Mutual Fund Insights: ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX)

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See ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $14.41 on 3/19/2010, Change: -0.05 (-0.35%)

  

Fund Manager - Bratin Sanyal

Fund Manager Tenure: 4.2 years   [Similar Funds: IFCBX  IFCCX  IFCIX  IFCOX ]
Fundmojo Fund Grade: B (Score: 0.67)     (What does this score mean?)

Sanyal joined IIM Asia Pacific in Hong Kong as head of Asian Equity Investments in August 2004. He is responsible for the supervision of the management of the Fund. Sanyal has worked for ING for 12 years in New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg and The Hague and has been directly involved in the management of Asian and emerging market equity portfolios for 10 years.  Get more insights on Bratin Sanyal

  

 What we like about ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX)

Data for ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) as of January 31, 2010

• ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) management has been with ING Greater China A Fund for 4.2 years
• ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) has good mid-term performance (3-year return 4.57% vs 3.11% Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk category average)
• ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 32.99, lower than category average of 34.72
• ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) has a lower management fee than its Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk average: 1.96% vs 1.99%

  

 What we are cautious about ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX)

Data for ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) as of January 31, 2010

• ING Greater China A Fund is a focused fund with 39.22% of the portfolio on top 10 securities. This tends to produce more volatility compared to a diversified fund. See fund top 10 holdings.
• ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 58.50% vs 73.41% Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk category average)
• ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
• ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) is less safe compared to its Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk peers
• ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 134.00% that is higher than the Pacific/Asia ex-Japan Stk average of 87.64%. This could mean ING Greater China A is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
• ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) carries a 5.75% load

See ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) Net Asset

Track net asset change of ING Greater China A fund (IFCAX)

Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$30.80M
11/2009	$35.39M
10/2009	$34.04M

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ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	0%	99.27%	0%	0.73%
06/2009	0%	100%	0%	0%
03/2009	0%	100%	0%	0%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in ING Greater China A Fund (IFCAX)

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30-Sep-09 China Mobile Ltd. [7.94%] China Construction Bank Corporation [5.2%] Industrial & Commercial Bank of China [4.83%] China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation [3.44%] PetroChina Company, Ltd. [3.3%] Cheung Kong Holdings, Ltd. [3.19%] Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd. [2.95%] China Life Insurance Company, Ltd. [2.93%] Bank of China Ltd [2.75%] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing [2.69%]

30-Jun-09 China Mobile Ltd. [8.64%] China Life Insurance Company, Ltd. [4.88%] Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd. [4.87%] CNOOC, Ltd. [4.6%] Industrial & Commercial Bank of China [4.25%] Cheung Kong Holdings, Ltd. [3.96%] China Construction Bank Corporation [3.66%] PetroChina Company, Ltd. [3.57%] Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. [3.4%] China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. [3.38%]

31-Mar-09 China Mobile Ltd. [8.64%] China Life Insurance Company, Ltd. [4.88%] Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd. [4.87%] CNOOC, Ltd. [4.6%] Industrial & Commercial Bank of China [4.25%] Cheung Kong Holdings, Ltd. [3.96%] China Construction Bank Corporation [3.66%] PetroChina Company, Ltd. [3.57%] Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. [3.4%] China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. [3.38%]

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