Baring ASEAN Frontiers A USD Inc
Managed by
SooHai Lim
SooHai Lim was born in Singapore in 1970 and graduated from the Nanyang Technological University with a bachelor’s degree in accountancy. He started his career in 1996 at Singapore Telecoms Asset Manangment where he worked on Thai and Malaysian equities. SooHai joined Daiwa SB Investments in Singapore in 2000 where he was a country specialist for Australia and Malaysia and in 2005 he joined Barings where he is currently a fund manager working on Australian and Asian equities. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has been working in the industry for over 14 years. Outside of fund management he enjoys the cinema and theatre.
Objective
The objective of the Fund is to achieve long-term capital growth in the value of assets by investing in companies in Asia by investing at least 70% of its total assets at any one time in equities and equity-related securities of companies incorporated in countries which are members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), or which have a significant proportion of their assets or other interests in those countries. The members of ASEAN include Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Performance
-
Rank 3/26 Total Return
-
Rank 19/26 Standard Deviation
-
Rank 20/26 Max Drawdown
| Fund Name | Currency | Return | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mirae Asset Asia Growth Equity I USD | USD | 56.4% |
| 2 | Cathay Asian Growth Fund TWD | USD | 33.3% |
| 3 | Baring ASEAN Frontiers A USD Inc | USD | 25.8% |
| 4 | JPMorgan ASEAN Equity FOF Class A | USD | 25.7% |
| 5 | BGF Asean Leaders A2 USD | USD | 24.8% |
| View full league table | |||
| Fund Name | Currency | Risk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | BGF Asean Leaders A2 USD | USD | 9.0 |
| 18 | Fuh Hwa Rising ASEAN Fund | USD | 9.4 |
| 19 | Baring ASEAN Frontiers A USD Inc | USD | 9.8 |
| 20 | Nikko AM Asean Equity SGD Class A | USD | 10.2 |
| 21 | WIOF South-East Asia Performance A USD | USD | 10.3 |
| View full league table | |||
| Fund Name | Currency | Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Islamic ASEAN Equity USD A Acc | USD | -3.8% |
| 19 | Amundi Fds Equity ASEAN - AU (C) | USD | -4.0% |
| 20 | Baring ASEAN Frontiers A USD Inc | USD | -4.5% |
| 21 | RHB Asean Megatrend SGD | USD | -4.6% |
| 22 | Mirae Asset Asia Growth Equity I USD | USD | -4.7% |
| View full league table | |||
Total Return
Quarterly Performance
| to 31/03/2018 | Annual | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2.1% | ||||
| 2017 | 30.7% | 6.1% | 6.1% | 3.9% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 5.1% | 6.0% | 1.4% | 4.7% | -6.6% |
| 2015 | -11.9% | 2.6% | -6.4% | -16.0% | 9.3% |
| 2014 | 9.2% | 5.1% | 4.0% | 3.0% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | -6.0% | 12.3% | -5.4% | -9.0% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 22.2% | 13.4% | -5.4% | 9.4% | 4.2% |
| 2011 | -11.6% | 1.4% | 1.5% | -18.3% | 5.2% |
| 2010 | 37.4% | 6.1% | -1.0% | 22.3% | 6.9% |
| 2009 | 86.3% | -3.2% | 46.2% | 23.6% | 6.5% |
| 2008 | -26.6% | ||||
| 2007 | 3.5% | ||||
| 2006 | 24.1% | 9.9% | -5.1% | 4.1% | 14.3% |
| 2005 | 21.8% | 0.3% | -1.5% | 10.5% | 11.5% |
| 2004 | 18.5% | 13.5% | -3.5% | -4.3% | 13.1% |
| 2003 | 38.3% | -7.5% | 14.9% | 20.5% | 8.0% |
| 2002 | -13.5% | 6.3% | -0.8% | -15.5% | -2.9% |
| 2001 | -23.4% | -11.2% | 2.7% | -22.2% | 8.1% |
| 2000 | -35.2% | -5.5% | -7.4% | -13.4% | -14.4% |
| 1999 | 55.1% | 9.5% | 15.5% | 0.5% | 21.9% |
| 1998 | -11.1% | 2.8% | -15.6% | -10.0% | 13.9% |
| 1997 | -34.3% | -7.2% | 13.9% | -14.7% | -27.1% |
| 1996 | 12.7% | 7.7% | -0.2% | -0.1% | 5.0% |
| 1995 | 2.5% |
Month by Month Performance
Returns Vs Risk
Registered For Sale In
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Chile
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Ireland
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Peru
- Singapore
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- United Kingdom
Fund Info
- Launch date01/08/2008
- Share Class size251Mn
- Base currencyUSD
-
ISIN IE0000830236
Purchase Info
- Min. initial investment5,000
- Min. regular additional investment0
Charges
- Annual management1.25%
- Initial investment1.25