New Fund: OSK-UOB Asian Income Fund

If you have a medium risk appetite and are seeking for an investment opportunity in the Asian region, you may want to take a close look at OSK-UOB Asian Income Fund, a balanced fund which was newly launched by OSK-UOB Investment Management Berhad on 5 June 2012.

The fund is a feeder fund that aims to provide income and capital growth over the medium to long term by investing in one target fund, i.e, the Schroder Asian Income (fund's inception date: 24 October 2011 and is denominated in Singapore Dollar), which primarily invests in Asian equities and Asian fixed income securities.

More about Schroder Asian Income

The Schroder Asian Income can invests in Asian high yield bonds (30% - 70%), Asian high dividend yielding equities (30% - 70%), cash (0% - 30%) or other asset classes (0% - 10%). Cash will be used if necessary to limit downside risk during adverse market conditions. Financial derivatives are also used to stabilize the portfolio of the fund by hedging the fund's exposure to foreign currency.

This strategy allows the Schroder Asian Income to adjust its allocation according to the phases of the economic cycle to deliver more consistent returns.

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Click here to download the OSK-UOB Asian Income fund prospectus

Source: OSK-UOB Investment Management

New Fund: OSK-UOB US Focus Equity Fund

Following the US government pump priming efforts during the global financial crisis, OSK-UOB believe that we are now witnessing the US economy being stabilized and poised for economic recovery albeit at its early stage. Henceforth, they offer investors a US-focused equity fund to capitalize on the US economic recovery.

Tag-line: "It is PRIME time to up your STAKES"

This is a feeder fund that will invest principally in Schroder International Selection Fund US Small & Mid-Cap Equity (launched on 10/12/2004), which invests primarily in equity securities of smaller and medium-sized US companies. Those are the US companies which, at the time of purchase, form the bottom 40% by market capitalization of the US market.

Key Summary

Fund category           : Feeder Fund

Fund type                 : Growth

Initial offering period : 15th Oct - 4 Nov 2010

Initial investment       : Min RM 1,000

Top-up                    : Min RM 100

Sales charge            : 5.50%

Exit fee                    : 1.00% (within 6 months, thereafter none)

Source: OSK-UOB