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YTD
51.4 46.1 53.2 58.2
2-Yrs
12.5 11.4 37.3 29.7
3-Yrs
26.7 24.8 37.8 27.3
5-Yrs
52.3 45.2 30.4 23.5
6 Yrs
52.0 44.8 18.7 18.3
10-Yr
50.2 27.1 n/a 6.7
Country Allocation Zambia 0.9% Botsw ana 3.5% Kenya 0.6% Uganda 0.0%
Malaw i 6.9%
Fund Features
Portfolio Manager Fund Manager Domicile Inception Date Fund Size Fees Kwesi Amonoo-Neizer Databank Asset Management Ltd Ghana 10-Oct-1996 US$79.75m Management Fee = 2% Performance Fee = none Front Load = none Back Load = 3% in Year 1 2% in Year 2 1% in Year 3 0% after Year 3 US$50 or GHC50 Daily Ghana Cedi Diversified Africa 0% Capital Gains Tax Value Investing, long-term oriented, Open-Ended Barclays Bank Ghana Standard Bank Nigeria National Bank of Malawi
Morocco 7.8%
Ghana 37.1%
Mauritius 13.1%
Nigeria 15.6%
Minimum Investment Dealing Currency Denomination Universe Taxes Style Fund Type Custodians
Sector Allocation Transportation 3.7% Other 4.1% Fixed Income 6.0% Real Estate 3.2% Brew ery 2.7%
Banking 35.7%
Agro-Processing 6.0%
Cash 18.1%
2001
50.8 43.2 -26.0 -4.9
2002
70.1 47.7 -1.3 -8.0
2003
136.7 124.5 46.2 51.6
2004
60.7 56.7 38.8 22.4
2005
-4.3 -4.9 49.2 30.3
2006
32.2 30.4 26.5 29.2
YTD
41.3 37.2 42.7 46.6
Country
Ghana Nigeria Ghana Ghana Ghana Mauritius Nigeria Malawi Morocco Mauritius
Sector
Banking Banking Banking Banking Food & Household Banking Banking Agro business Real Estate Banking
% Holding
7.68 6.15 6.02 5.80 5.43 5.35 4.66 4.33 4.17 3.95 53.53
African markets continued to rise with the ABRI Africa index gaining 13% during the third quarter. While gains in countries such as Ghana, Malawi and Botswana were engineered by improved economic conditions, that of Nigeria was mainly due to increased liquidity and speculation. Zambia is looking expensive after a strong bull run but continued market correction in Kenya is bringing back some value to the fore. Improving economic conditions, robust earnings outlook and strong foreign investor interest are expected to continue to push the markets up. However, we are expecting Nigeria, Morocco and possibly Zambia to see some correction as investors take profits. We are expecting the portfolio to benefit strongly from our heavy strategic positioning in Ghana which is expected to see accelerated growth following the demise of the energy crisis that engulfed the country for a year.
Stat
3.81% 0.13* 70% 15%* 38%*
Fund Performance
The Fund performed strongly in the third quarter spurred by strong performances in several countries. The fund gained 14% (USD terms) and 17% (Cedi terms) during the quarter. Year-to-date, the fund has gained 37% in USD terms and 41% in Ghana cedi terms. A robust half year earnings season across the continent and strong appetite for African assets from abroad helped to push the markets up.
Contact Details
Databank Asset Management Services Ltd 61 Barnes Road, PMB, MPO, Adabraka. Accra. Ghana. Tel: +233 21 7010070/681389 Fax: +233 21 681442 Email: epack@databankgroup.com
Portfolio Review
During the third quarter we added two new equities to the portfolio from South Africa. This includes MTN and Standard Bank, a pan-African banking group. These additions helped to double the portfolios exposure to South Africa to 14.6%. Our exposure to Ghana fell to 37.1% from 41.2% in June and that of Nigeria rose to 15.6% from 12.8% in June. Our exposure to the banking sector also fell to 35.7% from 52% in June as exposure to the Telecoms and Insurance sectors more than doubled to 7% and 11% respectively.
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