Manulife Asset Management, Hong Kong has launched a new Manulife Advanced Fund SPC – Asia Pacific Income and Growth Segregated Portfolio.
The new fund aims to provide Hong Kong retail investors with income and capital appreciation over the medium and longer term, by investing across a wide scope of equities and fixed income-related securities in the Asia Pacific region.
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The fund follows an active asset allocation strategy to optimize returns amid volatility.
The fund’s strategy can be flexibly attuned among various selected Asia-Pacific equities, fixed income; real estate investment trusts and cash.
Manulife Asset Management, Hong Kong, investment funds, vice-president, Steve Chiu said: "Findings of the Manulife Investor Sentiment Index (MISI) showed that though they don’t like market volatility, more than half of the investors in Hong Kong say if they were to move out of cash, they would likely opt for investment in equities."
"The fund we are launching now is specially designed for these investors so that they can have exposure to equities while market volatility may be mitigated through active asset allocation strategy across bonds and other asset classes," he said.
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The fund will be available in multiple currencies that include USD Inc, AUD Inc Hedged, CAD Inc Hedged, and HKD Inc. An initial charge of up to five per cent will be levied along with a management fee of 1.50% per annum of the net asset value.
