Board Approves Changes to Sub-Adviser, Fees, and Strategies for Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund
March 28 2019 - 6:30PM
Business Wire
The Board of Trustees (“the Board”) of Voya Asia Pacific High
Dividend Equity Income Fund (the “Fund”) (NYSE:IAE) has
approved changes to the Fund’s sub-advisory relationship. In
connection with these approvals, the investment strategies and
portfolio managers of the Fund will change and the Fund’s
investment advisory fee rate and expense limit arrangements will be
reduced as described below. Each of the foregoing changes will be
effective on or about May 6, 2019.
Sub-Advisory
Relationship
The Fund’s Board has appointed Voya Investment Management Co.
LLC (“Voya IM” or “Sub-Adviser”) to serve as the sole sub‐adviser
to the Fund beginning on May 6, 2019, following the termination of
the current sub‐advisory agreement between Voya Investments, LLC
(the “Adviser”) and NNIP Advisors B.V. Voya IM currently serves as
a consultant to the Adviser, although it does not manage any of the
Fund’s assets.
Investment Strategies
The Fund will maintain its current investment objective of total
return through a combination of current income, capital gains, and
capital appreciation. The Fund will continue to pursue an option
overlay strategy in the same manner as the current strategy. Upon
the implementation of the changes, Voya IM will employ a dividend
focused quantitative strategy in selecting equity investments for
the Fund. A description of the revised portions of the Fund’s
equity investment strategies are included below:
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing
primarily in a portfolio of dividend yielding equity securities of
Asia Pacific companies. For purposes of the Fund’s investments,
Asia Pacific companies are those that meet one or more of the
following factors: (i) whose principal securities trading
markets are in Asia Pacific countries; (ii) that derive at least
50% of their total revenue or profit from either goods produced or
sold, investments made or services performed in Asia Pacific
countries; (iii) that have at least 50% of their assets in Asia
Pacific countries; or (iv) that are organized under the laws of, or
with principal offices in, Asia Pacific countries.
Under normal market conditions, the Fund will seek to achieve
its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its managed
assets in dividend-producing equity securities of, or derivatives
having economic characteristics similar to the equity securities
of, Asia Pacific companies that are listed and traded principally
on Asia Pacific exchanges. The Sub-Adviser seeks to construct a
portfolio with a weighted average gross dividend yield that exceeds
the dividend yield of the MSCI All Country Asia Pacific ex-Japan®
Index (the “Index”).
The Fund will invest in equity securities and will select
securities through a bottom-up process that is based upon
quantitative analysis. The Sub-Adviser uses an internally developed
quantitative computer model to create a target universe of global
securities with above average dividend yields compared to the
Index, which the Sub-Adviser believes exhibit stable dividend
yields within each geographic region and industry sector. The model
also seeks to exclude from the target universe securities issued by
companies that the Sub-Adviser believes exhibit characteristics
that indicate that they are at risk of reducing or eliminating the
dividends paid on their securities. Once the Sub-Adviser creates
this target universe, the Sub-Adviser seeks to identify the most
attractive securities by ranking each security relative to other
securities within its region or sector, as applicable, using
proprietary multi-factor models.
The Sub-Adviser then uses optimization techniques to seek to
achieve the portfolio’s target dividend yield, determine active
weights, and neutralize region and sector exposures in order to
create a portfolio that the Sub-Adviser believes will provide the
potential for maximum total return.
For a period after May 6th until on or about May 20th, Voya IM
will work to transition the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with the
investment strategy described herein. During this time, the Fund
may deviate from its stated investment objectives and strategies,
and the Fund’s limitations on permissible investments and
investment restrictions may not apply. Transition of the Fund’s
investments may result in the realization of taxable capital gains
and may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s performance during the
period of the transition. In addition, these transactions will also
result in transactional costs, which will be borne by the Adviser
and the Fund.
Portfolio Management
Effective with the implementation of the changes discussed
herein, Paul Zemsky CFA, Vincent Costa, CFA, Peg DiOrio, CFA and
Steve Wetter, of Voya IM, will become the Fund’s portfolio
managers, responsible for the day to day management of the Fund.
Paul Zemsky serves as Portfolio Manager, and Chief Investment
Officer of Voya IM’s Multi-Asset Strategies. Mr. Zemsky joined Voya
IM in 2005 as head of derivative strategies. Vinnie Costa serves as
Head of the global equities team and as portfolio manager for the
U.S. and Global active quantitative strategies and the U.S. large
cap value portfolios. Mr. Costa joined Voya IM in April 2006 as
head of portfolio management for quantitative equity. Peg DiOrio
and Steve Wetter serve as portfolio managers on the quantitative
equity team and both joined the firm in 2012.
Revised Fee Arrangements
The Fund’s Board also approved a reduction in the Fund’s
management fee and expense limitation arrangements. Set out below
are the Fund’s current and new fee arrangements:
Current Management Fee Rate
Management Fee Rate
effective May 6, 2019
1.15% of the Fund’s average
daily managed assets 1
1.05% of the Fund’s average
daily managed assets
Current Expense Limit Expense Limit
effective May 6, 2019 1.50% 1.30%
1 Managed assets are defined as the Fund’s average daily gross
asset value, minus the sum of the Fund’s accrued and unpaid
dividends on any outstanding preferred shares and accrued
liabilities (other than liabilities for the principal amount of any
borrowings incurred, commercial paper or notes issued by the Fund
and the liquidation preference of any outstanding preferred
shares).
About Voya Investment Management
A leading, active asset management firm, Voya Investment
Management manages, as of September 30, 2018, more than $210
billion for affiliated and external institutions as well as
individual investors. With 40 years of history in asset management,
Voya Investment Management has the experience and resources to
provide clients with investment solutions with an emphasis on
equities, fixed income, and multi-asset strategies and solutions.
Voya Investment Management was named in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
as a “Best Places to Work” by Pensions and Investments magazine.
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