- What does EMFIX invest in?
- This fund strives to fulfill its mandate by chiefly investing in equities and equity-related financial products of Emerging Market Issuers. These holdings can be denominated in any currency, including the issuer's own local currency. An entity is categorized as an Emerging Market Issuer if it is domiciled in an Emerging Market Country, or if it earns at least half of its revenue or profits from operations (such as producing, selling, investing, or providing services) within one or more Emerging Market Countries. Additionally, it qualifies if a minimum of 50% of its assets are located in such nations.
- What is the expense ratio of EMFIX?
- Ashmore Emerging Markets Equity Fund - Institutional Class (EMFIX) charges an expense ratio of 1.05%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.
- How big is EMFIX?
- Ashmore Emerging Markets Equity Fund - Institutional Class (EMFIX) is one share class of a fund that manages $396.6M across all of its share classes (EMEAX reports the same total). Our data does not carry the assets of this share class alone. AUM determines bid-ask liquidity and the fund's vulnerability to closure. Funds below ~$50M are at higher risk of liquidation.
- Is EMFIX actively managed or an index fund?
- EMFIX is actively managed: the manager selects holdings rather than tracking an index. Active funds typically charge higher expense ratios than index funds (EMFIX's is 1.05%) in exchange for the discretion to over- or under-weight positions.
- When was EMFIX launched?
- Ashmore Emerging Markets Equity Fund - Institutional Class (EMFIX) launched in June 2011 and is managed by the fund issuer.
- How has EMFIX performed?
- EMFIX's total return (price change plus reinvested distributions) is charted at the top of this page. Switch the price chart to Total Return and pick a 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, or 10-year window to read the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over each horizon.
