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The firm said the mandate and remit of the funds would be unchanged by the move.
“The focus of the funds continues to be identifying companies with quality attributes through a rigorous bottom-up stockpicking approach. Key characteristics of the funds such as concentration, high active share, low turnover and strong ESG credentials will be retained, and in some cases enhanced.”
According to FE Analytics, the GEM fund had returned 41% over one year to 31 March, 2021, versus returns of 32% by the emerging market sector within the Australian Core Strategies universe.
Performance of Fidelity GEM fund versus emerging market sector over one year to 31 March 2021
“China equity funds recorded their 30th consecutive retail inflow despite last week’s institutional exodus. Institutional investors were net redeemers for the second straight week as they looked to sidestep any fallout from official efforts to keep the COVID-19 pandemic contained going into the Chinese New Year, usually a period when millions of people travel within the country,” EPFR said.
EPFR found that Israel’s aggressive vaccination rollout program and its reputation in the cybersecurity space attracted investors looking at Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets and flows into Israel equity funds were the largest since Q2 of 2008.