Emerging Markets Q2 investment update

Partners Tim Garratt and Stuart Dunbar identify signs of emerging growth.

The innovative ecommerce company poised to take advantage of China’s large consumer base.

Lead manager Douglas Brodie gives an update on performance with three key reasons for optimism.

The Worldwide Emerging Markets All Cap Fund aims to maximise the total return through investment primarily in a portfolio of companies deriving a substantial part of their income from, or having a substantial proportion of their assets located in, one or more Emerging Market Countries. It is not proposed to concentrate investments in any one country, market or sector.

The Emerging Markets Growth Fund aims to outperform (after deduction of costs) the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, as stated in sterling, by at least 2 per cent per annum over rolling five-year periods.

The Worldwide Emerging Markets Leading Companies Fund aims to maximise total return principally through investment primarily in a portfolio of companies deriving a substantial part of their income from, or having a substantial proportion of their assets located in, one or more Emerging Market Countries.