• Steve Holden
• July 15, 2024
• Emerging Markets
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352 Global Emerging markets active equity funds, AUM $429bn GEM Funds: Performance & Attribution Review, Q2 2024   Summary Strong Q2 returns but passive beats Active: Average active fund returns of 3.91% fail to beat the iShares MSCI EM ETF return of 4.39%, with 54% of funds underperforming. Growth beats Value: All Style groups underperform the benchmark on average, though …

• Steve Holden
• June 18, 2024
• Emerging Markets
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352 emerging market Funds, AUM $424bn Positioning Insights & Investment Trends In this month’s report, we look at positioning in the 3 recent election markets of Mexico, South Africa and India, highlight the largest country/sector underweight in EM, a recovery in Turkish Financials and a drop in South Korean Materials Exposure.   Summary Mexico: GEM Funds Wrong-Footed after Election Results.  …

• Steve Holden
• May 23, 2024
• Emerging Markets
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355 emerging market Funds, AUM $410bn New Dashboard Release This video marks the launch of three new fund positioning dashboards, now available in our positioning dashboards suite. Watch the demo video opposite, or click on the link to go directly to the dashboards. Country/Sector DashboardGain immediate insights into country, sector, country/sector, and stock positioning. Customize your view with various ownership …

• Steve Holden
• May 17, 2024
• Emerging Markets
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355 emerging market Funds, AUM $410bn Active GEM Funds: Top-Down Country Insights Summary In this Top-Down Country report, we analyse regional and country allocations among the 355 equity funds in our analysis. Highlights from the report: EMEA Momentum: EMEA is experiencing positive momentum across multiple countries, with record investments in the MENA region, strong momentum in Greece, Turkey reversing long-term …

• Steve Holden
• April 22, 2024
• Emerging Markets
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351 Global EM active equity funds, AUM $420bn Active GEM Funds: Extreme Stocks Summary In this report, we identify eight stocks that are currently positioned at the extreme ends of their historical position ranges, or have experienced significant shifts in fund ownership in recent months. Extreme Stocks in Focus: – HDFC Bank Limited – Delta Electronics, Inc. – POSCO Holdings …

• Steve Holden
• April 17, 2024
• Emerging Markets
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352 Global Emerging markets active equity funds, AUM $423bn GEM Funds: Performance & Attribution Review, Q1 2024 Summary • Strong start to 2024 as majority outperform: Average returns of 2.8% beat the iShares MSCI EM ETF by 0.66%, with 63% of funds outperforming. • Value/Yield beats Growth: Yield funds the star performers with 4.5% returns on average. Aggressive Growth the …

• Steve Holden
• March 22, 2024
• Emerging Markets
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360 emerging market Funds, AUM $400bn India Deep Dive: Record Allocations Mask Growing Underweight Summary Record Allocations Mask Caution: Record investments in India contrast with a rising underweight, as selected managers pare back exposure. Valuations Prompt Strategic Pause: Record underweights among Value funds reflect valuation concerns, with growth funds also seeing overweights decline. Selective Sector Optimism: Fresh interest in Utilities, …

• Steve Holden
• February 27, 2024
• Emerging Markets
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361 emerging market Funds, AUM $400bn Alibaba Positioning Overview • Despite average weights falling from over 6% in 2020 to under 2% today, 73% of EM funds remain invested in Alibaba. • The make up of the investor base has changed, with a rotation between high growth investors (out) and Value investors (in). • Of the 73% of current holders, …

• Steve Holden
• February 12, 2024
• Emerging Markets
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361 emerging market Funds, AUM $400bn Reassessing Turkey: EM Fund Managers Show Signs of Sentiment Shift • After a decade-long bear market in investor positioning, GEM managers are beginning to show tentative signs of a sentiment shift towards Turkey. • Positive fund flows and numerous new positions over the past six months highlight Turkey as a primary beneficiary of recent …

• Steve Holden
• January 24, 2024
• Emerging Markets
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365 emerging market Funds, AUM $412bn Emerging Markets Fund Positioning Dashboard Overview In this week’s analysis, we present a comprehensive “teach-in” of our newly released suite of positioning dashboards, illustrated through three instructional videos. These videos guide you through the latest functionality and also offer some valuable insights on the latest positioning among active EM funds. • Macro/Regional Dashboards: The …