Manager Comment June 2017

The Mekong Fund gained +1.4% in June. Asian Markets put in mixed results in June, with the Hang Seng Index +0.4%, MSCI Asia ex Japan Index +1.1%, FTSE ASEAN +0.9%, Thai SET Index +0.8%. Asian and most international currencies gained ground against the US$, although...

Manager Comment June 2017

The Vietnam Fund returned +4.5% in June with an NAV of USD 1,867.93, a new all-time high, bringing the net return since inception to +86.8%. This represents an annualised return of +19.4% p.a. The June performance of the Ho Chi Minh City VN Index in USD was +5.2%...

Manager Comment June 2017

Asia Frontier Fund USD A-shares lost −1.2% in June 2017. The fund underperformed the MSCI Frontier Markets Asia Net Total Return USD Index (+3.1%), the MSCI Frontier Markets Net Total Return USD Index (+0.6%), and the MSCI World Net Total Return USD Index, which was...

Manager Comment May 2017

The Vietnam Fund returned +3.0% in May with an NAV of USD 1,787.13, a new all-time high, bringing the net return since inception to +78.7%. This represents an annualised return of +18.4% p.a. The May performance of the Ho Chi Minh City VN Index in USD was +2.8% while...

Manager Comment May 2017

The AFC Asia Frontier Fund (AAFF) USD A-shares gained +0.9% in May 2017. The fund underperformed the MSCI Frontier Markets Asia Net Total Return USD Index (+1.1%), the MSCI Frontier Markets Net Total Return USD Index (+4.3%), and the MSCI World Net Total Return USD...