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Pacer CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF
Pacer Funds Trust
Expense ratio1
0.70%
Net assets2
$4.33M
Holdings2
51
Category
International Equity
2023 return3
-11.66%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Aug. 28, 2024 · prospectus

Objective. The Pacer CSOP FTSE China A50 ETF (the Fund) is an exchange traded fund (ETF) that seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, track the performance for the FTSE China A50 Net Total Return Index (the Index).

Strategy. The Fund employs a passive management (or indexing) investment approach designed to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index The Index is comprised of A-Shares issued by the 50 largest companies in the China A-Shares market. The Index is a net total return index, which means that the performance of the Index assumes that dividends paid by the Index constituents, net of any withholding taxes, are reinvested in additional shares of such Index constituents. The Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index compiled and published by FTSE International Limited (FTSE or the Index Provider), which is not affiliated with the Fund, Pacer Advisors, Inc. (the Adviser), CSOP Asset Management Limited (the Sub-Adviser), … The Fund employs a passive management (or indexing) investment approach designed to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Index. The Index The Index is comprised of A-Shares issued by the 50 largest companies in the China A-Shares market. The Index is a net total return index, which means that the performance of the Index assumes that dividends paid by the Index constituents, net of any withholding taxes, are reinvested in additional shares of such Index constituents. The Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index compiled and published by FTSE International Limited (FTSE or the Index Provider), which is not affiliated with the Fund, Pacer Advisors, Inc. (the Adviser), CSOP Asset Management Limited (the Sub-Adviser), or the Funds distributor. The Index is a real-time, tradable index comprising the largest 50 China A-Share companies by full market capitalization of the FTSE China A All Cap Free Index. The Index is a subset of the FTSE China A All Cap Free Index, FTSEs most comprehensive benchmark for the Chinese A-Share market. It is denominated and quoted in Chinese Yuan (CNY) and comprised of stocks listed on the Shanghai Stock and Shenzhen Stock Exchange main markets, the Shenzhen SME Board and/or the Shenzhen ChiNext Board. The Index Provider determines the composition of the Index and relative weightings of the Index constituents based on the Indexs methodology, and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index. As of June 30, 2024, the 10 largest constituent securities of the Index represented approximately 45.43% of the Index. The Funds Investment Strategy A-Shares are a specific classification of equity securities issued by companies incorporated in the Peoples Republic of China (China or the PRC). A-Shares are denominated and traded in renminbi (RMB), the official currency of the PRC, on the Shenzhen and Shanghai Stock Exchanges. Since November of 2014, foreign investors have been permitted to invest in eligible China A-Shares listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program. The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program, which was launched in 2014, established a securities trading and clearing program that enables mutual stock market access between mainland China and Hong Kong. Through the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program, foreign investors such as the Fund can trade eligible China A-Shares subject to trading limits and rules and regulations as may be issued from time to time. More recently, in December of 2016 foreign investors are also permitted to invest in eligible China A-Shares listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange through the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program. While the Fund may access China A-Shares through the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program in the future, it has no immediate plans to do so. The Sub-Adviser, on behalf of the Fund, will invest in eligible China A-Shares via the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Funds total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) will be invested in the component securities of the Index. The Fund may invest the remainder of its assets in investments that are not included in the Index, but which the Sub-Adviser believes will help the Fund track the Index. These investments include: (i) interests in pooled investment vehicles tracking the Index or similar indexes, including affiliated and non-U.S. funds (certain of these funds may not be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), and therefore are not subject to the same investor protections as the Fund); and (ii) other securities not included in the Index (including H-Shares, which are shares of a company incorporated in mainland China that are denominated in Hong Kong dollars and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange or other foreign exchange). The Fund also may invest in money market instruments, cash, and cash equivalents. The Fund will generally use a replication strategy to achieve its investment objective, meaning it will invest in all of the component securities of the Index in the same approximate proportion as in the Index. However, the Fund may use a representative sampling strategy, meaning it may invest in a sample of the securities in the Index whose risk, return and other characteristics closely resemble the risk, return and other characteristics of the Index as a whole, when the Funds sub-adviser believes it is in the best interests of the Fund (e.g., when replicating the Index involves practical difficulties or substantial costs, an Index constituent becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable, or less liquid, or as a result of legal restrictions or limitations that apply to the Fund but not to the Index). Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to beat the Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. The Fund is diversified under the Investment Company Act, but may invest more of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or small number of issuers than would otherwise be permitted for a diversified fund solely where the additional issuer weightings result from the index weighting of one or more Index constituents. As of June 30, 2024, the Index was concentrated in the consumer staples and financial sectors.

Top holdings

As of July 31, 2024 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
KWEICHOW MOUTAI CO LTD A $530.99K 12.26%
P-Note Contemp Amp 300750 $245.94K 5.68%
Receive CHINA YANGTZE-A Pay Overnight Rate -1.25 $219.39K 5.07%
CHINA MERCH BK-A CIHKF $202.89K 4.69%
WULIANGYE YIBI-A $149.20K 3.45%
PING AN INSURA-A $137.80K 3.18%
IND & COMM BK-A $135.42K 3.13%
BYD Co. Ltd., A Shares 002594 $134.86K 3.11%
AGRICULTURAL-A $118.64K 2.74%
INDUSTRIAL BAN-A $104.53K 2.41%
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Allocation by sector

As of July 31, 2024 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Apr 30, 2024 → Jul 31, 2024
Opened
2
Exited
2
Increased
7
Decreased
31
Unchanged
11

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of August 28, 2024, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of July 31, 2024, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2023, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2023 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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