KBC Equity Fund Asia Pacific Classic Shares

KBC Equity Fund Asia Pacific aimes to generate a return by investing primarily in shares of companies from Japan and developed countries in the Asia-Pacific region. KBC Equity Fund Asia Pacific is actively managed with reference to the following benchmark: MSCI Pacific-Net Return index (www.MSCI.com).. However, is not the aim of the fund to replicate the benchmark. The composition of the benchmark is taken into account when compiling the portfolio. When compiling the portfolio, the manager may also decide to invest in instruments that are not included in the benchmark, or indeed not to invest in instruments that are included. The composition of the portfolio will to a large extent be similar to that of the benchmark. The benchmark is also used to assess the performance of the fund. The benchmark is also used to determine the fund's risk limitation mechanism. This limits the extent to which the fund's return may deviate from the benchmark. The longterm expected tracking error for this fund is 3.00%. The tracking error measures the volatility of the fund's return relative to that of the benchmark. The higher the tracking error, the more the fund's return fluctuates relative to the benchmark. Market conditions may cause the actual tracking error to differ from the expected tracking error.