MEASX — Matthews Emerging Asia Fund

Data updated: 2021-05-24

MEASX — Matthews Emerging Asia Fund. China Blend / Core Equity · $122.05M AUM · 1.42% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.

MEASX Fund Overview

MEASX — Matthews Emerging Asia Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Matthews International Funds, categorised as China Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

Type: US mutual fund
Manager: Matthews International Funds
Category: China Blend / Core Equity
Assets under management: $122.05M
1-year return: 55.9%
Ticker: MEASX
SEC CIK: 0000923184
SEC series ID: S000040683
Share class ID: C000126156

MEASX Investment Objective and Strategy

Matthews Emerging Asia Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Matthews International Funds.

Investment objective

Long-term capital appreciation.

Principal investment strategy

Under normal market conditions, the Matthews Emerging Asia Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets, which include borrowings for investment purposes, in the common and preferred stocks of companies located in Asia excluding Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. A company or other issuer is considered to be located in a country or a region, and a security or instrument will deemed to be an Asian (or specific country) security or instrument, if it has substantial ties to that country or region. Matthews currently makes that determination based primarily on one or more of the following criteria: (A) with respect to a company or issuer, whether (i) it is organized under the laws of that country or any country in that region; (ii) it derives at least 50% of its revenues or profits from goods produced or sold, investments made, or services performed, or has at least 50% of its assets located, within that country or region; (iii) it has the primary trading markets for its securities in that country or region; (iv) it has its principal place of business in or is otherwise headquartered in that country or region; or (v) it is a governmental entity or an agency, instrumentality or a political subdivision of that country or any country in that region; and (B) with respect to an instrument or issue, whether (i) its issuer is headquartered or organized in that country or region; (ii) it is issued to finance a project with significant assets or operations in that country or region; (iii) it is secured or backed by assets located in that country or region; (iv) it is a component or its issuer is included in a recognized securities index for the country or region; or (v) it is denominated in the currency of an Asian country and addresses at least one of the other above criteria.

The term located and the associated criteria listed above have been defined in such a way that Matthews has latitude in determining whether an issuer should be included within a region or country. The Fund may also invest in convertible securities, of any duration or quality, of companies located in Asia excluding Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. The Fund may also invest in depositary receipts, including American, European and Global Depositary Receipts. Under normal market conditions, the Fund is expected to invest a substantial portion of its net assets in the emerging countries and markets in the Asian region, including, but not limited to, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China (including Taiwan, but excluding Hong Kong), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam (Emerging Asian Countries).

The list of Emerging Asian Countries may change from time to time. The Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization, including micro-cap companies. The Fund seeks to invest in companies capable of sustainable growth based on the fundamental characteristics of those companies, including balance sheet information; number of employees; size and stability of cash flow; managements depth, adaptability and integrity; product lines; marketing strategies; corporate governance; and financial health.

MEASX Performance

Total returns for MEASX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.

Period	Total return
1 year	55.9%

MEASX Risk Information

Risk metrics for MEASX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

1-year volatility (annualised): 16.5%

MEASX Costs and Fees

MEASX costs about $142 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

Net expense ratio: 1.42%
Gross expense ratio: 1.65%
Portfolio turnover: 19%
Brokerage commissions: 25.96 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

MEASX Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2021-03, Matthews Emerging Asia Fund had net inflows of $220.46M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

Month	Net flow
2021-03	$24.33M
2021-02	$63.28M
2021-01	$10.94M
2020-12	$17.61M
2020-11	$17.06M
2020-10	$8.98M

MEASX Debt Constituents

No individual debt constituents are reported in Matthews Emerging Asia Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

MEASX Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official Matthews Emerging Asia Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.

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Data Sources

ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.