Sentry Select China Fund

Snapshot

China Fund
TSX Symbol/Fund Code: CHZ.UN
Inception Date: April 26, 2007
Investment Type: Closed-end investment trust
 
Net Asset Value
NAVPU NAV Date
China Fund $7.22 January 2, 2009
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Market Price
Price Change As Of
China Fund $6.75 $0.24 January 5, 2009
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Product overview


Sentry Select China Fund is a closed-end investment fund with a focus on providing a total return and quarterly distributions. The Fund offers exposure to an actively managed, diversified portfolio of equity securities of companies with a majority of their operations in China.

Investors benefit in several key ways:

• Access to strong growth in China’s economy
• Initial indicative distribution of 5% per annum, paid quarterly
• Leading investment advisor HSBC Investments (Canada) Limited through its affiliate, Halbis Capital Management (Hong Kong) Limited
• Conversion to an open-end mutual fund after two years (May 2009)

The Fund meets the needs of investors who want to participate in the global market through the potential strength of China’s growing economy, while benefiting from diversification and professional management.

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Performance


Average Annual Compound Returns - by Market Price  (as of November 30, 2008)
YTD
3 Month
6 Month
1 Year
3 Year
5 Year
SI
-49.0%
-32.2%
-40.0%
-50.8%
n/a
n/a
-27.9%

Annual Returns - by NAV

 
 
 
 
 2007*
 
 
 
 
 
 36.5%
*Total return for the period from April 27, 2007 to December 31, 2007.

Annual Returns - by Market Price
 
 
 
 
2007*
 
 
 
 
 

16.0%

*Total return for the period from April 27, 2007 to December 31, 2007.

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Portfolio manager

Halbis Capital Management (Hong Kong) Limited , Sub-advisor

The investment advisor, HSBC Investments (Canada) Limited, and sub-advisor, Halbis Capital Management (Hong Kong) Limited, are ultimately wholly-owned subsidiares of HSBC Holdings. HSBC is one of the world’s largest financial institutions. HSBC provides investment management services to institutional, retail and high-net-worth private clients. HSBC manages assets in excess of US$329 billion, including more than US$7.7 billion of Chinese equities. Halbis Capital Management manages more than US$91 billion assets worldwide, including the provision of investment advisory services to the HSBC GIF Chinese Equity Fund. It is a fundamental active specialist investment manager. It has offices in New York, London, Paris and Hong Kong.

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Distributions


Current quarterly distributions of $0.125
 
20071
From capital gains

 

0.49
Return of Capital

 

0.13

Total distributions2
 
0.62

1 Results are for the period from April 27, 2007 to December 31, 2007.
Distributions are based on the actual number of units outstanding at the relevant time.

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Portfolio holdings


Summary of investment portfolio (as at September 30, 2008)

Net assets: $ 51,949,776

Top 25 holdings: (unaudited)
Name of Security

% of Net Assets

China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd.9.70
China Life Insurance Company Ltd. CL. H9.69
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Cl. H9.05
Bank of China Cl. H6.38
PetroChina Company Ltd. Cl. H6.09
China Construction Bank Cl. H5.08
CNOOC Ltd.4.17
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. Cl. H4.10
China Unicom Ltd.3.67
China Telecom Corp. Ltd. Cl. H2.85
China Shenhua Energy Company Ltd. Cl. H2.46
China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd.1.92
Tencent Holdings Ltd.1.88
China Resources Power Holdings Company Limited1.71
Zijin Mining Group Company Ltd. Cl. H1.51
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.1.49
Shanghai Industries Holdings Ltd.1.25
ZTE Corporation Cl. H1.18
Jiangsu Expressway Co., Ltd.1.16
Netease.Com, Inc.1.16
Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd.1.14
China Railway Construction Corporation Cl. H1.06
GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings Limited1.06
China Resources Enterprises Limited0.98
China Communications Construction Company Ltd. Cl. H0.95

Portfolio breakdown: (unaudited)
Sector

% of Net Assets

Financials35.60
Energy18.15
Telecommunications16.54
Industrials7.61
Information Technology4.79
Materials3.74
Consumer Discretionary3.03
Utilities2.85
Consumer Staples2.52
Cash & Cash Equivalents7.00
Liabilities, net of other assets(1.83)
Total Net Assets100.00

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