Newton makes GEM fund available to retail investors

BNY Mellon Investment Management is making the Newton Global Emerging Markets fund available to UK retail investors by merging it into its UCITS fund range.

The fund, managed by Rob Marshall-Lee (pictured) and alternate manager Sophia Whitbread, will be available on all major platforms for the first time from 25 July, with an AMC of 75bps and an OCF of around 85bps. Marshall-Lee, who was recently appointed head of the newly-combined Newton emerging and Asian equity team, has managed the £47.5m fund since May 2011. Since launch the fund has been part of Newton's unit trust range, which encompasses products run on behalf of charities, individual investors and wealthy families. Its track record will be transferred into the new UCITS structur...