Emerging Markets Strategy
Investor Outcomes
The RARE Emerging Markets Strategy aims to achieve long-term stable growth, comprised of regular and consistent income and capital growth. This is achieved by investing in a range of listed infrastructure securities across a number of infrastructure sub-sectors such as gas, electricity & water utilities, toll-roads, airports, ports, rail and communications spread across the emerging markets.
Key Portfolio Information
Growth of AUD $10,000
As at 30 September 2019 (returns in AUD)
| Performance | 1 Month | 3 Months | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | Inception4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RARE EM Representative Mandate123 | 2.4% | 4.6% | 20.5% | 7.9% | 6.8% | 10.7% |
| FTSE EM Gov Bond Index USD + 5% | 4.7% | 10.0% | 23.3% | 10.7% | 10.6% | 11.7% |
| Excess Returns | -2.3% | -5.4% | -2.8% | -2.8% | -3.8% | -1.0% |
| S&P Emerging Markets Infrastructure Index - Net Return AUD Unhedged | 0.3% | 1.7% | 9.7% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| MSCI Emerging Markets Index - Net Return AUD | 1.8% | -0.4% | 5.1% | 10.5% | 7.8% | 3.9% |
| Top 10 Positions | Region | Sector | Weight % | Forward Dividend % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gujarat State Petronet | Asia Pac EM | Gas | 5.4% | 0.8% |
| Bharti Infratel | Asia Pac EM | Comms | 5.2% | 6.3% |
| Container Corporation | Asia Pac EM | Rail | 5.1% | 1.7% |
| Jasa Marga | Asia Pac EM | Toll Roads | 5.1% | 1.3% |
| Indraprastha Gas Limited | Asia Pac EM | Gas | 4.8% | 0.8% |
| China Gas Holdings | Asia Pac EM | Gas | 4.4% | 2.2% |
| Malaysia Airports | Asia Pac EM | Airports | 4.1% | 2.1% |
| Mahanagar Gas | Asia Pac EM | Gas | 3.8% | 2.8% |
| CFECapital | Latin America | Electric | 3.7% | 7.2% |
| China Merchants Port | Asia Pac EM | Ports | 3.5% | 5.3% |
| Portfolio Weighted Average | September 2019 |
|---|---|
| Avg Market Capitalisation | 8.0bn (AUD) |
| RARE Div Yield (Forward) Gross | 3.0% |
| 5 Yr DPS Growth (p.a.) | 8.9% |
| Avg Stock Gearing (Net Debt/EV) | 26.5% |
| Interest Cover (Historic) | 7.0x |
| EV/EBITDA (Forward) | 11.1x |
Emerging Markets Strategy commentary
Investment Committee
The RARE Emerging Markets Strategy is managed by an experienced investment committee comprising of the following members:
Richard Elmslie
Nick Langley
Charles Hamieh
Investing in the Emerging Strategy
Investors from Australia
Investors from outside Australia
Investors in other parts of the world, will be re-directed to Legg Mason who may offer this Strategy through various fund structures dependant on your location.
Institutional Investors
For institutional investors looking for opportunities to invest in global listed infrastructure; please contact us directly.
Disclaimer
- Sources: RARE internal calculations for RARE Emerging Markets Strategy. All index data sourced from FactSet. Results over one year annualised.
- Fund Performance is Gross of fees..
- All values in AUD and net of withholding taxes for benchmarks if applicable. Non AUD values converted into AUD using FactSet Forex data.
- Performance inception date for RARE Emerging Markets Strategy is 31/03/2008.
Past performance is not indicative of future performance.
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