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TB Guinness Asian Equity Income Fund

Overview

The Guinness Asian Equity Income strategy invests in high-quality dividend-paying companies in the Asia Pacific region.

The Asia Pacific region includes both developed and emerging economies, and its population – half of the world’s total – is younger than that of the developed world and getting richer. While western economies struggle to sustain economic growth, it is Asia’s dynamism, expanding population and increasing wealth that will shape our economic future.

Once dominated by commodities and export manufacturing for the developed markets of the US and Europe, Asia has mobilised its resources for the production of not only raw materials but also the full range of manufactured goods (from cheap clothing to top-of-the-range electronics). The region’s success in focusing on industrialisation and steadily increasing the value of goods being produced has brought higher wages and household incomes. Rising personal wealth underpins an expanding consumer economy with many more economic participants and higher volumes of transactions. The benefits over time have been reduced volatility in regional economic performance as the rise of the Asian consumer puts the region on a slower but more self-sustaining growth path. From an investment perspective, there has been a flowering of consumer discretionary and services businesses to cater to the growing consumer class. Asia is now no longer simply the workshop of the world, but with its growing affluence is now a key marketplace for cars, phones, clothing, and luxury goods, as well as for health care and financial services

Investment Team

High quality funds are run by high quality people.

We pride ourselves of having a collegial culture, with teams across the business successfully working together to achieve positive outcomes for our investors.

Edmund Harriss

Edmund Harriss

Director, Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager

Mark Hammonds

Mark Hammonds

Portfolio Manager, Asian & Emerging Markets

Sharukh Malik

Sharukh Malik

Portfolio Manager, Asian & Emerging Markets

Huang Valerie

Valerie Huang

Investment Analyst, Asian & Emerging Markets

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2023 Investor Conferences

For insights into 2023's uncertain markets and how our portfolio managers approach them, join us for a series of professional investor conferences in the South West of England.

Bringing a range of expertise, the investment team will cover Global Equities, Energy & the energy transition, how to approach Asia & EM, and developments in the tax-advantaged space.

Register today for a rewarding half-day of investment ideas and expert opinions at three congenial locations.

How to Invest

We aim to make it simple to invest in our funds. All our funds are open to direct investment via an application form. They are widely available on investment platforms and are eligible for UK investors’ ISAs and SIPPs.

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Investment Case

The Guinness Asian Equity Income strategy is designed to give investors exposure to this fast-growing region. Alongside the growth, however, comes greater volatility and risk. We seek to manage this by investing in companies which have proven records of generating returns in excess of the cost of capital, can successfully reinvest those returns in order to grow, and are committed to paying dividends that can grow over time.

Consistent high return on capital is a good indication of a company’s durability, and its ability to pay healthy dividends. We invest in companies that are unusually consistent in generating returns on capital above their cost of capital.

Our approach to dividend investing is to focus on companies that can sustainably grow their dividend into the future, rather than simply looking for companies with a high dividend yield.

We focus on ‘bottom-up’ stock selection rather than trying to make decisions based on forecasts for the region’s economy. We like to invest in good companies that have, in the short term, fallen out of favour, but that have previously shown an ability to weather most economic environments over time. We invest for the long term and will typically hold a company in the portfolio for between three and five years. The Asian Equity Income strategy invests in 36 companies, with each company having an equal weighting.

 

Why invest in the Guinness Asian Equity Income

The Fund is designed to provide investors with exposure to global equities through a high conviction, low turnover portfolio of consistently profitable dividend-paying companies.
 

Focus on consistent high return on capital

Consistent high return on capital is a good indication of a company’s durability, and its ability to pay healthy dividends. The Fund invests in companies that are unusually consistent in generating returns on capital above their cost of capital.
 

Growth and income

Our approach to dividend investing is to focus on companies that can sustainably grow their dividend into the future, rather than simply looking for companies with a high dividend yield.
 

High conviction

The Fund typically invests in 36 companies, with each company having an equal weighting. This provides a good balance between the benefits of diversification while also allowing each company to add meaningfully to performance. We don’t have a long tail of small positions and by definition we can never just ‘hug’ the benchmark index.
 

Fundamentally driven

We focus on ‘bottom-up’ stock selection rather than trying to make decisions based on an expected outlook for the region’s economy. We like to invest in good companies that have, in the short term, fallen out of favour, but that have previously shown an ability to weather most economic environments over time.
 

Low turnover

We prefer to invest over the long term. We also recognise the increased costs of trading in and out of companies unnecessarily. Typically we will hold a company in the portfolio for between three and five years.
 

Repeatable and independent

Edmund Harriss and analyst Mark Hammonds have managed the Fund since launch. They have developed an investment process that is clear, robust, transparent, and scalable. Their approach filters out much of the noise and hype that surrounds companies to focus on the true signals that drive company valuations. By performing their own company research and analysis, using their own proprietary modelling systems, the managers try to avoid some of the behavioural biases associated with being unduly influenced by market sentiment.

The Fund is designed to give investors exposure to one of the world’s fastest growing regions, which will have a significant influence over our economic future. However, with change and opportunity comes risk. We seek to manage this by investing in companies that:

  1. have a proven record of generating returns in excess of the cost of capital;
  2. can successfully reinvest those returns in order to grow their business; and,
  3. are committed to paying dividends to shareholders that can grow over time.

The case for Asian equities

Asia’s developed and emerging economies

The Asia Pacific region includes both developed and emerging economies, and is home to 54% of the world’s population (4.1 billion people). Its population is still younger than the developed world, and is getting richer. While western economies struggle to sustain economic growth, it is Asia’s dynamism, expanding population and increasing wealth that will shape our economic future. If you believe successful investing is about recognising patterns of change to identify value and opportunities for wealth creation, then Asia is the place to look.
 

Asia has diversified

The Asian economies used to be dominated by commodities and export manufacturing for the developed markets of the US and Europe. The region has mobilised its resources for the production not only of raw materials but also the full range of manufactured goods (from cheap clothing to top-of-the-range electronics). The focus on industrialisation and the steady increase in the value of goods being produced has been accompanied by higher wages and has raised household incomes. This provides the underpinning for an expanding consumer economy with many more economic participants and higher volumes of transactions. The benefits over time have been reduced volatility in regional economic performance and from an investment perspective, has promoted a flowering of consumer discretionary and services businesses to cater to this growing consumer class. Asia is now no longer simply the workshop of the world but with its growing affluence is now a key marketplace for cars, phones, clothing, luxury goods as well as for health care and financial services.

“Rather than rely on production of resources like other emerging markets do, Asia has mobilised its resources for the production of the full range of manufactured goods, and is plugged into the global manufacturing network.”
 

 

Asian economics and politics have matured

Having learned from its own 1998 experience, the region did well through the recent financial crisis. Governments, companies and the financial sector were not over-extended, while companies curbed their expansionary instincts and focused on cash flow generation and profit, leading to a step change improvement in companies return on investment.

Fundamental change to government and society is most often propelled by economic forces. Asia’s experience is no different. Increased individual wealth and economic participation has been followed by increased political engagement as people demand a voice in shaping their and their children’s future. A demand for government accountability has meant more intensely contested elections, usually now won with a commitment to long-term economic planning and reform. Stock market regulation, accounting and disclosure have improved as financial systems respond to market needs.

There is a long-term investment opportunity in Asia. But opportunity and risk go hand-in-hand; the key for investors is finding proven companies and constructing the right portfolio to manage that trade-off.

 

Factsheets

 

 

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Fund Class ISIN English French German Spanish Italian Swedish Finnish
TB Guinness Asian Equity Income Fund Y GBP Inc GB00BMFKG774
TB Guinness Asian Equity Income Fund Y GBP Acc GB00BMFKG667

Documents

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Asia Dividend Investing

TB Guinness Funds - Prospectus

TB Guinness Funds - Reports & Accounts and Value Assessment

TB Guinness Funds - Supplementary Information Document

Asian & EM - Approach to Responsible Investment and ESG

TB Guinness Investment Funds - Application Form

TB Guinness Funds - Target Market Assessment

Fund Facts

For information on the Fund’s current investments, please see the latest fact sheet available on the literature tab above.

 

Launch Date
Fund managers (start date)
Edmund Harriss (04/02/2021)
Mark Hammonds (04/02/2021)
Benchmark
MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex-Japan Index
IA sector
IA Asia Pacific ex-Japan
Structure
UK OEIC (UCITS)
Domicile
UK
Underlying currency
Pounds Sterling
Pricing
Daily, forwards
Valuation
1200 UK time
Deal cut off time
1200 UK time
Administrator
T. Bailey Fund Services Limited.
Custodian
Northern Trust
UK Reporting Fund status
Yes
ISA Eligible
Yes

Share Classes

For full information on the share classes available for investment please refer to the Key Investor Information document.

 

Class OCF current Max Initial Charge Min Investment ISIN SEDOL Bloomberg
Y GBP Acc 0.89% 5.00% 1,000 GB00BMFKG667 BMFKG66 TBAEIYA LN
Y GBP Inc 0.89% 5.00% 1,000 GB00BMFKG774 BMFKG77 TBAEIYI LN

Fund Prices

The Funds are priced every working day at 12.00 UK time and updated here the following day.

 

Fund name Isin Fund price (+/-) Date
TB GUINNESS ASIAN EQUITY INCOME FUND Y INCOME GBP GB00BMFKG774 89.87 0.26 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS ASIAN EQUITY INCOME FUND Y ACCUMULATION GBP GB00BMFKG667 99.23 0.3 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS EUROPEAN EQUITY INCOME FUND Y INCOME GBP GB00BP5J6N11 105.21 1.92 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS EUROPEAN EQUITY INCOME FUND Y ACCUMULATION GBP GB00BP5J6M04 108.03 1.97 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS EUROPEAN EQUITY INCOME FUND Z INCOME GBP GB00BP5J6Q42 105.56 1.92 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS EUROPEAN EQUITY INCOME FUND Z ACCUMULATION GBP GB00BP5J6P35 108.47 1.98 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS GLOBAL EQUITY INCOME FUND Y INCOME GBP GB00BNGFN669 130.82 0.77 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS GLOBAL EQUITY INCOME FUND Y ACCUMULATION GBP GB00BNGFN776 139.76 0.81 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS GLOBAL INNOVATORS FUND Y ACCUMULATION GBP GB00BP5J5Y50 120.78 1.01 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUND Y ACCUMULATION GBP GB00BP5J6198 89.96 0.87 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUND Z ACCUMULATION GBP GB00BP5J6206 90.1 0.87 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL EQUITY FUND Y ACCUMULATION GBP GB00BP5J7C70 101.91 1.39 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL EQUITY FUND Z ACCUMULATION GBP GB00BP5J7D87 102.27 1.39 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS UK EQUITY INCOME FUND O OVERSEAS INCOME GB00BYX94G55 69.26 1.21 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS UK EQUITY INCOME FUND O OVERSEAS ACCUMULATION GB00BYX94F49 89.18 1.54 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS UK EQUITY INCOME FUND Y CLEAN INCOME GB00BYX94J86 74.66 1.3 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS UK EQUITY INCOME FUND Y CLEAN ACCUMULATION GB00BYX94H62 95.58 1.67 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS UK EQUITY INCOME FUND Z EARLY INVESTOR INCOME GB00BYX94L09 75.49 1.31 29/09/2023
TB GUINNESS UK EQUITY INCOME FUND Z EARLY INVESTOR ACCUMULATION GB00BYX94K91 96.83 1.69 29/09/2023
6 June 2023

Interactive Investor: The shares fund managers regret not selling sooner, and lessons learned

Edmund Harriss quoted on the importance of business quality underlying dividend
18 April 2023

Guinness Asian Equity Income Fund - Webcast - Covering Q1 2023

Date: Apr 18, 2023 11:30 AM (GMT+1)Edmund Harriss & Mark Hammonds
13 April 2023

Shares Magazine - Fund manager views on banking crisis

Edmund Harriss discusses the recent banking turmoil and equity markets' reaction.  
29 March 2023

Missed the China rally? Wider Asia says no you didn’t

While portfolios have benefited from the China rebound, and could still do so, it is far from being…
23 January 2023

Why Should Investors Consider Asia for Income?

Discussing Asian dividends, ESG, and portfolio construction, portfolio manager Edmund Harriss…
12 January 2023

Guinness Asian Equity Income Fund - Webcast - Covering Q4 2022

Date: Jan 12, 2023 11:00 AM (GMT+0)Edmund Harriss & Mark Hammonds
11 October 2022

Guinness Asian Equity Income Fund - Webcast - Covering Q3 2022

Date: Oct 11, 2022 02:00 PM (GMT +1)Edmund Harriss & Mark Hammonds
5 October 2022

Edmund Harriss discusses positioning in Asia & EM in the face of inflation with CNBC

Edmund Harriss, CIO and head of Asian & emerging market investments at Guinness Global…
20 July 2022

Guinness Asian Equity Income Fund - Webcast - Covering Q2 2022

Date: Jul 20, 2022 11:00 AM (GMT +1)Edmund Harriss & Mark Hammonds
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TB Guinness Investment Funds - Application Form

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How to Invest

We’ve tried to make investing in our Funds as simple as possible. All of our funds are available to invest directly via an application form, we also have good availability across a number of investment supermarkets whilst being eligible for ISAs & SIPPs.

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