MoneyAM Fund Centre

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Fund Objective

The Fund aims to provide a return on your investment, generated through an increase in the value of the assets held by the Fund, or the income generated by those assets over the long term (5 or more consecutive years beginning at the point of investment). The Fund invests at least 50% of its total assets in the equity securities (e.g. shares) and equity related securities of companies which are incorporated in emerging market countries including in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The Fund may indirectly invest in emerging markets by investing in American Depository Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs), which are listed or traded on stock exchanges and regulated markets outside emerging markets. ADRs and GDRs are investments issued by financial institutions which give exposure to underlying equity securities.

Fund Managers

Andrew Swan

Andrew Swan, Managing Director, is the Head of Asian Equities for the Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock’s Alpha Strategies Group. He is responsible for managing several regional equity portfolios, setting regional equity investment strategy and developing BlackRock’s Asian investment platform and capabilities. Before joining BlackRock in August 2011, Andrew spent a 17-year investment career with JP Morgan. He initially joined as a research analyst in Sydney in 1994, before transferring to Singapore in 2002 to join JP Morgan's Pacific Regional team as head of Asia Pacific media research. In 2004, Andrew took up his role as a portfolio manager with JF Asset Management (wholly owned by JP Morgan) and was subsequently responsible for managing over USD 5bn in Asia Pacific equity portfolios. He relocated to Hong Kong in 2005. Andrew earned a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours in Accounting and Finance) from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1993.

Gordon Fraser

Gordon Fraser, CFA, Managing Director, is a portfolio manager on the Global Emerging Markets Equities Team within the Fundamental Active Equity division of BlackRock's Active Equities Group. Mr Fraser is the lead portfolio manager of the long only Core Global Emerging Markets Strategy, as well as co-manager of the Emerging Frontiers Hedge Fund, the Emerging Markets Absolute Return Portfolios and Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Portfolios. Mr. Fraser leads the North Asia Healthcare, Utilities, Materials and Utilities research pod for the team, as well as taking lead responsibility for our country level macroeconomic analysis. Prior to his current role, Mr. Fraser was a member of the Emerging Europe & Frontiers Emerging Markets team in London, specializing in Middle Eastern, Turkish and Indian Equities. Mr. Fraser joined BlackRock as an Analyst in 2006. Mr. Fraser holds a BA (1st class) and an MPhil (distinction) in Economics from Cambridge University.