BNY Mellon Vietnam, India and China (VIC) Fund
As at 31 July 2010
Investment objective
The Sub-Fund aims to achieve long-term capital growth through investment primarily (meaning at least three-quarters of the Sub-Fund's total assets*) in a portfolio of equity and equity-related securities of companies having their registered office in Vietnam, India and China or carrying out a preponderant part of their activities in those countries.
*Total assets means the Net Asset Value of the Sub-Fund plus its liabilities (but after deduction of cash and ancillary liquidities).
General information
- Total net assets (million)
- $ 47.95
- Lipper sector
- UK Offshore - Far East Excl Japan
- Index
- MSCI EM Asia
- Fund domicile
- Dublin
- Fund manager
- Abhijit Sarkar / Hugh Simon
- Alternate
- Nina Wu
- Base currency
- USD
- Currencies available
- EUR, USD, GBP
Key dates
- Fund launch
- 16 Jun 2008
- Close of financial year
- 31 Dec
BNY Mellon Asset Management Company
Hamon Asset Management Limited: A group company of Hamon Investment Group (Hamon), Hong Kong based Asian equity investment specialist with nearly 20 years' experience. The philosophy of Hamon is based on a non-benchmark and a bottom-up fundamental security analysis. The manager will pursue value or growth strategies depending on the economic cycle.
Dealing
09:00 to 17:00 each business day
Valuation point: 12:00 Dublin time
Shareclass EUR A
- General
- Share class launch date
- 16 Jun 2008
- Minimum investment
- € 5,000
- Annual management charge
- 2.00%
- Maximum initial charge
- 5.00%
- Codes
- ISIN
- IE00B2PC0M60
- Bloomberg
- MEVICAE ID
- Sedol
- B2PC0M6
- Registered for sale in:
- IRL, AT, FR, DE, GIB, GUE, IT, NL, NO, ES, CH, UK
Shareclass EUR C
- General
- Share class launch date
- 16 Jun 2008
- Minimum investment
- € 5,000,000
- Annual management charge
- 1.00%
- Maximum initial charge
- 5.00%
- Codes
- ISIN
- IE00B2PC0P91
- Bloomberg
- MEVICCE ID
- Sedol
- B2PC0P9
Shareclass USD A
- General
- Share class launch date
- 16 Jun 2008
- Minimum investment
- $ 5,000
- Annual management charge
- 2.00%
- Maximum initial charge
- 5.00%
- Codes
- ISIN
- IE00B2PC0N77
- Bloomberg
- MEVICAU ID
- Sedol
- B2PC0N7
- Registered for sale in:
- CH, ES, DE, GIB, GUE, NL, NO, UK, IRL, FR
Shareclass USD C
- General
- Share class launch date
- 16 Jun 2008
- Minimum investment
- $ 5,000,000
- Annual management charge
- 1.00%
- Maximum initial charge
- 5.00%
- Codes
- ISIN
- IE00B2PC0Q09
- Bloomberg
- MEVICCU ID
- Sedol
- B2PC0Q0
- Registered for sale in:
- CH, ES, DE, GIB, GUE, NL, NO, UK, IRL, FR
Fund Specific Important Information
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation owns a 19.9% minority interest in The Hamon Investment Group Pte Limited, the parent company of Hamon Asset Management Limited.
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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 C 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 C share class | 5.10 | -6.99 | -1.75 | -3.72 | 6.98 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Fund - USD A share class | 5.02 | -7.23 | -2.25 | -4.27 | 5.92 | – | – | – | – | ||
| MSCI EM Asia | 5.71 | -2.02 | 8.12 | 1.69 | 15.30 | -7.59 | 76.93 | -2.60 | 12.07 | ||
| Sector average | 6.93 | -2.33 | 6.98 | 0.48 | 13.96 | -9.78 | 59.06 | -3.53 | 9.58 | ||
| Fund - EUR A share class | -0.74 | -4.99 | 5.01 | 6.03 | 15.12 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Fund - EUR C share class | -0.67 | -4.76 | 5.51 | 6.61 | 16.26 | – | – | – | – | ||
| MSCI EM Asia | -0.61 | 0.00 | 15.35 | 12.00 | 25.47 | -2.90 | 64.96 | -0.98 | 10.52 | ||
| Sector average | 0.54 | -0.32 | 14.13 | 10.66 | 24.01 | -5.21 | 48.30 | -1.92 | 8.06 | ||
| Ranking of fund in sector | 114 | 124 | 125 | 115 | 114 | – | – | – | – | ||
| No. of funds in sector | 127 | 127 | 127 | 127 | 125 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Quartile rank | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | ||
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 C share class currency. |
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| Fund | 11.4% | 28.6% | – | – | – |
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 C share class currency. |
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| Fund | 122.09 | - | - | - | - |
| Index | 74.21 | - | - | - | - |
| Quartile Rank | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Asset allocation

Asset allocation - industry

Holdings and Risk
| Top 10 holdings | |
|---|---|
| % | |
| IFCI | 4.7 |
| BALRAMPUR CHINI MILLS INR1 | 4.1 |
| Tata Motors | 4.1 |
| DHAMPUR SUGAR MILLS LTD | 4.1 |
| Intime Department Store (Group) Co. Ltd. | 3.9 |
| Inspur International Ltd. | 3.7 |
| Unitech Limited | 3.6 |
| ENGINEERS INDIA INR10 | 3.2 |
| Bumi Resources Tbk PT | 3.1 |
| Reliance Infrastructure | 3.0 |
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
- (Historical fund statistics are not available for funds that have a track record of less than 3 years)

