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AGF China Focus Class
February 28, 2010
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POSITIONING STATEMENT


A specialty equity fund offering exposure to the growth in the Chinese economy.

WHY CONSIDER THIS FUND?

  • This fund is for investors who want to focus a portion of their portfolio in Asia, specifically China.
  • It's a focused holding in an overseas market with strong growth potential.
  • It complements a more broadly diversified Asian or global equity mandate.
  • This fund is part of the AGF All World Tax Advantage Group.
FUND DETAILS
Fund Type: Asian Equity
Fund Start Date: 1994-04-11 00:00:00.0
Management Style: Bottom-Up
Fund Codes:
 FEDSCLLFD
C$801802267867--
US$701702663767--
Fund Manager / Start Date:
Eng Hock Ong  -  April 2009 
Performance Start Date:
1994-04-12
Total Net Assets: $283.0 million (updated monthly)
Investment Style/ Market Cap

Style
Risk Profile
PERFORMANCE
Fund Price as of Mar 12, 2010
$ CLOSE
PREV. $ CLOSE
$ CHANGE
YTD % CHANGE
 
17.84
17.99
-0.15
-5.3
AVERAGE ANNUAL COMPOUND RETURNS(%) as of February 28, 2010
1 mo.
3 mo.
6 mo.
YTD
1 yr.
2 yr.
3 yr.
5 yr.
10 yr.
Performance Start Date
FUND
+0.3
-7.9
-0.1
-6.7
+30.6
-10.6
-0.6
+8.5
+10.0
+5.2
BENCHMARK*
+1.0
-6.5
+3.0
-6.0
+41.9
-4.1
+5.9
+17.2
+8.1
-0.1
MSCI China Free Total Return Index.
ANNUAL RETURNS(%)
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
FUND
+27.7
-41.7
+30.5
+67.6
+8.6
-9.3
+63.4
-11.0
+20.8
-0.9
BENCHMARK*
+39.6
-39.4
+41.1
+82.8
+16.0
-5.1
+53.5
-14.8
-20.1
-27.8

Distribution Frequency: As declared      Last Distribution Date: never
PORTFOLIO
As of February 28, 2010  
TOP 10 HOLDINGS
China Mobile Ltd. Telecommunication Services 9.4%
China Life Insurance (Chn) Financials 9.1%
China Construction Bank Corporation Financials 8.4%
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Financials 8.1%
CNOOC Ltd. Energy 5.2%
PetroChina Company Ltd. Energy 4.7%
Tencent Holdings Ltd. Information Technology 4.0%
Ping An Insurance Group Financials 4.0%
Hengan International Group Consumer Staples 3.8%
China Shenhua Energy Company Ltd. Energy 3.2%
TOP 10 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS
Financials 38.9%
Energy 14.8%
Telecommunication Services 11.0%
Consumer Discretionary 8.0%
Materials 7.4%
Information Technology 6.6%
Consumer Staples 4.9%
Industrials 4.6%
Health Care 2.0%
Utilities 1.2%
EQUITY/CASH MIX
Pacific Rim 99.6%
Cash 0.4%

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments.  Please read the prospectus before investing.  The indicated rate[s] of return is [are] the historical annual compounded total return[s] including changes in [share or unit] value and reinvestment of all [dividends or distributions] and does [do] not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns.  Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. The payment of distributions should not be confused with a fund’s performance, rate of return or yield.  If distributions paid by the fund are greater than the performance of the fund, your original investment will shrink. Distributions paid as a result of capital gains realized by a fund, an income and dividends earned by a fund are taxable in your hands in the year they are paid. Your adjusted cost based will be reduced by the amount of any returns of capital. If your adjusted cost base falls below zero, you will have to pay capital gains tax on the amount below zero.

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