Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy

Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy

Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy

 
 
Summary

The Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy is a diversified, core portfolio of 70-90 stocks with a quality growth bias. Drawing on our 35+ year experience of investing in emerging markets (EM), we take an active approach focusing on identifying quality growth companies in attractive countries. The team applies an integrated top-down and bottom-up investment process, seeking balanced drivers of risk and returns.

 
 
Investment Approach
Philosophy

We believe active country allocation and stock selection are crucial for investing in emerging markets equities. Our investment philosophy integrates a top-down and bottom-up approach, resulting in a portfolio with diversified drivers of active risk. We seek to combine our top-down macroeconomic research with fundamental bottom-up analysis to build a core portfolio with a bias toward quality growth stocks.

 

 
Differentiators

MSIM was a pioneer in emerging equity markets and the Emerging Markets Equity (EME) team and our track record dates back to 1986.  Emerging markets are a heterogenous opportunity set and we believe that our experience and investment process provides us with the ability to navigate complex economic, market and political dynamics, critical to investing success in EM stocks.

Core Strategy

We believe a core approach to emerging markets investing allows for capturing opportunities more broadly across the asset class. As core investors, our portfolio is not dominated by a particular style and is diversified across countries and companies in EM, seeking to provide balanced drivers of active risk and return.

Differentiated Investment Approach

We have an integrated top-down and bottom-up investment process, we analyze the country macro factors that we believe set the context and conditions for equity returns as well as anticipate macro risk. We have a bias for quality stocks with attractive growth opportunities run by strong management teams, solid balance sheets and high free cash flow growth to reinvest and benefit from sustainable earnings growth.

Experienced Global Team

The EME Team has been investing in emerging markets for over 35 years. Our dedicated global team is located in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Riyadh and Mumbai, providing expertise and on-the-ground research of local markets and companies.

 
 
 
Investment Process
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Portfolio Managers  
Paul Psaila
Managing Director
31 years industry experience
Amay Hattangadi
Managing Director
28 years industry experience
Eric Carlson
Managing Director
29 years industry experience
 

Team members may be subject to change at any time without notice. The investment team currently has 14 members; information on additional team members can be found on MSIM.com.

 
 
 
 
 

RISK CONSIDERATIONS  

There is no assurance that a portfolio will achieve its investment objective. Portfolios are subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the portfolio will decline. Market values can change daily due to economic and other events (e.g. natural disasters, health crises, terrorism, conflicts and social unrest) that affect markets, countries, companies or governments. It is difficult to predict the timing, duration, and potential adverse effects (e.g. portfolio liquidity) of events. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this strategy. Please be aware that this strategy may be subject to certain additional risks. In general, equities securities’ values also fluctuate in response to activities specific to a company. Investments in foreign markets entail special risks such as currency, political, economic, market and liquidity risks. The risks of investing in emerging market countries are greater than the risks generally associated with investments in foreign developed countries. Derivative instruments can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses and may have a potentially large negative impact on the portfolio’s performance. Illiquid securitiesmay be more difficult to sell and value than publicly traded securities (liquidity risk).

This communication is only intended for and will be only distributed to persons resident in jurisdictions where such distribution or availability would not be contrary to local laws or regulations.

There is no guarantee that any investment strategy will work under all market conditions, and each investor should evaluate their ability to invest for the long-term, especially during periods of downturn in the market. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

A separately managed account may not be appropriate for all investors. Separate accounts managed according to the Strategy include a number of securities and will not necessarily track the performance of any index. Please consider the investment objectives, risks and fees of the Strategy carefully before investing. A minimum asset level is required. For important information about the investment manager, please refer to Form ADV Part 2.

Any views and opinions provided are those of the portfolio management team and are subject to change at any time due to market or economic conditions and may not necessarily come to pass. Furthermore, the views will not be updated or otherwise revised to reflect information that subsequently becomes available or circumstances existing, or changes occurring. The views expressed do not reflect the opinions of all portfolio managers at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) or the views of the firm as a whole, and may not be reflected in all the strategies and products that the Firm offers.

All information provided has been prepared solely for information purposes and does not constitute an offer or a recommendation to buy or sell any particular security or to adopt any specific investment strategy. The information herein has not been based on a consideration of any individual investor circumstances and is not investment advice, nor should it be construed in any way as tax, accounting, legal or regulatory advice. To that end, investors should seek independent legal and financial advice, including advice as to tax consequences, before making any investment decision.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

The MSCI Emerging Markets Net Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance of emerging markets. The term "free float" represents the portion of shares outstanding that are deemed to be available for purchase in the public equity markets by investors. The MSCI Emerging Markets Net Index currently consists of 23 emerging market country indices. The performance of the Index is listed in U.S. dollars and assumes reinvestment of net dividends.

The indexes are unmanaged and do not include any expenses, fees or sales charges. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Any index referred to herein is the intellectual property (including registered trademarks) of the applicable licensor. Any product based on an index is in no way sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the applicable licensor and it shall not have any liability with respect thereto.

The information presented represents how the portfolio management team generally implements its investment process under normal market conditions.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management is the asset management division of Morgan Stanley.

 

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