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Emerging Markets Fund

Single Price 176.360p as of 30/12/2024
Fund launch date 29/09/2008
Fund size £7,644,444.60
Number of holdings 44

The Fund

The Fund is managed by Ewan Thompson and Thomas Smith. It aims to generate capital growth over the long term (5 years or more). The Fund invests at least 80% in shares of emerging market companies. These are companies in countries which, at the time of purchase, appear anywhere in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

You are able to redeem your investment from the Fund at any time and there is no exit fee for doing so.

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Past performance does not predict future returns. You may get back less than you originally invested. Reference to specific securities is not intended as a recommendation to purchase or sell any investment.
Key Information
Manager Inception Date of Fund
30/09/2008
Managed by Current Team for
16 years
Class Launch Date
03/10/2012
ISIN code
GB00B8J6SV12
Comparator Benchmark 1
MSCI Emerging Markets
Comparator Benchmark 2
IA Global Emerging Markets

Meet the team

Ewan and Thomas moved to Liontrust as part of the acquisition of Neptune Investment Management in October 2019. Prior to joining Neptune in 2006, Ewan worked as an editor for Yale University Press. Ewan graduated from Oxford University in 2003 with a degree in English. Thomas has a Master’s degree in Chemistry from Oxford University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Meet the tea

Our Investment Process

The fund managers believe the key to generating outperformance is through high conviction, long-term, research-led company selection.
The Liontrust Emerging Markets Fund focuses on Emerging Leaders – companies well positioned to prosper in a world of rapid change. Importantly, given many disruptive products and business models have arisen in developed markets, their introduction and adoption rates across emerging markets are driving considerable growth at a consumer and commercial level.
Therefore, Emerging Leaders alone have the resources and capabilities to survive and prosper given the huge levels of disruption seen across the whole economy.

A common feature is their ability to create value for customers (either via a lower price and/or higher quality product and management that are focused on driving continuous improvement) and capture value for itself and its shareholders via a sustaining moat (such as unique assets, efficient scale, technology leadership, R&D investment and customer switching costs).

The Fund is ‘focused’, containing relatively fewer holdings than those included in their benchmark indexes because the stocks are selected based on the high convictions of the investment team. Whether Fund outperforms or underperforms its benchmark depends on the investment team’s stock selections. While the Fund chooses stocks based on a long-term view of three to five years, they may underperform over the shorter periods because of short-term challenges.

Past performance does not predict future returns. You may get back less than you originally invested. Reference to specific securities is not intended as a recommendation to purchase or sell any investment.

Performance

Performance since manager inception date

Discrete performance (%)

As at previous quarter 12 months ending: Sep 24 Sep 23 Sep 22 Sep 21 Sep 20
Liontrust Emerging Markets 14.6 -2.0 -16.7 15.6 1.6
IA Global Emerging Markets 13.0 2.6 -15.4 17.0 2.0
MSCI Emerging Markets 14.7 2.2 -13.2 13.3 5.4
Quartile Ranking 2 4 2 3 3

Cumulative performance (%)

As at previous day end 1 month 3 months 6 months YTD 1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years Since Inception
Liontrust Emerging Markets 1.0 -0.3 -1.3 11.2 12.1 -3.3 1.7 78.9 172.6
IA Global Emerging Markets 0.3 -0.7 1.4 8.8 10.5 -0.2 11.3 69.4 168.1
MSCI Emerging Markets 0.5 -1.6 1.7 9.7 11.5 2.3 13.6 79.0 187.8
Quartile Ranking 1 2 4 2 2 3 4 2 -

Source: FE fundinfo as at 27/12/2024. Performance figures are shown in GBX. Total return performance figures are calculated net of costs and charges, on a bid price to bid price basis (mid to mid for OEICs) with net income (dividends) reinvested. Where applicable the quartile rank is for the primary share class within the sector. If your investment is made in a currency other than that used in the past performance calculation the return may increase or decrease as a result of currency fluctuations.

Current positioning

Top 10 Holdings (%)

TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
7.65
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
7.65
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
4.65
MEITUAN
4.00
PING AN INSURANCE COMPANY OF CHINA -H-
3.59
HDFC BANK LIMITED
2.82
OUTSURANCE GROUP LTD
2.81
ICICI BANK LIMITED
2.76
MAX HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE LTD
2.62
KFIN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
2.58

Sector Breakdown (%)

Financials
24.95
Consumer Discretionary
23.24
Information Technology
19.75
Communications
14.83
Materials
5.04
Utilities
4.55
Cash & Cash Equivalents
3.28
Health Care
2.62
Consumer Staples
1.69
Energy
0.00

Geographic Breakdown (%)

China
29.49
India
19.89
Taiwan
17.50
Korea
8.44
South Africa
7.04
USA
3.83
Cash & Cash Equivalents
3.28
Mexico
2.22
Macau
2.05
Brazil
2.05
Canada
1.71
Philippines
1.04
Indonesia
0.95
Peru
0.45
Russia
0.00
Additional Information
Minimum initial investment
£250,000
Minimum additional investment
£0
Ex-dividend date
1st January
Distribution date
28 February (Final)
Sedol code
B8J6SV1
Charges
Initial charge
-
Ongoing Charges Figure
0.89%
Included within the OCF is the Annual Management Charge
0.75%

For more information on the OCF, see our costs and charges page.

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Key Risks 

Past performance does not predict future returns. You may get back less than you originally invested. The issue of units/shares in Liontrust Funds may be subject to an initial charge, which will have an impact on the realisable value of the investment, particularly in the short term. Investments should always be considered as long term. The Fund may encounter liquidity constraints from time to time. The spread between the price you buy and sell shares will reflect the less liquid nature of the underlying holdings. Investments in emerging markets may involve a higher element of risk due to less well-regulated markets and political and economic instability. This may result in higher volatility and larger drops in the value of the fund over the short term. Outside of normal conditions, the Fund may hold higher levels of cash which may be deposited with several credit counterparties (e.g. international banks). A credit risk arises should one or more of these counterparties be unable to return the deposited cash. Counterparty Risk: any derivative contract, including FX hedging, may be at risk if the counterparty fails. ESG Risk: In reference to any component (where applicable) of a fund's investment process that uses external ESG data, there may be limitations to the availability, completeness or accuracy of ESG information from third-party providers, or inconsistencies in the consideration of ESG factors across different third party data providers, given the evolving nature of ESG.

 

Disclaimer

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