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Eastspring Investments - China A Shares Growth Fund - R

USD 7.108
NAV as of 01 Jun 2023
$0.06
Daily $ Change
0.88 %
Daily % Change

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Fund objective

The Fund seeks to maximize long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in onshore Chinese equities (A shares) listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and/or the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The Fund combines top-down macro analysis with bottom-up fundamental analysis to construct a concentrated growth portfolio. The Fund is benchmarked to the MSCI China A Index.

Strategy Team

Michelle Qi, CFA

Investment Advisor & Head of Equities

Michelle serves as the Research Advisor of China Equities (Shanghai based Head of Investments). She is responsible for overseeing the China Growth team at Eastspring Shanghai, with a focus on our onshore China A Shares Growth strategy. Michelle joined Eastspring Investments in 2018 and has over 22 years of investment experience.

Prior to joining Eastspring, Michelle was Head of QFII and QDII Investment and Portfolio Manager at BOCOM Schroders, a role she held since 2007.

Michelle holds a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University and Bachelor of Arts from Shanghai University. She is also a CFA charterholder.

Jie Lu

Singapore Named Manager

Jie Lu joined Eastspring Investments, the Asian asset management business of Prudential plc, as Portfolio Manager, in April 2017.

He is part of the Quantitative Equity Strategies (QES) team and is responsible for the Research and Development and management of QES strategies and funds.

Prior to joining Eastspring Investments, Jie was a Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President at Acadian Asset Management in Boston, where he worked for over 10 years. He has extensive experience in stock selection factor research for global equity markets as well as systematic country and industry allocation strategies. Jie helped design Acadian's factor backtesting framework and was a member of their investment policy committee overseeing changes to their investment models. In all, Jie has 13 years of investment industry experience.

Jie holds a PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Financial Technology Option from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Jie also holds a MSc and BSc in Physics from Tsinghua University. He is a CFA charterholder.

Fund performance

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Past performance data

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Returns (%) - - - - - - - -1.7 -32.2

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Fund facts

Asset class Equity
Class # R
Subscription method Cash
ISIN code LU2199555967
Bloomberg ticker ESCAGRU LX
CUSIP L2675C332
Minimum initial investment USD 500.00
Minimum subsequent investment USD 50.00
Inception date 15 Jul 2020
Base currency USD
Initial sales charge None
Annual management fees 0.75%
Ongoing charges ^ 1.10%
Benchmark index MSCI China A Index USD
Morningstar rating* No rating

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* Rating should not be taken as a recommendation. © 2016 Morningstar. All rights reserved.
^ Ongoing charges vary from year to year and do not include portfolio transaction cost. Ongoing charges are based on estimated expenses of another share class for Share Class R.
# R (Accumulating fee-based share class)
R-class shares are not sold directly to investors, but to financial intermediaries that serve investors. The intermediary executes the purchase of the funds on behalf of the investor, as well as the sale and exchange. The Sales Charge may be modified for certain financial intermediaries who submit trades on behalf of eligible investors. As allowed in the Prospectus, Eastspring and the financial intermediaries have agreed to waive the Sales Charge for all purchases for the fee-based R share class. Always consult your financial adviser. For more about charges, see the Prospectus.

Share classes

Eastspring Investments - China A Shares Growth Fund - A, R