Emerging Markets: September Monthly Commentary

2 minutes read timeIn September, the fund saw the most significant gains coming from holdings in UAE, Taiwan, Brazil, Kazakhstan, and Ghana. Kamil Dimmich, CFA, discusses portfolio movement throughout the quarter including new positions in Mexico and Brazil, adjusted Taiwan sector holdings and exiting a Latin American resource stock.

Emerging Markets Income: August Monthly Commentary

3 minutes read timePortfolio Manager, Robert Holmes, CAIA saw positive returns at sector level this month coming from real estate, energy, industrials and information technology. Robert saw most portfolio holdings this month report in-line or better than consensus earnings with only two positions that disappointed.

Emerging Markets: August Monthly Commentary

2 minutes read timeKamil Dimmich, CFA, discusses positive contribution to performance from Taiwan this month, due to a combination of AI excitement and relief that the inventory digestion phase in the electronics supply chain was easing. UAE also contributed positively while China and LatAm proved a slight drag relative to the index.

Emerging Markets Income: July Monthly Commentary

2 minutes read timeIn July the fund returned +3.1%. The strongest performance this month came from Kaspi in Kazakhstan and Emaar Development in the UAE, both have reported very strong second quarter earnings with increased guidance for the full year. The weaker end of the portfolio came mainly from Chinese holdings such as Sinopec, which has traded lower […]

Emerging Markets: July Monthly Commentary

2 minutes read timeDuring July the fund lagged the benchmark by 0.2%. The main positive contribution to performance came from Brazil, where the market continued to anticipate a rate cut cycle. Expensive markets like India and Saudi Arabia where we currently have no presence underperformed the index, also helping on a relative basis. This was offset by some […]

Emerging Markets Income: June Monthly Commentary

3 minutes read timeIn June the fund returned +1.25%. We launched this fund with a relatively unorthodox objective for an emerging market equity strategy. Rather than looking to beat the typical EM benchmarks we looked to beat inflation, to generate a real income for investors on a sustainable basis. Of course this is a remit more typical of […]

Emerging Markets: June Monthly Commentary

2 minutes read timeDuring Q2 2023 the fund outperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets index by 5.3%. The largest contribution by some margin came from Brazil this quarter, confirming the market’s status as a high beta play. China also contributed positively relative to the index, with our positions outperforming. Korea, the UAE, Taiwan and some smaller markets also performed […]

Emerging Markets Income: May Monthly Commentary

4 minutes read timeIn May the fund declined by 0.9%. As we come to the end of one of the most aggressive tightening cycles in decades, it’s probably not surprising that markets have become myopically focused on macro factors. For the past few months it seems like there’s only been three topics under debate: Interest rates in the […]

Emerging Markets Income: June Monthly Commentary

3 minutes read timeIn June the fund returned +1.25%. We launched this fund with a relatively unorthodox objective for an emerging market equity strategy. Rather than looking to beat the typical EM benchmarks we looked to beat inflation, to generate a real income for investors on a sustainable basis. Of course this is a remit more typical of […]