Investment objective
The Ninety One Emerging Markets Equity Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital growth.
Principle Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of emerging market companies, and in other instruments, such as shares of exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), that have economic characteristics similar to such securities.
The Fund may invest in securities of companies with any market capitalization. The Fund typically invests in securities of approximately 70-100 companies.
Emerging market countries are countries that (i) major international financial institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, consider to be less economically mature than developed nations, such as the United States or most nations in Western Europe or (ii) are represented in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, the Fund’s benchmark index. Emerging market countries can include every nation in the world except the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and most countries located in Western Europe.
The Fund considers a company to be an emerging market company if: (i) its principal securities trading market is in an emerging market country, (ii) alone or on a consolidated basis it derives 50% or more of its annual revenue or profits from goods produced, sales made or services performed in emerging market countries or has at least 50% of its assets in emerging markets countries or (iii) it is organized under the laws of, or has a principal office in, an emerging market country. By applying this test, it is possible that a particular company could be deemed to be located in more than one country. A company that is deemed to be located in both an emerging market country and a non-emerging market country may be considered by the Fund to be an emerging market company.
In selecting investments to buy for the Fund, the Adviser combines a proprietary screening process with a fundamental research process to seek to identify high quality, attractively valued companies with improving operating performance that are receiving increasing investor attention. The Adviser may sell a stock if the investment case is no longer valid, the stock reaches its fair value or the Adviser identifies a better investment opportunity.