Somerset 'contrarian' Asquith targets LatAm and EMEA in latest EM launch

New Discovery fund offers investors an alternative to "index anchoring"

Mike Sheen
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Somerset Capital Management portfolio manager Mark Asquith is backing "disliked" emerging markets in Latin America and EMEA within his new SMID-cap fund, and distancing himself from peers' portfolio favourites in an explicitly "contrarian" approach.

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