FMG Rising 6 Fund lost 6.3% in the 3rd Quarter

Foreign investors have been fearful this year given negative events from the US towards key emerging markets.  Several rate hikes in the USA has resulted in a strong dollar, which is typically negative news for most emerging markets. The disconnect among foreign...

FMG Rising 6 Fund lost 6.3% in the 2nd Quarter

Emerging markets were negatively affected by talk of trade war and sanctions. In Russia, President Putin was inaugurated into his new six-year term during the quarter. Announced reforms of increase in the pension age, long-term increase in spending on infrastructure,...

FMG Rising 6 Fund lost 0.8% in the 1st Quarter

The Fund posted a loss of less than 1% during the quarter. It was huge discrepancies between the Fund’s various holdings from down almost 5 to up over 11 %. India saw profit taking during the quarter after a strong 2017. In China, we have two allocations, one to the...

FMG Rising 6 Fund gained +3.0% in the 4th Quarter and +9.5% in 2017

The FMG Rising 6 Fund gained a modest 3% in the fourth quarter. Emerging Market equities’ good momentum continued, fuelled by the favourable macro picture throughout emerging markets. The best performance during the quarter came from our India manager with a gain of...

FMG Rising 6 Fund gained +5.2% in the 3rd Quarter of 2017

FMG Rising 6 Fund gained +5.2% in the 3rd Quarter of 2017 The FMG Rising 6 Fund had a good quarter. Emerging Market equities maintained good momentum driven by a favourable macro picture like strong economic growth, benign inflation along with low interest rates and...

FMG (EU) Rising 6 Fund lost 3.8% in the 2nd Quarter of 2017

FMG (EU) Rising 6 Fund lost 3.8% in the 2nd Quarter of 2017 The FMG Rising 6 Fund had a disappointing second quarter in 2017, but still ended the first half of the year in positive territory. The general upward trend in Emerging Markets continued, with most markets...