Sarah Godfrey looks at how Austin Forey and his team have steered the JPMorgan Emerging Markets fund towards returns of over 300% in the last five years
With the current turmoil in global capital markets showing little sign of abating, investors might be eyeing cash deposits with a little more relish than the traditionally higher-risk area of emerging markets. But for those with a long-term investment horizon, a small position in these areas has historically paid off: even taking the difficult past six months into account, the average fund in the IMA Global Emerging Markets sector has produced a bid-bid return over five years (to 14 January) of 283.2%, compared with 90% for the average UK All Companies fund and just 33.1% for the average No...
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