About EFECX
Ashmore Emerging Markets Frontier Equity Fund Class C is a mutual fund specializing in equities from frontier and select emerging markets. Its primary objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing mostly in stocks and related securities across smaller, less established economies, often referred to as frontier markets. The fund employs a fundamentally driven, bottom-up stock selection process, complemented by top-down analysis for risk management and additional performance insights. With a portfolio typically spanning 18 countries and about 56 holdings, the fund’s largest geographic exposures include Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, while financials, real estate, and information technology represent significant sector allocations. The fund’s strategy is index unconstrained, allowing it to construct a high-conviction portfolio of best ideas rather than strictly adhering to a benchmark. This makes it well-suited for investors seeking diversified access to regions with greater growth potential but also higher volatility and unique risks, such as lower market liquidity and heightened political or economic instability, relative to more developed or even standard emerging markets. Ashmore Emerging Markets Frontier Equity Fund Class C plays a notable role in providing exposure to markets that are underrepresented in mainstream global equity indices.
Fund Family Ashmore
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating Low
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol EFECX
Share Class Class C
Index Index is not available on Lipper Database
EFECX had a total return of 10.18% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's
inception, the average annual return has been 2.98%.
