Radar Alert: Deep research and local analysts help Mattiko top GEM peer group

GEM Small Cap manager attributes performance to strength of investment platform

Smaller companies funds have led the charge of the outperforming IMA Global Emerging Markets sector over the past 12 months, with J.P. Morgan’s Emerging Markets Small Cap fund topping the peer group over this time period. The £136m fund, which has been run by Greg Mattiko since its 2007 launch, is up 57.3% over one year to 1 June, according to Morningstar. Mattiko describes his investment style as “a bottom-up long-term fundamental approach,” with the portfolio consisting of 70 to 80 names from a universe of around 4,000 companies. “The portfolio invests in higher-quality growth co...