peshkov/iStock via Getty Images Summary • For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, the fund returned 7.40% (Class I shares at NAV), strongly outperforming the -0.10% return of the MSCI Emerging Market Index. • The fund benefited from security selection and an average overweight position in information technology, especially holdings in technology hardware, storage & peripherals. Security selection an...
peshkov/iStock via Getty Images Summary • For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, the fund returned 7.40% (Class I shares at NAV), strongly outperforming the -0.10% return of the MSCI Emerging Market Index. • The fund benefited from security selection and an average overweight position in information technology, especially holdings in technology hardware, storage & peripherals. Security selection and an average underweight position within the real estate sector weakened return. • The portfolio benefited from security selection and an average underweight allocation in Emerging Asia. Conversely, security selection in the United States negatively impacted the portfolio's performance. • The fund maintains significant exposure to technology, industrials, communication services, and financials across China, Korea, India, Taiwan, and Brazil, capitalizing on secular growth themes while navigating diverse crosscurrents in emerging markets through an active, risk-aware approach. • With geopolitical events likely to stoke elevated volatility for the foreseeable future, we believe that selectivity, applied within a thematically driven framework, will provide the best compass for navigating markets. Market Overview Global markets navigated two distinct environments in the first quarter. Equities rose over the first two months as the outlook for global growth and earnings improved, only to sell off in March amid the military conflict in Iran, a spike in oil prices, and rising economic uncertainty. Against this complex backdrop, emerging markets outperformed global markets in the first quarter, with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index returning -0.10% (in USD terms) or 2.19% in local currency. Emerging markets saw a wide range of returns as investors evaluated crosscurrents including secular demand themes, rising geopolitical conflict, and higher energy costs. Korean and Brazilian equities declined in March but generated leading returns over the quarter as the countries benefited from s...
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Fugitive financier Jho Low’s request for a pardon from US President Donald Trump has reopened a central question left by Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal: whether the man alleged to have helped orchestrate one of the world’s biggest financial frauds will ever face trial. Analysts say the request appears unlikely to succeed because Low has never appeared in a US court, stood trial or accepted responsibility...
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(RTTNews) - National Grid plc (NGG, NG.L, NNGF.DE), a British electricity and gas distributor, on Thursday reported higher profit in fiscal 2026, despite weak revenues. Further, the firm lifted dividend, issued fiscal 2027 outlook, expecting growth in underlying earnings per shar
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