE & CO COM | 1.6 |
| JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM | 1.6 |
| AT & T INC COM | 1.5 |
| CHEVRONTEXACO CORP COM | 1.5 |
Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time without notice, are for information purposes only and should not be construed as investment recommendations.
Historical fund statistics - 3 years
- Correlation to benchmark
- 1.00
- Annualised tracking error
- 0.17
- R²
- 1.00

