Matthews Asia Pacific Equity Income  MAPIX
  Morningstar Report
Overall Morningstar
Rating™
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As of 2009-10-31
Out of
Diversified Pacific/Asia Funds
Rating derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5, 10-year rating which are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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As of 2009-06-30
Day Change
$ -0.03
  
NAV (2009-11-20)
$ 11.87
  
YTD Return % (2009-11-20)
43.17%
  
Total Assets ($ mil)
262
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  Performance    
Growth of $10,000 Fund: Matthews Asia Pacific Equity Income
(from 2006-10-31 to 2009-10-31) Category: Diversified Pacific/Asia
Index: MSCI EAFE NR USD
Total Annualized Returns % 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 2009-11-20
Inception date: 2006-10-31 10yr and Inception Returns as of 2009-10-31
YTD Returns as of 2009-11-20
YTD 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception
Fund 43.17 74.80 10.41 --- --- 9.07
+/- Category 15.94 42.36 13.08 --- --- ---
+/- MSCI EAFE NR USD 13.56 22.12 15.16 --- --- ---
Standardized Annual Returns %   more on standardized returns
Quarter-End (as of 2009-09-30) 37.26 21.54 --- --- --- 9.25
Month-End (as of 2009-10-31) 37.62 49.13 9.08 --- --- 9.07
After Tax Returns % (as of 2009-09-30 )  
On Distribution --- 46.83 7.47 --- --- ---
On Distribution & Sale of Shares --- 31.66 6.81 --- --- ---
Morningstar Rating --- --- --- --- ---
# of compared funds covered (3 yrs : out of 31 funds), (5 yrs : out of funds), (10 yrs : out of funds). Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance. The maximum initial sales fee is none, the maximum deferred sales fee is none, and the maximum redemption sales fee is 2.00%.
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate thus an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted herein.
  Portfolio Profile    
Sector Breakdown %
Information 35.31
Software 3.64
Hardware 8.70
Media 8.98
Telecommunications 13.99
Service 31.92
Healthcare 3.62
Consumer Services 9.00
Business Services 1.10
Financial Services 18.20
Manufacturing 32.77
Consumer Goods 17.75
Industrial Materials 9.57
Energy 0.00
Utilities 5.45
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Cash 0.0
Stocks 96.2
Bonds 0.0
Other 3.8
Foreign Stocks 94.9
(as a % of Assets)
Data through 2009-06-30 Data through 2009-06-30
 
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 55 Turnover % 25
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0 30 Day SEC Yield % ---
% of Assets in Top 10 Holdings 28.43 ending as of 2009-09-30
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Top 10 Holdings Sector Country % of Net
Assets
Globe Telecom Philippines 3.87
Top Glove Malaysia 3.48
Monex Grp Japan 3.24
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Taiwan 3.22
Minth Group Ltd. China 3.04
VTech Holdings Ltd. Hong Kong 2.46
Venture Singapore 2.38
CLP Holdings Limited Hong Kong 2.27
Land & Houses Thailand 2.25
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited Australia 2.22
Data through 2009-06-30
  Other Information
Fund Inception: 2006-10-31
Portfolio Manager  (Start Date)
Jesper Madsen  (2006-10-31)
Madsen joined Matthews in 2004 and is currently a Portfolio Manager. Previously, he was an Analyst at Charter Equity Research and from 2002 to 2003; he worked with the Fixed Income group at Barclays Global Investors. Prior to that, Jesper was employed at Chemoil Corporation in oil-related sales. He has traveled extensively, including living and working in China.
Andrew Foster  (2006-10-31)
Foster is a Vice President of the Funds, and Acting Chief Investment Officer and a Portfolio Manager at Matthews. As Acting Chief Investment Officer, He oversees Matthews’ investment process and investment professionals. Andrew first joined Matthews in 1998 as a Research Analyst and left the firm in 2001 to attend graduate school. Andrew returned to Matthews in 2003. Prior to Matthews, he worked as a management consultant with A.T. Kearney’s Financial Institutions Group in Singapore from 1996 to 1998.
Sales Charge %
(taken from prospectus dated 2009-04-29)
Front: None
Deferred: None
Expense Ratio % 1.32
based on net assets
(taken from annual report dated 2008-12-31)
Correspondence Information
Four Embarcadero Center
Suite 550
San Francisco,  CA  94111
USA
Telephone:
800-789-2742
Data on this page does not include the fund's short positions (if any).
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Returns will vary and shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when sold.