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Martin Lau FE Alpha Manager
First State Investments, First State Investments UK Ltd
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FE Trustnet verdict
Overall, performing better than the peer group composite. Over a long track record, the manager has, period by period, consistently managed to outperform the peer group. Good stockpicking has had a material positive impact on results, which have not been particularly exposed to falling markets.
Manager profile
Martin Lau was appointed Director, Greater China Equities in October 2003 and is based in Hong Kong. Martin joined First State Investments in April 2002 as Senior Portfolio Manager, responsible for the management of First State's Greater China and regional funds. Martin started his investment career in 1995 with BZW in London as part of their risk management team. He subsequently spent six years with Invesco as a fund manager responsible for the Greater China funds, Smaller Companies fund and regional portfolios. Martin is a CFA charterholder.
Total return for Martin Lau
Manager career performance
 
Rolling Alpha Quartile: Discrete three year periods
Rolling Alpha Quartile shows a manager's alpha score in quartile terms, plotting his or her risk adjusted performance against all other managers in the UT & OEICs universe. The best managers are those who are consistently ranked in the first or second quartile.
 
Quartile 1
Quartile 2
Quartile 3
Quartile 4
 
 
 
 
 
0-36m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12-48m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24-60m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
36-72m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
48-84m
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discrete calendar year performance : Martin Lau

Manager career performance
Discrete performance
  0-12m 12-24m 24-36m 36-48m 48-60m 60-72m 72-84m 84-96m 96-108m 108-120m
Martin Lau 19.6 -0.8 10.3 47.3 -9.4 27.9 23.8 40.1 16.6 56.5
Peer Group Composite 14.6 -11.1 9.5 44.4 -17.0 23.1 19.1 44.0 7.0 42.3
Over / Under 5.0 10.3 0.8 2.9 7.6 4.8 4.7 -3.9 9.6 14.2
Performance vs peer group composite: Martin Lau
How a manager matches up against his peers gives you some idea of how talented he is. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.
 
Overall markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
9 years
out of a possible 10
 
Overall markets
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Underperformed peer group composite
1 year
out of a possible 10
 
Rising markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
7 years
out of a possible 8
 
Falling markets
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Outperformed peer group composite
2 years
out of a possible 2
Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
First State Hong Kong Growth Co-managed FO Equity - Asia Pacific Single Country since Jul 30 1999 to present
First State Asian Growth Co-managed FO Equity - Asia Pacific ex Japan since Aug 05 1999 to present
First State China Growth Co-managed FO Equity - China since Apr 02 2002 to present
First State Greater China Growth Co-managed FO Equity - Greater China since Oct 18 2002 to present
First State Asian Equity Plus I Co-managed FO Equity - Asia Pacific ex Japan since Jul 14 2003 to present
First State Greater China Growth Co-managed UT China/Greater China since Dec 01 2003 to present
First State China Focus Co-managed FO Equity - China since Jan 30 2008 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
First State Asia Pacific since Mar 01 2007 to Jul 31 2012
News & Research: Related articles sector Sector fund Fund group Group manager Manager
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Group Funds that add the most value: Emerging markets By Thomas McMahon  14-May-2013
Group Why bigger isn’t always better in the fund management industry By Joshua Ausden  12-May-2013
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Group UK small cap funds dominate high-growth rivals By Alex Paget  06-May-2013
Group Legg Mason Japan Equity fund storms to the top of sales charts By Joshua Ausden  01-May-2013
Group Alternatives to the Aberdeen Asia Pacific fund By Joshua Ausden  30-Apr-2013
Fund Willis: Why I’m buying China funds for my pension By Alex Paget  29-Apr-2013
 
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