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About United Asia Fund
The United Asia Fund (the “Fund”) aims to achieve long-term capital growth by investing mainly in companies based in Asia (excluding Japan). These companies are either directly Asia-based or have a significant portion of their business in the region.
Why Invest
Investors can no longer ignore Asia
Growing presence
By 2050, 4 of the world’s 6 largest economies will be in Asia1
Favourable demographics
By 2030, Asia is projected to account for two-thirds of the global middle class population2
Expanding digital economy
Southeast Asia’s digital economy has grown to $263 billion in 2024, a 15% year-on-year increase3
Critical Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) player:
Market size for green business in Asia is expected to reach between $4-5 trillion by 20304
1Visual Capitalist, Ranked: The Top Economies in the World (1980 2075), July 2023.
2Futures Platform, How Asia’s growing middle class is reshaping global consumption, September 2023. Middle class is defined ashouseholds with per capita incomes between US$11 and US$110 per person per day in 2011 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms.
3Google, e-Conomy SEA 2024 report, November 2024.
4McKinsey & Company, Green Growth: Capturing Asia's $5 trillion green business opportunity, September 2022.
Good time to enter Asian markets
Attractive valuations
Major Asian markets, including China, Hong Kong and ASEAN are attractively priced. Current Price-to-Earnings (P/E) valuations of most Asian markets are still lower than their 10-year average.5

Source: UOBAM, Factset, as of December 2024.
Resilience despite global challenges
Asia continues to show economic resilience with healthy real gross domestic product (GDP) levels net of inflation, compared to the rest of the world.
| Region | Real GDP | |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 (Projection) |
FY2025 (Projection) |
|
| Asia | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| ASEAN-56 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Emerging Asia7 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| North America | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| Europe | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| World | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook, October 2024 | ||
Market under-representation
Even though over half of the world's stocks are listed in Asia, Asian markets comprise less than 15% of global indices. 8Institutional investors will likely have to increase their Asia holdings in the coming year.
8Source: MSCI, as of 31 December 2024. Asia countries represent 6.21% of the MSCI World Index, and 13.58% of the MSCI All Country World Index.
Why Invest in the United Asia Fund?
Strong long-term outperformance
The Fund has delivered returns above its industry peers over the long term.
| In comparison | 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Asia Fund performance | 8.4% | -2.5% | 4.5% |
| Peers performance | 13.1% | -4.0% | 1.5% |
| Outperformance vs peers | -4.7% | +1.5% | +3.0% |
| Source: Morningstar, as of 31 December 2024 | Peers category: Asia ex Japan Equity, Index: Morningstar Asia x Japan SGD | Benchmark: MSCI AC (All Country) Asia ex Japan Index. Performance figures for 1 month till 1 year show the per cent change, while performance figures above 1 year show the average annual compounded returns. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance. | |||

Extensive presence in Asia
Headquartered in Singapore, UOBAM has an extensive local presence across Asia. By investing in the Fund, investors can leverage UOBAM’s on-the-ground insights for opportunities in the region.
Powered by AI Augmentation@UOBAM
The Fund applies UOBAM’s proprietary artificial intelligence (AI)-Augmentation capabilities. AI can enhance investment returns, but even more so in highly diverse and data-rich Asian markets. In 2020, the United Asia Fund became one of the first funds in UOBAM to apply the firm’s AI-Augmentation investment framework.
The framework seamlessly merges AI techniques with analyst processes, enabling the integration of AI-driven insights and human expertise.

Since the implementation of the AI-Augmentation investment framework, the Fund has frequently outperformed its benchmark, achieving a significant excess return. This performance underscores the effectiveness of our strategic approach in the investment landscape.
Source: UOBAM, Morningstar, as of 31 December 2024.


Flexibility to adjust according to market conditions
UOBAM’s proprietary AI-Augmentation capabilities allow the Fund to dynamically allocate across investment factors based on market conditions, to mitigate risks while maximising returns.
In the past 3 years, the Fund had dynamically allocated across the factor profiles as depicted by the light blue shaded areas.
Considering the Size factor as an example, the Fund’s flexibility allowed for a smaller allocation to large cap companies like Alibaba and Tencent that did not perform well after Covid-19, unlike its peers who continued to invest in them.
Source: Morningstar, as of 31 December 2024. United Asia Fund data as of 31 October 2024.
Category: Asia ex Japan Equity, as of 31 October 2024.
9Please refer to uobam.com.sg/awards for the latest list of UOBAM awards.
10Source: Morningstar, as of 31 December 2024. Category: Asia ex-Japan Equity. Rankings are out of 1313 investments.
More Information
| Fund Name | United Asia Fund |
|---|---|
| Investment Objective | To achieve long term capital growth mainly through investing in the securities of corporations in, or corporations listed or traded on stock exchanges in, or corporations which derive a significant proportion of their revenue or profits from or have a significant proportion of their assets in, Asia (excluding Japan). |
| Fund Classes Available11 | Class A SGD Acc, Class A SGD Acc (Ref USD), Class A SGD Dist |
| Subscription Mode11 | Cash & SRS |
| Minimum Subscription11 | S$1,000/US$1,000 (initial); S$500/US$500 (subsequent) |
| Subscription Fee11 | Currently up to 5%; maximum 5% |
| Management Fee11 | Currently 1.25% p.a., maximum 1.25% p.a. |
| Fund Classification for Retail Investors | Units of the Fund are Excluded Investments Products (EIP). |
| Dealing Frequency & Deadline12 | Generally every business day, on a forward pricing basis up till 3pm (Singapore time). |
| Distribution Policy (for Dist class) | The Fund aims to make regular quarterly distributions of up to 5% p.a.* *Distributions are not guaranteed. Distributions may be made out of income, capital gains and/or capital. This relates to the disclosed distribution policy as set out in the Fund’s prospectus. |
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