Polar Capital is set to launch the fourth fund for its emerging markets (EMs) team this January, an open-ended fund specialising in Asian equities, as it details its emerging market investment strategy.
The Asia Stars fund will launch at the start of next year subject to central bank approval, joining the Emerging Market Stars, China Stars and the Cayman-domiciled long/short China Mercury funds, which were all launched this year. The strategy is managed by Jorry Nøddekær and his team who joined Polar Capital this June from Nordea. Nøddekær said, while Asia was a large weighting of the EM Stars fund (at 79%), there would be a ten to 12-stock difference between the two funds as the EM fund includes areas such as Russia and Brazil. The Asia Stars fund will also allow the team the opp...
To continue reading this article...
Join Investment Week for free
Signup and gain exclusive members-only insights - all free of charge!
- Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
- Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
- Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
- Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
- Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes
