OREANDA-NEWS. June 01, 2011. Troika Dialog Asset Management announces the launch of its new open-ended equity fund “Troika Dialog – Agro-Sector” 1. Formation of the fund will commence on June 3, 2011. The Fund invests in shares of agro-industrial sector companies in Russia, other CIS countries and emerging economies.

The investment strategy of open-ended fund “Troika Dialog – Agro-Sector” seeks capital appreciation over a mid-term investment horizon, with an assumed duration of at least one year. The target allocation between the CIS and other countries is set at 70:30.

The investment portfolio of “Troika Dialog – Agro-Sector” includes agro-industrial sector companies with the strongest potential to return investment principal both through share value growth and dividend payouts. The agro-industrial sector is defined in the broadest terms that include, but are not limited to, stock investments in food producers, refinery businesses, grain growing businesses, producers of mineral fertilizers and food chains.

Open-ended equity fund “Troika Dialog – Agro-Sector” is a retail fund. Investors may submit orders to purchase, exchange and redeem investment shares any day from Monday to Friday. The minimum sum of investment for first-time purchases of fund shares is R30,000.