Emerging Markets Equities

The more you look, the more you see

EM equity assets managed firmwide

USD 28 B

Track record managing EM equities

33 years

Number of EM equity approaches

23

Overview

Our approaches rely on our combination of expertise and collaboration, which informs the investment perspectives that drive all of our emerging markets funds. Our culture of sharing and testing ideas leads us to offer distinctive approaches across equity and fixed income, including core and thematic equity as well as sovereign and corporate emerging debt.

Distinctive strategies
Broad and deep research
Global collaboration
Distinctive strategies

With a multi-boutique investment platform — backed by our private partnership structure — and no chief investment officer, we give each portfolio manager the freedom to build innovative investment approaches. We offer distinctive strategies focused on meeting investors’ needs.

Broad and deep research

Our research capabilities are as broad as emerging economies themselves. We have around 50 global industry analysts covering over 1,000 emerging markets stocks. In addition to visiting companies, our emerging markets specialists conduct grassroots research into areas such as changing lifestyles and consumption patterns.

Global collaboration

Our equity investors collaborate daily with colleagues specialising in fixed income, commodities, macroeconomics and ESG. Our credit and equity analysts often have joint meetings with company management teams so that we can form a holistic view of the health of a company.

OUR HERITAGE

  • 1985

    Wellington Management makes its first investment in emerging markets equity

  • 1994

    We launch our first dedicated global emerging markets approach

  • 1999

    We extend our platform to include our first dedicated regional emerging markets approach focused on Latin America

  • 2007

    Tapping into our deep industry expertise, our growing suite of emerging markets products begins to incorporate sector-specific approaches. Our earliest approach focusing on the health care sector

  • 2009

    Combining our expertise in emerging markets and quantitative investing, we create our first emerging markets systematic approach

  • 2015

    We launch our first dedicated China A-share strategy and an approach focusing on the future development of emerging markets

  • Today

    To meet investors' needs, we offer a full range of emerging markets strategies, including core, regional, thematic and systematic equity approaches

Our equity funds seek out the hidden
gems of tomorrow



Emerging Market Development Fund

Investing in emerging markets companies that we believe will benefit from economic and structural development themes

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Investors should consider the risks that may impact their capital. The value of your investment may become more or less than the amount you initially invested.

EMERGING MARKETS EQUITIES AT WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT

Rapid change in the developing world is creating a new set of tailwinds for sectors and companies. Wellington’s specialists in emerging markets equities discuss how they approach such a dynamic and diverse asset class.

EMERGING MARKETS INSIGHTS

Post-Trump China policy takes shape
More than two months into the Biden administration, important contours of the post-Trump approach to US-China relations have begun to crystallize. Geopolitical Strategist Thomas Mucha offers his latest perspective, including some potential macro and market implications.
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April 2021
Post-Trump China policy takes shape
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Thomas Mucha
EM small caps: hidden gems in plain sight?
Our team makes the case for strategically investing in EM small caps and for employing an actively managed approach to this underutilised asset class.
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March 2021
EM small caps: hidden gems in plain sight?
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Liliana Castillo Dearth
Alexandra H. Melhuish
 CFA
EM debt: the winding path to post-COVID recovery
Fixed Income Portfolio Managers Kevin Murphy and Michael Henry are broadly constructive on EM debt for the remainder of 2021. However, country, sector, and issuer selection will be critical to navigating a still-risky landscape that remains dependent on continued liquidity support from the developed world.
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March 2021
EM debt: the winding path to post-COVID recovery
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Michael Henry
Is it China’s world and we’re just living in it?
The short answer is no, but it’s not completely hyperbolic to suggest we could be heading in that direction longer term. Macro Strategist Santiago Millán explains and highlights implications for investing in Chinese assets.
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February 2021
Is it China’s world and we’re just living in it?
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Santiago Millán
 CFA
Emerging markets: politics and elections in 2021
Macro Strategist Tushar Poddar looks at the emerging markets political landscape for 2021 and some of its broader implications.
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February 2021
Emerging markets: politics and elections in 2021
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Tushar Poddar
 PhD
Shorting stocks in China: the emerging opportunity
Two of our emerging market investors explain why shorting appears to be at an inflection point in the world's second largest equity market, where idiosyncratic conditions may offer a unique environment for generating alpha and diversifying risks.
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January 2021
Shorting stocks in China: the emerging opportunity
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Soonki Kook
 CFA
Jamie Rice
 CFA
2020 Asia Summit
This event replay features the four keynote sessions from our 2020 Asia Summit program where we discussed key themes in emerging markets; topics included US-China relations, climate change shorting in EM, and rethinking your EM exposure.
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November 2020
2020 Asia Summit
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Multiple speakers
EMs: With great challenges come great opportunities
From health and wellness to climate change and more, the COVID-19 crisis has spawned or accelerated compelling investable themes across a range of EM countries. Against that backdrop, four of Wellington’s EM equity portfolio managers share their latest insights.
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October 2020
EMs: With great challenges come great opportunities
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Multiple authors
EXPLORE INSIGHTS

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