Asian Opportunities

Strategy Highlights

: Aiming to deliver outperformance of the benchmark by compounding above cost-of-capital returns at above-average growth rates

Long-term strategy with low turnover. Not reliant on market cycles or chasing momentum

Deep-seated research conducted by specialist team and highly experienced career analysts, with integrated corporate governance scrutiny

Our Philosophy and Process

: The strategy is conviction-based with no sector constraints, and invests primarily in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan. A constantly evolving and forward-looking approach seeks to anticipate change, manage risk, and identify opportunities.

Material and relevant ESG risks, issues and opportunities are considered as part of the investment process.

Every time we consider a security or look at an industry or country, it’s in the context of what’s happening across the world. We believe the investment landscape is shaped over the long term by some key trends, and we use themes to help identify opportunities.

Strategy Profile

Objective: The strategy seeks to outperform the FTSE AW Asia Pacific ex Japan index by more than 2% per annum over rolling 5-year periods by achieving long-term capital growth from a portfolio comprised predominantly of securities from Asia Pacific markets, including Australia and New Zealand, but excluding Japan.
Performance benchmark: FTSE All World Asia-Pacific ex Japan
Typical number of equity holdings: 40 to 60
Strategy inception: Composite inception: January 1, 1996
The Newton Asian Opportunities strategy changed its name from Newton Asian Equity strategy on 1 January 2023.

Investment Team

: Our Asian Opportunities strategy is managed by an experienced team. In-house research analysts are at the core of our investment process, and our multidimensional research platform spans fundamental, thematic, ESG, quantitative, geopolitical, investigative and private-market research to promote better-informed investment decisions.

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Alex Khosla

Portfolio manager, Emerging Markets and Asia Equities team

Zoe Kan

Portfolio manager, emerging markets and Asia equities team

Fei Chen

Investment analyst

Aditya Shah Shah

Portfolio analyst, Emerging Markets and Asia Equities team

Your capital may be at risk. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the original amount invested.

Newton will make investment decisions that are not based solely on ESG considerations. Those considerations are among many inputs into the fundamental analysis. Other attributes of an investment may outweigh ESG considerations when making investment decisions. The way that material ESG considerations are assessed may vary depending on the asset class and strategy involved. As of September 2022, the research team performs ESG analysis on equity securities prior to their addition to Newton’s Research Recommended List (RRL). ESG reviews are not performed for all fixed income securities. The portfolio managers may purchase equity securities that are not included on the RRL and which do not have ESG reviews. Not all securities held by Newton’s strategies have an ESG review completed prior to investment.

Key Investment Risks

: Objective/Performance Risk: There is no guarantee that the strategy will achieve its objectives.

Currency Risk: This strategy invests in international markets which means it is exposed to changes in currency rates which could affect the value of the strategy.

Geographic Concentration Risk: The strategy primarily invests in a single market which may have a significant impact on the value of the strategy.

Derivatives Risk: Derivatives are highly sensitive to changes in the value of the asset from which their value is derived. A small movement in the value of the underlying asset can cause a large movement in the value of the derivative. This can increase the sizes of losses and gains, causing the value of your investment to fluctuate. When using derivatives, the strategy can lose significantly more than the amount it has invested in derivatives.

Emerging Markets Risk: Emerging Markets have additional risks due to less-developed market practices.

Concentration Risk: A fall in the value of a single investment may have a significant impact on the value of the strategy because it typically invests in a limited number of investments.

Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and/or the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect (‘Stock Connect’) Risk: The strategy may invest in China A shares through Stock Connect programs. These may be subject to regulatory changes and quota limitations. An operational constraint such as a suspension in trading could negatively affect the strategy’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Counterparty Risk: The insolvency of any institutions providing services such as custody of assets or acting as a counterparty to derivatives or other contractual arrangements, may expose the strategy to financial loss.