TORONTO, CANADA -- (Marketwired) -- 07/04/14 -- Canadian World Fund Limited (CWF) (TSX: CWF) reports on an unaudited basis that its net asset value per share (NAV) at June 30, 2014 was $6.65, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month NAV returns of 1.1% and 20.7%, respectively. These compare with the 5.3% and 22.4% returns of the benchmark Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index, in Canadian dollar terms, for the same periods.
The closing price for CWF's common shares at June 30, 2014 was $4.13, resulting in year-to-date and 12-month share price returns of -1.9% and 19.0%, respectively.
The geographic sector weightings of CWF's investment portfolio at market as of June 30, 2014 were as follows:
United States 32.0% Europe 25.3% Asia 18.3% Canada 16.9% Latin America 6.4% Australia 1.1%
The top ten investments which comprised 35.7% of the investment portfolio at market as of June 30, 2014 were as follows:
HDFC Bank Ltd. (India) 5.2% Apple Inc. (United States) 4.3% Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (India) 4.2% Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (Canada) 3.9% Redknee Solutions Inc. (Canada) 3.4% The Middleby Corporation (United States) 3.3% Deere & Company (United States) 3.0% Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico) 2.9% International Business Machines Corporation (United States) 2.8% Petrofac Limited (United Kingdom) 2.7%
Contacts:
Canadian World Fund Limited
Vanessa L. Morgan
Chairman
(416) 366-2931
(416) 366-2729 (FAX)
cwffund@mmainvestments.com
www.canadianworldfund.ca
