The fund aims to invest in the Financials sector on a global basis. The investment focus will be banks, insurance companies and financial services on a world-wide basis. However the majority of investments typically will be in banks, which represents over 50% of the financials sector. The investment philosophy is based on selective, bottom-up research.
SHARE FINANCE
MSCI World Finance in €
Statistics
Period : 02/28/2001 to 04/19/2005
Fund
Index
Total return
-28.41%
-10.23%
Annual compound return
-7.76%
-2.02%
Monthly std deviation *
17.58%
17.67%
Best Month *
9.07%
10.49%
Worst Month *
-12.52%
-14.19%
Largest drawdown *
-48.80%
-47.30%
Sharpe ratio *
-0.73
-0.4
* based on month end NAV's
Performance Table (%)
Fund
Index
Fund
Index
2001*
-3.13
-9.11
MTD
-2.34
-5.34
2002
-32.06
-30.49
YTD
-2.47
-5.34
2003
7.74
13.30
1 yr**
-5.44
24.56
2004
3.52
6.38
3 yrs**
-25.70
50.13
5 yrs**
NA
NA
** based on month end NAV'S
Fund launched @ € 500 on Feb. 28, 01
Ten Largest Holdings
% holdings
1.
Westpac banking corp.
3.98
2.
St. george bank
1.36
3.
United overseas bank ltd - uob
0.78
Sector Breakdown (largest sectors)
(03/31/2005)
% of equity
Geographic Breakdown (largest areas)
% of equity
Memento
SICAV – Luxembourg (conforms to UCITS Directive EC 85/611) | Investment Advisor : Bearbull Asset Management | Depository/Registrar/Transfer Agent : Banque Degroof Luxembourg | Daily NAV calculated on closing of preceding working day ISIN Number : LU0123799354 | Telekurs : 1184466 | Sicovam : 504102
Contact
Michel Demoulin | T + 32 (0) 2 373 00 20 | michel.demoulin@bearbull.be
Bearbull (Belgium) S.A. | Chaussée de Waterloo 880 - B - 1000 Brussels
Reports and Daily NAV's are available on internet : www.bearbull.com and on Bloomberg : BBBB