Emerging Markets Income: April Monthly Commentary
2 minutes read timeIn April the fund was down -1.98%. We had positive performance from our holdings in Greece and South Korea, whilst the main detractor was China.
Emerging Markets Income: March Monthly Commentary
2 minutes read timeIn March the fund was down 20bp and over the first quarter up 2.3% which compares favourably to MSCI Emerging markets and MSCI world which were both down over the same period.
Emerging Markets Income: February Monthly Commentary
2 minutes read timeIn February the fund returned -1.0%. Positive performance came from China and Eastern Europe, the detractors were South Africa and South Korea.
Emerging Markets Income: January Monthly Commentary
2 minutes read timeThe fund started the year positively with a gain of 3.6%. Considering the concern associated with trade tariffs from the new US administration, this probably comes as a pleasant surprise.
Emerging Markets Income: December Monthly Commentary
2 minutes read timeIn December the fund appreciated by 1% bringing the full year return to 13.6%. A fourth quarter dividend was declared of 0.109366p giving a full year net yield after withholding taxes of 6.4% which compares to December UK CPI of 2.5% year on year.
Emerging Markets Income: November Monthly Commentary
2 minutes read timeIn November the fund appreciated by 1.6%, led again by the UAE which was almost all due to the performance of Emaar Development following another significant beat in quarterly earnings.
Emerging Markets Income: October Monthly Commentary
2 minutes read timeIn October the fund gained 1.4%. Performance was led by the UAE and dragged lower by China.
Emerging Markets Income: August Monthly Commentary
2 minutes read timeIn September the fund appreciated by 1.7% in GBP, bringing the nine month return to 9.2%.
Emerging Markets Income: August Monthly Commentary
2 minutes read timeOver the month the fund gained 0.85%. Markets have been in a state of wind-against-tide for much of the summer. Unsettled, rangebound and volatile.
Emerging Markets Income: July Monthly Commentary
2 minutes read timeIn July the fund declined by 3%. Currency markets continued to be a source of volatility which this month combined with weakness in technology.
