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MSCI Renaissance Russia ETF
 
MSCI Renaissance Russia ETF:
The objective of the fund is to replicate the performance of the MSCI Renaissance Russia’s Top Liquid Stocks Capped Weight Total Return Index

This fund provides investors with:
  • Broad market exposure to the Russian equity market via a single cash instrument
  • A quick and convenient means by which to go long or short of the market and an ideal hedging instrument
  • A fund which has a proven 12 month record of successfully tracking the index and already has $100m under management
  • Index consists of 61 stocks which are traded wherever liquidity is most concentrated (i.e. can trade local as well as DRs)
  • The fund is traded in dollars on the London Stock Exchange ITBB platform and settles via Euroclear making it convenient and cheap to trade
 
MSCI Renaissance Capped Index – Peer Performance
 
he MSCI Renaissance Capped Index has outperformed the RTS index and significantly outperformed the MSCI Russia over 2007
Performance has also been consistently good over a number of discrete periods since inception
Source: RTS, RenCap, Bloomberg
 
Tracking Error
 
  • The chart shows that the fund has successfully tracked the index since inception 31st August 2006.
  • Not only has the fund tracked the index successfully over the period as a whole but the variance over smaller discrete periods is tightly controlled
 
Costs & Trading
 
Costs

Management Fee is 50bps.

Trading

Creation/redemption means that the fund trades continuously around Net Asset Value without any significant discount/premium appearing.Two-way order-book liquidity is provided by Renaissance Capital on the London Stock Exchange’s International Order Book with about $1m each side. (MXRF LI <equity>). Anything above this level will be charged as the cost of the underlying basket plus commission.

The liquidity of any ETF is irrelevant, only that of the underlying basket is important as it is this you are trading.

Index Liquidity

The index basket trades about $20m per day but this increases to just under $400m when the 10 most illiquid constituents are excluded. These stocks account for 3.34% of the index.
 
Regulatory & Tax issues
 
  • The Fund is a structured as a portfolio of a segregated portfolio company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands.
  • The Fund is a private investment fund. Shares of the Fund are offered and sold for investment to a limited pool of professional investors. US Persons may hold Shares pursuant to the safe harbor from registration under Reg D of the US Securities Act of 1933 to persons who are “accredited investors” (as defined under the 1933 Act) and “qualified investors” (as defined under the US Investment Company Act of 1940).
  • The Shares are not freely transferable and are subject to certain restrictions on transferability.
  • The Fund is listed on the Irish Stock Exchange.
  • The Fund is traded on the ITBB order-book (only when Russian market open, OTC phone trading available when London closed)
  • Dividends are not ordinarily paid to Shareholders and all earnings of the Fund will ordinarily be retained for re-investment.
  • There are no taxes imposed on income, profits, capital gains or appreciations of the Fund in the Cayman Islands. Income and gains from investments held by the Fund may be subject to withholding taxes or other taxes in Russia, subject to the possibility of reduction under applicable tax treaties.
  • The Fund is not been registered as a UCITS. Not withstanding this, it has been designed to mirror the investment guidelines and policies of an equivalent UCITS III compliant investment fund.
  • The Fund is not in itself an eligible investment for a UCITS Fund.
 
Key Information
 
Index
MSCI Renaissance Russia’s Top Liquid Stocks Capped Weight - includes most liquid stocks on the Russian market with an average daily value traded greater than $1mln.

Index’s Bloomberg Ticker
MSRENC Index

Exchange Traded Fund
Renaissance Russia Fund SPC - MSCI Renaissance Russia’s Top Liquid Stocks Index Segregated Portfolio

Shares designated
5,000,000

Investment Manager
Renaissance Capital Investment Management Limited (BVI)

Sub-Advisor
Renaissance Capital Management Company Limited (Russia)

Administrator and Registrar
Bank of Ireland
Placing Agent
Renaissance Capital Limited (UK)

Legal Advisors
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (UK)
Appleby Spurling & Hunter (Cayman and Bermuda Law)

Management Fee
0.5% per annum

Auditors
KPMG (Cayman Islands)

Market Maker
Renaissance Capital

Clearing Agents
Euroclear

Listing
Irish Stock Exchange

Trading Place
London Stock Exchange (International Trading Bulletin Board)

Fund’s Bloomberg Ticker
MXRF LI Equity (Trading), RENMSCI KY Equity (NAV)
 
Additional Benefits/Information
 
  • Access to Renaissance research


  • Holders may receive access to Renaissance Capital Research Portal.
    Renaissance Capital Research Department was ranked number one by Institutional Investor in 2007 for the fifth year in a row as best research house in Russia. Our research reports include broad macroeconomic, market and political overviews as well as in-depth reports on industry sectors and capital markets issues
     
    Contacts
     
    Sales & Marketing
    Tim Bevan
    Luis Saenz
    Piotr Tymula

    Structuring
    Vlad Goryachev

    Trading
    Sergey Ustikov

    Research
    Ovanes Oganisian
     
    +44(20) 7367-7920
    +1(212) 824-0155
    +44 (20) 7367-7918

     
    +44 (20) 7367-7903

     
    +7 (495) 204-4488

     
    +7 (495) 258-7906
     
    tbevan@rencap.com
    lsaenz@rencap.com
    ptymula@rencap.com

     
    vgoryachev@rencap.com

     
    sustikov@rencap.com

     
    ooganisian@rencap.com
     
    Important Disclaimer
     
    THIS FUND IS NOT SPONSORED, ENDORSED, SOLD OR PROMOTED BY MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INC. (“MSCI”), ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, ANY OF ITS INFORMATION PROVIDERS OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY INVOLVED IN, OR RELATED TO, COMPILING, COMPUTING OR CREATING ANY MSCI INDEX (COLLECTIVELY, THE “MSCI PARTIES”).  THE MSCI INDEXES ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF MSCI.  MSCI AND THE MSCI INDEX NAMES ARE SERVICE MARK(S) OF MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES AND HAVE BEEN LICENSED FOR USE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES BY RENAISSANCE CAPITAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED.  NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE ISSUER OR OWNERS OF THIS FUND OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY REGARDING THE ADVISABILITY OF INVESTING IN FUNDS GENERALLY OR IN THIS FUND PARTICULARLY OR THE ABILITY OF ANY MSCI INDEX TO TRACK CORRESPONDING STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE.  MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES ARE THE LICENSORS OF CERTAIN TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADE NAMES AND OF THE MSCI INDEXES WHICH ARE DETERMINED, COMPOSED AND CALCULATED BY MSCI WITHOUT REGARD TO THIS FUND OR THE ISSUER OR OWNERS OF THIS FUND OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY.  NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES HAS ANY OBLIGATION TO TAKE THE NEEDS OF THE ISSUER OR OWNERS OF THIS FUND OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY INTO CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING, COMPOSING OR CALCULATING THE MSCI INDEXES.  NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OR HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE TIMING OF, PRICES AT, OR QUANTITIES OF THIS FUND TO BE ISSUED OR IN THE DETERMINATION OR CALCULATION OF THE EQUATION BY OR THE CONSIDERATION INTO WHICH THIS FUND IS REDEEMABLE.  FURTHER, NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES HAS ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY TO THE ISSUER OR OWNERS OF THIS FUND OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, MARKETING OR OFFERING OF THIS FUND.
    ALTHOUGH MSCI SHALL OBTAIN INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN OR FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE MSCI INDEXES FROM SOURCES THAT MSCI CONSIDERS RELIABLE, NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES WARRANTS OR GUARANTEES THE ORIGINALITY, ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF ANY MSCI INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN.  NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE ISSUER OF THE FUND, OWNERS OF THE FUND, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY, FROM THE USE OF ANY MSCI INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN.  NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY MSCI INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. FURTHER, NONE OF THE MSCI PARTIES MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND THE MSCI PARITES HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO EACH MSCI INDEX AND ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN.  WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY OF THE MSCI PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
    The funds or securities referred to herein are not sponsored, endorsed, or promoted by MSCI, and MSCI bears no liability with respect to any such funds or securities or any index on which such funds or securities are based.  The Supplement to the Offering Memorandum of Russia Renaissance Fund SPC dated July 21, 2006 contains a more detailed description of the limited relationship MSCI has with Renaissance Capital Investment Management Limited and any related funds.
    The MSCI sourced information is the exclusive property of Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (MSCI). Without prior written permission of MSCI, this information and any other MSCI intellectual property may not be reproduced, redisseminated or used to create any financial products, including any indices. This information is provided on an “as is” basis. The user assumes the entire risk of any use made of this information. MSCI, its affiliates and any third party involved in, or related to, computing or compiling the information hereby expressly disclaim all warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to any of this information. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall MSCI, any of its affiliates or any third party involved in, or related to, computing or compiling the information have any liability for any damages of any kind. MSCI, Morgan Stanley Capital
    International and the MSCI indexes are services marks of MSCI and its affiliates.
    This presentation, furnished on a confidential basis to the recipient, is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of any offer to buy any securities, investment product or investment advisory services.  A more complete description of the Fund, including but not limited to, the risks, fees and investment strategies of the Fund's shares (the "Shares") is contained in the Supplement to the Offering Memorandum of Russia Renaissance Fund SPC dated July 21, 2006.  Any offering is made only pursuant to the relevant offering memorandum and the Fund's articles of association.  No offer to purchase the Shares will be made or accepted prior to receipt by an offeree of these documents and the completion off all appropriate documentation.
    The Shares will be offered and sold outside the United States to non-US Purchasers pursuant to Regulation S under the 1933 Act, and in the United States in a private placement to a limited number of US Persons who are Accredited Investors and Qualified Purchasers in transactions which are exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and the securities laws of the states and other political subdivisions of the United States. 
    The Shares have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") or under the securities laws of any state or other political subdivision of the United States and may not be placed, offered, sold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in the United States, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable securities laws of any state or other political subdivision of the United States.  Neither the SEC nor any state or other regulatory agency in the United States has passed upon or endorsed the merits of this offer or the adequacy or accuracy of this document or the information memorandum.  The Fund is not and will not be registered under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and the Investment Manager is not registered as an investment adviser under the US Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  Any representation to the contrary is unlawful.
    The Fund is a collective investment scheme as defined in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”) of the United Kingdom (the “U.K.”), and no invitation or inducement to participate in the Fund may be communicated in or into the U.K. otherwise than in accordance with the FSMA.  The Fund has not been authorized or otherwise approved by the U.K. Financial Services Authority and is not a recognized scheme (as defined in the FSMA).  No application has been or is intended to be made for an authorization order (as defined in the FSMA) in respect of the Fund. As an unregulated scheme, it accordingly cannot be promoted in the U.K. to the general public.  This presentation shall be issued in the U.K. only to persons to whom it may lawfully be issued or passed on, and then only to restricted categories of recipients, namely investors to whom the Fund can be promoted without contravening sections 21(1) or 238(1) of the FSMA.  Transmission of this presentation to any other person in the U.K. is unauthorized and may contravene the FSMA, and no such person shall be entitled to act upon it.
    Historical return information is not necessarily indicative of future performance.   There can be no assurance that the Fund's investment objective will be achieved and investment results may vary substantially over time.  Investors may get back less than their investment. Subscribers for Shares should have no expectation that their Shares will be repurchased or redeemed by the Fund or that any active secondary market in the Shares will develop.  Accordingly, there is no guarantee that a Subscriber will be able to realize its investment in the Fund
    All statements of opinion and/or belief herein and all projections, forecasts or statements relating to expectations regarding future events or the possible future performance of the Fund represents Renaissance Capital's own assessment and interpretation of information available to it currently.  No representation is made or assurance given that such statements, view, projections or forecasts are correct or that the objective of the Fund will be achieved.
     
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