Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley Saudi Equity Fund

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Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley Saudi Equity Fund NAV : 111,301,524

First Interim - 2015 Report

YTD : 23.08%

Investment Strategy The fund follows a long-term strategy focusing on the stock price of the concerned company, compared to the rates of the company in terms of its expected profits, the value of its assets and potential cash flows over the long term. The fund follows an active investment policy by choosing shares that are expected to hit higher prices based on the sector analysis and / or the expected returns for these stocks Fund Objective The Fund aims to achieve capital growth and achieve a level of long-term growth through investing in shares listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).

Current Price : SAR 345.18 

Asset Class: Open-Ended



Inception Date: 07-01-2009



Fund Manager: Morgan Stanely



Fund Classification: Growth



Fund Benchmark : TASI



Fund Category : Equity



Fund Currency: Saudi Riyals



Price Since Inception : SAR 100.00

Management Fee 1.75 %

Performance Fee 0.00 %

Management Fee Per annum Min. Subscription 50,000 Type Subscription Fee

1.50 %

Min. Redemption 50,000

Redemption Fee

0.50%

Custodian Fee

0.10 %

Comment Morgan Stanely equity fund has ranked fifth, on YTD basis among the Mutual Funds listed on Saudi Stock Market , with YTD reached 23.08 % by end of the first interim 2015. The fund invests most of its assets in Saudi l equities listed on the Saudi Stock Market. With Sharpe ratio 0.39 , information ratio 0.39 and Treynor 0.03 with Annual Return of 4.87% through the first interim of 2015 compared to 3.78% in Q1. The Standard Deviation was 7.41% compared to 8.45% in Q1 , which remains in line with the lower benchmark’s standard deviation , thereby implying a lower risk level.

Sector Breakdown

Portfolio Composition Sector allocation

Percentage

Banks

35.11%

Retail

16.14%

Petrochemicals

11.45%

Agriculture

10.24%

Insurance

7.17%

Hotels

4.38%

Industrial

4.12%

Cement

3.85%

Construction & Real Estate

3.11%

Transportation

2.85%

Telecommunications

1.58%

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Fund Return vs. Benchmark Fund Return Period

Fund Return Benchmark Return

3-Months

14.04%

3.89%

6 months

28.58%

14.50%

YTD

28.58%

14.50%

1year

35.86%

-1.50%

3year

143.30%

39.30%

5-year

188.31%

58.76%

Since inception

260.61%

102.06%

Assets & Liabilities Dec– 2014

Price Fluctuations during first interim—2015 Dec-2013

Total Assets

2,686,278

1,707,360

Total liabilities Total equity

497,793

296,703

2,188,485

1,410,657

Net Income

11,998,253

18,310,630

Performance 

The Fund’s YTD reached 23.08% on 30-6-2015 compared to YTD 6.89% on31-3-2015 ,thereby indicating an increase of 16.19% in Q2



Compared to an increase in the Benchmark of 5.53 during the same period



The Risk Level in this fund is high

First Interim Report

Fund Manager : Morgan Stanely

Argaam Plus

Morgan Stanely Saudi Equity Fund

Mutual Fund Department