• The Fund will invest only once in foreign fixed income securities and/or foreign deposit and hold them to maturity. The portfolio will be concentrated in securities of any issuer by not more than 35% of NAV.• The Fund invests in foreign not less than 80% of NAV. The Fund will use derivatives to fully hedged against exchange rate risk.
• The Fund, as seller of protection (the “Seller"), will enter into a credit default swap transaction with the KASIKORNBANK Public Company Limited as buyer of protection (the “Buyer"). As seller of protection, the Fund will be required to make a payment to the Buyer if there occurs a Credit Event with respect to Reference Obligation or Reference Entity. In consideration of Credit Protection given by the Fund, the Buyer will pay the Fund an upfront premium.
• The Fund may enter into the reverse repo transaction and securities lending, and invest in derivatives hedging and efficient portfolio management purposes including structured notes.
• The Fund will not engage in short selling or repo transaction for the fund management purpose.
Details of Investment
The portfolio will be splited in 2 parts :
Part 1 The Fund will invest only once in foreign fixed income securities and/or foreign deposit including other eligible assets of fixed income fund approximately 100% of NAV with single issuer limit at approximately 35% of NAV
Part 2 The Fund, as seller of protection (the “Seller"), will enter into a credit default swap transaction with The KASIKORNBANK Public Company Limited as buyer of protection (the “Buyer"). As seller of protection, the Fund will be required to make a payment to the Buyer if there occurs a Credit Event with respect to Reference Obligation or Reference Entity. In consideration of Credit Protection given by the Fund, the Buyer will pay the Fund an upfront premium. The notional amount of CDS transaction will be approximately 35% of NAV.
Please study details from Fund Fact Sheet of KEC1-UI