OREANDA-NEWS. March 30, 2011. CJSC Troika Dialog Asset Management reports the successful formation of open-ended equity fund "Troika Dialog – Precious Metals Companies"1. The fund's investment strategy seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in the equity shares of companies showing high growth potential owing to rising prices on precious metals. Formation of the fund began on February 28, 2011.

Open-ended equity fund "Troika Dialog – Precious Metals Companies" invests in a highly diversified portfolio consisting of shares and depositary receipts in companies mining for gold and other precious metals. Other possible portfolio investments include ETFs on shares and depositary receipts in foreign precious-metals companies, ensuring maximum diversification and offsetting non-systemic, Russia-specific risk. Portfolio holdings are selected on the basis of thorough fundamental analysis.

According to Anton Rakhmanov, Managing Director at Troika Dialog AM, "This is the eighteenth mutual fund in Troika Dialog AM's fund offering and an excellent addition to the company's product line, designed to meet the investment needs of every client category. Our strategy positions us at the vanguard of the financial market, providing pioneering investment solutions and unrivaled portfolio diversification, while anticipating client needs. In the past half-year this strategy has inspired several new products – among them a mutual fund investing in BRIC markets and a fund specializing in infrastructure. Furthermore, shares in "Troika Dialog – Index RTS Standard"2 went on sale in August 2010. Investors have shown strong interest in all these products."