Schroder Asiapacific Share Discussion Threads

[mister md] 12/12/2024 16:02

A year on - these have done ok over past 12 months, I continue to hold ...

[spangle93] 21/12/2023 16:45

Seems to be very great similarity between SDP and JAGI

Top 5 holdings are the same, and account for 31-32% of each trust

SDP has better performance over the last year, JAGI has higher year

Any thoughts as to which might shine moving forward?

[mister md] 04/1/2023 10:37

I hold HFEL and AAIF, have now also purchased a few of these after a mention in IC magazine. Not much activity on this message board though ?!

[vacendak] 26/7/2020 19:52

To be fair to PAC, it beats WPC over ten years, so I should not moan too much, and as noted by @digitaria, it could catch fire if things sour very badly with China and the money moves onto India.

It costs me nothing to have a look at a few reports, factsheets and follow the PAC ADVFN thread.

[vacendak] 26/7/2020 16:53

When I said "light China", I got my numbers from the AIC page on SDP:

It states the assets as of June 30th 2020:


Hong Kong 34.4
South Korea 10.1
Taiwan 9.8
UK 9.8
USA 8.9
India 6.6
China 5.8
Singapore 5.5
Indonesia 2.0
Italy 1.6
Germany 1.0
Philippines 0.3

SDP do not seem to have a repository of factsheets on their website, even the lastest one is missing:


@getscenic After your post, I started to hunt down the actual portfolio spread on the Schroders website. The latest I can get from them is from the latest Interim Report (March 31st 2020).

Mainland China 29.4
Hong Kong (SAR) 23.3
South Korea 10.4
Taiwan 9.9
India 6.2
Singapore 4.8
Australia 4.2
Indonesia 0.9
Thailand 0.3
Philippines 0.2
Malaysia –
Other equities1 9.3
Gearing/cash and other 1.1 –

This indeed was not "light China" at the end of March.

The FT says this, also at June 30th 2020:
China 31.69%
Hong Kong 14.95%
South Korea 10.81%
Taiwan 10.70%
UK 8.66%
India 7.22%
Singapore 5.00%
Indonesia 2.08%
Netherlands 1.86%
Other 9.35%

So I guess the AIC data is wrong. Hence, I was wrong to say "light China".
They got the sectors split rights though.

Back to reassessing the options then.

I did look into PAC (Frostrow Capital) on the AIC website and while the portfolio holdings would indeed suit my requirements, the performance is indeed lacklustre.

[digitaria] 26/7/2020 13:50

SDP contains a lot of the usual suspects, Taiwan Semiconductor, Tencent, Alibaba, Samsung . But you're getting them at a significant discount and it pays a modest dividend. Going on this and past performance, probably a decent choice in that IT sector.

PAC is a very different beast, with some interesting holdings, but lacklustre historic performance. So it depends on how you see markets developing in coming years.

[getscenic] 26/7/2020 13:39

I would not say this is low China 30% Hong Kong 20% and Taiwan 10%.
Have you looked at PAC Pacific Assets more value skewed higher India exposure

[vacendak] 26/7/2020 09:27

With Witan Pacific (WPC) going to turn into a 100% China trust run by Baillie Gifford, and since I will likely choose to convert, for diversification purposes I am looking for an Asia Pacific/Far East ex-Japan and "low China" as ex-China is not yet a region.
I hold some Japan exposure separately.

I know historical data should not be seen as a prediction of the future, but I have picked up this one from a focused screening on the AIC website (Association of Investment Companies).

I intend to follow it for a while, then decide upon getting a position when WPC is no more.

Any comment welcome.

[peterbill] 16/12/2019 08:10

Ex-Dividend Date: 2 January 2020Record Date: 3 January 2020Payment Date: 5 February 2020Dividend per share: 9.70p

[killing_time] 21/11/2017 19:26

Bought a few of these first thing this morning. Seem to be holding some good companies like Alibaba, Tencent, Samsung ect. Seems a good way to buy in with a 11% discount here.

[elmfield] 13/4/2015 14:51

Just over £3.50 asset value.
Looking forward to the £4!

[elmfield] 04/11/2014 12:42

Just over £3 asset value,
Well done the manager!

[elmfield] 22/8/2014 13:31

Soon £3 NAV.
This has done pretty o.k,
All things considered.

[elmfield] 28/2/2013 13:19

£3 party anyone?

[elmfield] 15/2/2013 18:07

£3 NAV next week, maybe? Well done the management!

[energiser01] 22/2/2011 20:24

City of London selling down their/clients position (29 to 23%)

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:
City of London Investment Management Company Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3) :
N/A

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

2 February 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22 February 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
From 29% to 23%

dyor etc..

[energiser01] 11/2/2011 14:10

NAV down to around 239p on this at present my by estimation, down from 242p at close yesterday.

dyor etc..

[its the oxman] 12/4/2010 15:04

With the warrants spds which i am more interested in, we could fly if markets remain positive.