Fund of the week: Get income and growth from Asia

Investors usually look to Asia for capital growth, but this is only half the story. Since this Asian income fund launched in 2005, roughly half of the total return has come from income and the rest from capital gains.

Investors usually look to Asia for capital growth, but this is only half the story, as Jason Pidcock, manager of the Newton Asian Income Fund, tells The Daily Telegraph. Since his fund launched in 2005, "roughly half of the total return has come from income and the rest from capital gains".

Over the past five years the fund has returned 84.7%. It pays quarterly dividends and has raised these every year since launch it now boasts a historic yield of 5.71%. "We don't guarantee to grow the dividend every year, but our objective certainly is to grow income over time," says Pidcock.

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