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State Street Global Advisor Asia Limited– Analysis of Tracker Fund. Content. Introduction of State Street Global Advisor Asia Limited Background of Tracker Fund Trend of Tracker Fund Comparison on Tracker Fund & Hang Seng UK Index Fund Advantages of investing Tracker Fund
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State Street Global Advisor Asia Limited– Analysis of Tracker Fund
Content • Introduction of State Street Global Advisor Asia Limited • Background of Tracker Fund • Trend of Tracker Fund • Comparison on Tracker Fund & Hang Seng UK Index Fund • Advantages of investing Tracker Fund • The Prospect of Tracker Fund
Investment Company - State Street Global Advisor Asia Limited (SSgA Asia) - regional headquarter of SSgA SSgA : investment management division of State Street Corporation
Background : • State Street Global Advisor (SSga) • Established in 1978 • US$1.5 trillion
State Street Global Advisor Asia (SSgA Asis) • 11 investment centers: • Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong -established in HK in 1990 -full investment center in 1997
Solutions: • Defensive/ • aggressive strategies • active /enhance/ passive style
Achievements: • The largest manager of : Institutional assets worldwide Passive international indexed securities Endowment and foundation assets, etc
The manager of the Tracker fund • Straits Times Index (STI) • ABF Pan Asia Bond Index Fund (PAIF)
Tracker Fund • Stays close to the Hang Seng Index • Buying Tracker Fund = Invest on a basket of stock:~diversification~low transaction cost
Background of Tracker Fund • Launched on 12th November,1999 • Second large IPO in Asia(issue size HK$ 33.3 billion) • Supported by governmentGovernment chose State Street Bank and Trust Co.
Similarities and differencesbetween Track Fund and Common stock Similarities: • Receive cash dividends • Buy or sell tracker Fund in Hong Kong during trading day • Tell the investment performance at any time Difference: • Distribution of Dividend • Nature
Trend of TraHK (cont’d) • U-shaped • Listed in HK stock market in 1999 • Highest value: $19.39 • Lowest value: $8.5 • A watershed in mid-2003
Listed in 1999 • Under the influence of Asia Financial Crisis • Unstable in the speculation of stock market • Market value fluctuated between $14 - $18
September 2001 911 • Attacked financial market all over the world • TraHK dropped to $9 X
March 2003 SARS • Very week of the economy • Value nearly $8 SARS
A watershed in 2003 • TraHK climbed up to over $19 in 2006
Tracker Fund Vs. Hang Seng UK Index Fund State Street Global Advisors Vs. Hang Seng Bank Management Comparison between two index fund
Objectives Tracker Fund: • performance of the Hang Seng Index. Hang Seng UK Index • performance of the FTSE 100 Index (英國富時指數)
Tracker Fund: Distribute all of TraHK's net income Made net of TraHK’s expenses. Hang Seng Index Fund: Unless a Unit holder requests Each distribution will be reinvested in the subscription for further units. Distribution Policy
Summary on comparisons Hang Seng UK index Fund: • More diversify of the portfolio • Different sectors in FTSE 100 Index Tracker Fund: • Investment requirement • Return rate higher
(1) Diversification - Adverse proportion between risk and diversification - Tracker Fund Investing in a portfolio of securities 1-34 shares Hang Seng Index Funds Risk decreases
(2) Low initial investment and low transaction cost - Comparison between the investment cost of buying Tracker Fund and 1-34 Hang Seng Index Funds *The figures are calculated on 23rd November 2006 - Using low initial investment cost to buy a portfolio
(2) Low initial investment and low transaction cost (con’d) • 0.1125% stamp duty • less than 0.25% the brokers’ commission • 0.011% the transaction cost on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited Less than 0.1%
(3) Convenience • Investors can buy and sell their Tracker Fund through brokers during the trading hours of the stock exchange • Not limited by the rule—only one dealing per day Transact without the numbers of transaction
(4) Professional management • State Street Corporation sound expertise and solid investment experience • change the weighting of the predicted performance of 34 Hang Seng Index Funds Focusing on the Hang Seng Index do not necessary to acquire enough securities on different industries
Prospect of Tracker Fund • Competitive advantagelow transaction cost, trustee fee, low risk • Do the competitive advantage still there in the future? • Others Fund (like Hang Seng Index fund)challenge Tracker Fund
Comparing Tracker Fund with Hang Seng Index Fund • Return rate • Weight of the sector of constituent stock • Trustee fee
The End of our presentation Thank you for your attention Cheung Kai Yan, Irene (043011) Chan Hiu Ting, Christine (043019) Wan Kit Ying, Kitty (043020) Law Fong Ting, Fonteyn (043023) Chan Sin Yan, Cyto (043024)