Overview

Performance

Distributions

Growth of $10,000

Holdings

Fund Documents

Overview

Investment Strategy:

KDIV gives investors access to the S&P Dividend Aristocrats methodology applied to the Pan Asia region, one of the fastest-growing areas in the world. The S&P Pan Asia Dividend Aristocrats Index includes companies from China, Japan, Australia, and other Asian countries, that have paid and increased their dividends over a sustained period of time. Over the long term, companies with a strong track record of paying and growing dividends may outperform the broad market on a risk-adjusted basis.

Why Dividend Growth?

  • As a decade of low-interest rates ends, investors are increasingly searching for growth and income in their portfolios. Simultaneously, as global equity market volatility increases, investors may want defensive strategies to weather market turbulence.
  • Adding dividend growers to an investment portfolio may result in lower volatility, compounded growth on dividend reinvestment, and reduced drawdown in declining markets.
  • Strong dividend growth is generally a positive signal from company insiders of confidence in the future of the business, as well as a pro-shareholder orientation.

Why Pan Asia Region?

  • The International Monetary Fund forecasts GDP growth in the Asia Pacific region to be 4.9% in 2022 and 5.1% in 2023.1
  • While much of the western world is actively tightening monetary policy, major Asian central banks have remained more accommodative.
  • From 2009 to 2021, Asia Dividend Aristocrats averaged a higher yield than the S&P Pan Asia Broad Market Index (BMI).1

1. “The Case for Dividend Aristocrats in Pan Asia”, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Aug 29, 2022. Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in a specific time period by a country.

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Daily Performance

Data as of 11/30/2023
Daily Net Asset Value (NAV) and Market Price
NAV $27.42
NAV Daily Change 0.18%
Market Price $27.22
Market Price Daily Change 0.00%
30 Day Median Bid/Ask Spread
1.12%

Performance History

Cumulative %
Data as of: 11/30/2023
Fund NAV Closing Price Index
1 Month 6.28% 4.57% 6.80%
3 Month -1.93% -2.51% -1.12%
6 Month 4.86% 4.41% 6.98%
YTD 6.57% 6.25% 9.34%
Since Inception 10.64% 9.84% 13.47%
Avg Annualized %
Data as of month end: 11/30/2023
Fund NAV Closing Price Index
1 Year 9.63% 7.48% 12.59%
Since Inception 8.71% 8.06% 11.00%
Avg Annualized %
Data as of quarter end: 09/30/2023
Fund NAV Closing Price Index
1 Year 20.18% 19.43% 22.67%
Since Inception 8.59% 7.98% 10.73%

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost and current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted.

Distribution History

2023 Distributions and Calendar
Ex-Date Record Date Payable Date Amount
12/18/2023 12/19/2023 12/20/2023

Future calendar dates are subject to change. There is no guarantee that dividends will be paid. Past distributions are not indicative of future trends. This material is provided for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.

Distributions are issued to brokers on the payable date, and are subject to broker payment schedules.

2022 Distributions
Ex-Date Record Date Payable Date Amount
12/28/2022 12/29/2022 12/30/2022 0.223284

Growth of $10,000

Data as of 11/30/2023

The Growth of $10,000 chart reflects an initial investment of $10,000 on the day prior to the selected time period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. For the growth of $10,000 chart since inception, the initial investment of $10,000 is instead made on the inception date of the Fund. Fund expenses, including management fees and other expenses were deducted. The growth of a $10,000 investment in the fund is hypothetical and for illustration purposes only. Fund performance data used in this chart is based on Fund NAV and represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Top 10 Holdings

Data as of 11/30/2023 Full Holdings .CSV
Rank Name % of Net Assets Ticker Identifier Shares Held Market Value($)
1 TAIWAN DOLLAR 10.78% 9,237,900 295,707
2 WISTRON CORP 3.95% 3231 TW0003231007 37,000 108,371
3 CHINA MEDICAL SY 3.93% 867 KYG211081248 56,000 107,694
4 CKI HOLDINGS 3.80% 1038 BMG2178K1009 21,000 104,055
5 GUANGDONG INVESTMENT LTD 3.39% 270 HK0270001396 134,000 92,990
6 SINOPHARM GROUP CO-H 3.15% 1099 CNE100000FN7 34,800 86,351
7 APA GROUP 2.59% APA AU000000APA1 12,555 71,009
8 CHINA RESOURCES LAND LTD 2.40% 1109 KYG2108Y1052 18,000 65,913
9 BOSIDENG INTL HLDGS LTD 2.36% 3998 KYG126521064 154,000 64,674
10 SWIRE PROPERTIES LTD 2.35% 1972 HK0000063609 33,200 64,527

Holdings are subject to change.