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AGF China Focus Class
July 31, 2008
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POSITIONING STATEMENT


A specialty global equity fund offering exposure to the growth in the Chinese economy.

WHY CONSIDER THIS FUND?

  • This fund is for investors who want to focus a portion of their portfolio in Asia, specifically China.
  • It’s a focused holding in an often-overlooked market with strong potential.
  • It complements a broad Asian equity mandate.
  • This fund is part of the AGF All World Tax Advantage Group.
FUND DETAILS
Fund Type: Asian Equity
Fund Start Date: 1994-04-11
Management Style: Bottom-Up
Fund Codes:
 FEDSCLLFD
C$801802267867--
US$701702663767--
Fund Manager / Start Date:
Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd.  -  April 1994 
Performance Start Date:
1994-04-12
Total Net Assets: $357.8 million (updated monthly)
Investment Style/ Market Cap

Style
Risk Profile
PERFORMANCE
Fund Price as of Aug 27, 2008
$ CLOSE
PREV. $ CLOSE
$ CHANGE
YTD % CHANGE
 
19.05
18.50
+0.55
-24.6
AVERAGE ANNUAL COMPOUND RETURNS(%) as of July 31, 2008
1 mo.
3 mo.
6 mo.
YTD
1 yr.
2 yr.
3 yr.
5 yr.
10 yr.
Performance Start Date
FUND
+3.1
-10.9
-0.9
-20.1
-12.1
+21.5
+18.8
+18.1
+15.7
+6.8
BENCHMARK*
+3.0
-13.3
-1.7
-21.9
-10.2
+27.9
+26.7
+24.1
+7.0
-2.1
MSCI China Free Total Return Index.
ANNUAL RETURNS(%)
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
FUND
+30.5
+67.6
+8.6
-9.3
+63.4
-11.0
+20.8
-0.9
+22.5
-13.0
BENCHMARK*
+41.1
+82.8
+16.0
-5.1
+53.5
-14.8
-20.1
-27.8
+6.4
-38.0
Distribution Frequency: As declared      Last Distribution Date: never

 

PORTFOLIO
As of July 31, 2008  
Buys/Additions
China Construction Bank
Tencent Holdings Limited
Sells/Reductions
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Limited
TOP 10 HOLDINGS
INDUSTRIAL & COMM BANKCHINA Financials 8.9%
CHINA CONSTR BANK CORP Financials 8.9%
CHINA MOBILE LTD Telecommunication Services 8.8%
CHINA COSCO HLDGS LTD Industrials 5.3%
CNOOC LTD Energy 5.2%
CHINA OVERSEAS LAND & INVEST Financials 4.9%
CHINA LIFE INSURANCE (CHN) Financials 4.7%
PETROCHINA CO LTD Energy 4.6%
CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEM CORP Energy 4.5%
CHINA UNICOM LTD Telecommunication Services 3.9%
GICS SECTOR ALLOCATION
Financials 37.2%
Energy 21.4%
Telecommunication Services 15.0%
Industrials 11.5%
Materials 5.6%
Information Technology 3.8%
Consumer Discretionary 1.9%
Utilities 1.5%
Consumer Staples 0.4%
EQUITY/CASH MIX
Pacific Rim 98.2%
Cash 1.6%
North America 0.2%

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments.  Please read the prospectus before investing.  The indicated rate[s] of return is [are] the historical annual compounded total return[s] including changes in [share or unit] value and reinvestment of all [dividends or distributions] and does [do] not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns.  Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. The payment of distributions should not be confused with a fund’s performance, rate of return or yield.  If distributions paid by the fund are greater than the performance of the fund, your original investment will shrink. Distributions paid as a result of capital gains realized by a fund, an income and dividends earned by a fund are taxable in your hands in the year they are paid. Your adjusted cost based will be reduced by the amount of any returns of capital. If your adjusted cost base falls below zero, you will have to pay capital gains tax on the amount below zero.

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