Emerging Markets Trust

Inception Date
1 September 2000

The objective of the Emerging Markets Trust is to provide long-term capital growth through access to the higher expected returns and diversification benefits of large companies in emerging markets. The Trust is designed to be a component of a global equity portfolio.

The Trust provides exposure to a diverse group of the listed ordinary shares or depository receipts of large companies, which together capture at least 40% of the market capitalisation of each approved emerging market. Investments in eligible companies typically will be in proportion to their market capitalisation. However, to manage turnover and take advantage of favourable trading opportunities, the Trust may deviate from precise market weightings.

The Trust currently has exposure to companies in Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey.

This strategy weights countries by their market capitalisation but with a buy cap of 12.5% for any one country. This reduces the portfolio’s exposure to market and political risk in the largest countries.

This is only a summary of the Trust. For a full description, please consult the Dimensional Australian Resident Trusts Product Disclosure Statement.

 Performance Data

Unit Price (most recent)
Date Application Price Net Asset Value Redemption Price
30 June 2009 $13.89 $13.86 $13.83
         



Trust Net Asset Value Prices are cum-distribution.

Performance data reported by DFA Australia Limited represents past performance and is not indicative of future performance. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's units, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Further, there can be no assurance that any of the Trusts will achieve its investment objective.