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A Team Approach |
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| The Forward Asia Ex-Japan Equities Fund is managed by a team of four senior investment managers. |
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Sub-Advisor: Pictet Asset Management, Ltd. |
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| Pictet Asset Management, Ltd., is part of Pictet Asset Management, the institutional investment management division of Geneva-based Pictet & Cie, a Swiss private bank that was founded in 1805.
Pictet Asset Management, Ltd., is located in London. |
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 Key Personnel |
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| Nidhi Mahurkar, Co-Head of the Global Emerging Markets Equities Team |
| Mahurkar is co-head of the Emerging Markets Equities Team in charge of investment in Asia across global emerging markets and regional Asian mandates. She holds a BA in economics and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. |
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| Lan Wang Simond, CFA*, Senior Investment Manger |
| Simond is a Senior Investment Manager in the Emerging Markets Equities Team specializing in the Asia ex-Japan region. She holds a BA from the Beijing Normal Institute of Foreign Languages and a Business Administration degree from the HEC University of Lausanne, Switzerland. |
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| Amit Mehta, Investment Manager |
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Mehta is an Investment Manager in the Emerging Markets Equities team and focuses on the financial sector. He holds a BSc (with honors) in accounting and financial analysis from Warwick University and is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAEW). |
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| Vladimir Cara, CFA*, Investment Analyst |
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Cara is an Investment Analyst in the Emerging Markets Equities team and covers the technology sector. He holds a BSc in finance from Western Kentucky University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Cara is also a licensed CPA. |
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| *Lan Wan Simond and Vladimir Cara have earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. |
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Class: Institutional
Change to: Investor |
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Fact Sheet |
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Overview |
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| Category: |
Foreign Growth |
| Ticker Symbol: |
FFASX |
| CUSIP: |
349913558 |
| Benchmark: |
MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index |
| Inception: |
December 31, 2007 |
| Net Assets: |
$4.8 Million |
| Load Fee: |
No Load |
| Gross Expense Ratio: |
2.66% |
| Net Expense Ratio: |
1.35%1 |
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Minimum Investment |
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| Initial: |
$100,000 |
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Statistics |
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| Price/Book:* |
2.95 |
| Forward P/E:* |
12.61 |
| EPS Growth Rate:* |
12.35% |
| Long-Term Debt-to-Equity:* |
-4.49% |
| Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization:* |
$48.6 Billion |
| Average Capitalization:* |
$25.0 Billion |
| Number of Holdings: |
97 |
| Annualized Turnover: |
172.79% |
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1The Fund’s investment advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its fees and reimburse other expenses until April 30, 2009, in amounts necessary to limit the Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends and extraordinary expenses) for the Institutional Class shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.35%.
*Data refers to the Fund’s holdings and not to the Fund itself.
Price/Book Ratio and Price/Earnings Ratio represent equity securities within the Fund's portfolio, and are not intended to demonstrate Fund growth, income earned by the Fund, or distributions made by the Fund.
EPS Growth Rate represents current year consensus estimates weighed by distribution of the portfolio.
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