British investment manager Ashmore Group has announced the SICAV registration of its Pan Africa Equity Fund and Latin-America Equity Fund in a move to access returns primarily from Pan Africa and Latin America.
The SICAV Pan Africa Equity Fund aims to access returns primarily from pan African equities listed in both emerging and frontier markets, while the SICAV Latin America Equity Fund aims to access returns primarily from Latin American equities, including small cap stocks.
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Christoph Hofmann, global head of distribution at Ashmore, said: "These dedicated strategies focused on Latin America and pan Africa, will harness all of Ashmore’s emerging markets expertise and knowledge and are an important addition to our existing range of regional and single country funds."
Julie Dickson, portfolio manager of equities at Ashmore, said: "Active stock selection and improving liquidity enable investors to achieve higher risk-adjusted returns by allocating to these discrete regional strategies, along with gaining exposure to the engines driving emerging and frontier markets growth."
Registered as UCITS IV Luxembourg funds, the SICAV funds will be registered for sale in Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and the UK and will be available in share classes denominated in US dollars, Euros, UK sterling and other currencies.
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