Winner: GQG Partners Emerging Markets Equity
The shortlisted companies are:
GQG Partners Emerging Markets Equity
Carmignac Portfolio Emerging Discovery
Artemis SmartGarp Global Emerging Markets Equity
Abrdn Emerging Markets Smaller Companies
Robeco QI Emerging Conservative Equities
GQG Partners Emerging Markets Equity
Management group: GQG
Category: Global Emerging Markets
Related benchmark used: MSCI Emerging Markets
One-year total return: 35.5
Five-year total return: 59
Assets/Market capitalisation: £2.2bn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Rajiv Jain, Brian Kersmanc & Sudarshan Murthy
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): February 2, 2017
Carmignac Portfolio Emerging Discovery
Management group: Carmignac
Category: Global Emerging Markets
Related benchmark used: MSCI Emerging Markets
One-year total return: 18.82
Five-year total return: 21.54
Assets/Market capitalisation: £91mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Xavier Hovasse & Amol Gogate
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): January 1, 2011
Artemis SmartGarp Global Emerging Markets Equity
Management group: Artemis
Category: Global Emerging Markets
Related benchmark used: MSCI Emerging Markets
One-year total return: 16.82
Five-year total return: 38.09
Assets/Market capitalisation: £750mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Peter Saacke & Raheel Altaf
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): April 8, 2015
Abrdn Emerging Markets Smaller Companies
Management group: Abrdn
Category: Global Emerging Markets
Related benchmark used: MSCI Emerging Markets
One-year total return: 16.55
Five-year total return: 43.98
Assets/Market capitalisation: £122mn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Catriona Macnair, Yoojeong Oh, Osumu Yamagata, Gabriel Sacks & Ivan Kleinmann
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): March 12, 2007
Robeco QI Emerging Conservative Equities
Management group: Robeco
Category: Global Emerging Markets
Related benchmark used: MSCI Emerging Markets
One-year total return: 15.45
Five-year total return: 25.03
Assets/Market capitalisation: £1.98bn
Name of manager(s)/management team(s): Arlette Van Ditshuizen, Pim van Vliet, Jan Sytze Mosselaar, Maarten Polfliet & Arnoud Klep
Start date of longest serving manager(s)/management team(s): February 2, 2011