Martin Currie's GEM fund opens to investors

The fund’s manager Kim Catechis, who is supported by co-managers Alastair Reynolds and Divya Mathur, explains that this is a 40–60-stock, multi-cap portfolio of Martin Currie’s best investment ideas and is “unconstrained at a country and sector level.” Its benchmark is the MSCI Emerging Markets index. Commenting on the launch, Catechis said, “We believe that despite the current global economic headwinds, the long-term investment case for emerging-market equities remains entirely intact – and the opportunity set remains vast. Our focus continues to be on individual companies with distinct...