Barings Asia Growth Fund

Objective

The objective of the Fund is to provide long-term capital growth in the value of assets. The policy of the Managers is to hold a diversified portfolio of equity investments in Asia including Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

Strategy

The Fund will seek to achieve its investment objective by investing across China, India, Korea, Taiwan and the ASEAN region. The region is well positioned in terms of its long-term, domestic driven growth outlook, and the Fund is able to use local insight from our specialist managers to gain exposure to investment themes such as infrastructure spending, domestic consumption and recovery of demand in developed markets.

Who Should Invest

The Fund is designed for investors seeking a strategy that targets long-term capital growth by investing in Asia ex-Japan equities.

Risks

The value of investments can fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the amount originally invested. Emerging markets or less developed countries may face more political, economic or structural challenges than developed countries. Investing in Chinese securities is subject to emerging market risks, and may also involve certain custodial risks. Changes in exchange rates between the currency of the Fund and the currencies in which the assets of the Fund are valued may also affect the value of the Fund. The Fund may also use derivatives for investment purposes. These are complex instruments that carry the risk of causing increased volatility in the value of the Fund.