Global Equity

What Differentiates
Our Global Equity Team

Integrated Fundamental and Systematic Process

What We Believe

We believe that quantitative tools objectively inform our rigorous fundamental research. Our corporate performance focus within a global strategy framework:

  • Pursues sustainable value creation at the corporate level
  • Is enhanced by a broader strategic viewpoint of macroeconomic and geopolitical dynamics

We believe that companies with high-quality and sustainable growth characteristics may:

  • Perform well in up markets
  • Protect in down markets
  • Produce attractive, risk-adjusted returns
Why This Matters

We believe our systematic tools enhance our in-depth fundamental analysis, helping us improve investment outcomes for our portfolios and clients. Our proprietary quantitative research models help:

  • Prioritize opportunities
  • Identify potential risks
  • Be more disciplined investors

Resources

People Walking on City Street

Why Non-U.S. Equities Now?

In today’s globalized world, savvy investors are looking beyond the United States to diversify their portfolios and tap into new opportunities. Below we delve into the factors that make non-U.S. equities an attractive proposition.
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Emerging Markets: 6 Key Themes for 2025

Despite economic headwinds and uncertainty surrounding the new U.S. administration, we believe emerging markets (EMs) remain an efficient gateway to powerful secular themes, from technology-driven transformations to consumer growth stories across many regions.
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Why Emerging Markets Equities Now?

As a new cycle unfolds for emerging markets (EM) equities, we believe the asset class is becoming more attractive and that themes that drove performance in the past will continue to shape market behavior
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Featured Funds

Featured Strategies

Global Equity Strategies

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Strategy NameDescription
Global Equity
Global Leaders

High conviction global portfolio of 40 to 70 stocks diversified across market cap, region, industry, and corporate lifecycle. Leaders are companies that we believe demonstrate consistent value creation, competitive dominance, and sustainability of critical inputs.

Global Leaders Sustainability

High conviction global portfolio of 40 to 70 stocks diversified across market cap, region, industry, and corporate lifecycle, with a long-term focus. Sustainability leaders are companies that we believe demonstrate consistent value creation, competitive dominance, and stand out for their management of resources, human capital, and stakeholders.

International Leaders

High conviction international portfolio of 40 to 70 stocks diversified across market cap, region, industry, and corporate lifecycle. Leaders are companies that we believe demonstrate consistent value creation, competitive dominance, and sustainability of critical inputs.

International Leaders ADR

High conviction international portfolio of 30 to 60 companies diversified across market cap, region, industry, and corporate lifecycle. Leaders are companies that we believe demonstrate consistent value creation, competitive dominance, and sustainability of critical inputs.

International Growth

Broad international portfolio of 180 to 240 stocks diversified across market cap, region, industry, and corporate lifecycle with a structural weight to emerging market and small-cap companies.

International Small Cap Growth

International small-cap portfolio of 100 to 150 stocks diversified across region, industry, and corporate lifecycle.

Emerging Markets Leaders

High conviction emerging markets portfolio of 50 to 80 stocks diversified across market cap, region, industry, and corporate lifecycle. Leaders are companies that we believe demonstrate consistent value creation, competitive dominance, and sustainability of critical inputs.

Emerging Markets Leaders Concentrated

High conviction emerging markets portfolio of 20 to 35 stocks diversified across market cap, region, industry, and corporate lifecycle. Leaders are companies that we believe demonstrate consistent value creation, competitive dominance, and sustainability of critical inputs.

Emerging Markets Growth

Broad emerging markets portfolio of 120 to 175 stocks diversified across market cap, region, industry, and corporate lifecycle with a structural weight to small-cap companies.

Emerging Markets ex China Growth

Broad emerging markets ex China portfolio of 80 to 130 stocks diversified across market cap, region, industry, and corporate lifecycle with a structural weight to small-cap companies.

Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth

Emerging markets small-cap portfolio of 120 to 175 stocks diversified across region, industry, and corporate lifecycle.

China Growth

Focused portfolio of 30 to 70 high-quality growth Chinese companies diversified across share class, market capitalization, and industries.

China A-Shares Growth

Focused portfolio of 30 to 70 high-quality growth China A-Share companies across the market-capitalization spectrum.

Global Equity Fund Performance

Performance cited represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results and current performance may be lower or higher than the data quoted. Returns shown assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Investment returns and principal will fluctuate with market and economic conditions and you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Class N shares are available to the general public without a sales load. Class I and Class R6 shares are available only to investors who meet certain eligibility requirements.

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RETURNS:
As of
31.10.2025
AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS: As of 31.10.2025
ISIN and Fund NameShare ClassMonth

YTD

1-YR

3-YR

5-YR

10-YR

Since Inception

Fact Sheet

LU0995405320

Emerging Markets Growth Fund

J (USD)6.51%27.13%25.72%17.00%3.75%7.87%
5.87%Since03.12.2013

MSCI Emerging Markets IMI Index (net)

-3.92%30.88%26.10%20.77%8.07%7.72%
5.47%
-

LU0995405593

Emerging Markets Leaders Fund

J (USD)4.86%29.09%25.56%15.34%2.64%6.49%
5.48%Since07.02.2014

MSCI Emerging Markets Index (net)

-4.18%32.86%27.91%21.10%7.46%7.69%
6.02%
-

LU1397782274

Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

J (USD)2.99%14.31%----
12.13%Since13.12.2024

MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (net)

-2.28%19.33%15.49%18.83%13.14%-
16.52%
-

LU0995405759

Global Leaders Fund

J (USD)1.87%14.74%14.48%16.42%7.53%9.96%
9.12%Since15.01.2014

MSCI All Country World IMI Index (net)

-2.05%20.67%22.00%20.89%14.26%11.04%
9.67%
-

LU1890060392

Global Leaders Sustainability Fund

J (USD)3.79%14.47%13.36%14.11%6.75%-
9.28%Since29.07.2019

MSCI All Country World IMI Index (net)

-2.05%20.67%22.00%20.89%14.26%11.04%
12.23%
-
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Prices: As of 12.11.2025

Yields: As of: 31.10.2025

ISIN and Fund NameShare ClassClosing Price

Daily Change

Daily % Change

Current Yield

Fact Sheet

LU0995405320

Emerging Markets Growth Fund

J (USD)$196.06-0.11-0.06%-

LU0995405593

Emerging Markets Leaders Fund

J (USD)$186.640.320.17%-

LU1397782274

Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

J (USD)$110.150.240.22%-

LU0995405759

Global Leaders Fund

J (USD)$280.350.550.20%-

LU1890060392

Global Leaders Sustainability Fund

J (USD)$175.030.340.19%-

Our Global Equity Team

Meet the Team

Nicola Hynds

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We watch every headline, every comment, to see what’s moving the markets and driving day-to-day price action so we can take appropriate action on behalf of our clients.

Nicola Hynds

SENIOR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY TRADER, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM

Spiro Voulgaris, Partner

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The best way to predict the future is to understand history, and so I think having a great deal of stability, seniority, and continuity in our team really helps us at a beginning stage. But then beyond that, I think we have to challenge our thinking.

Spiro Voulgaris, Partner

SENIOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYST, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM
Hugo Scott-Gall Speaking on Podcast

Hugo Scott-Gall, Partner

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Thinking about the corporate lifecycle, thinking about types of growth—the more we can do that, the more I think we can uncover why great companies do so well, and the better our chances of spotting them in the future.

Hugo Scott-Gall, Partner

HEAD OF THE GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM and PORTFOLIO MANAGER 

Vivian Lin Thurston, CFA, Partner

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When clients come to see us to say thank you, that’s a very significant moment. You can’t help but be proud because what you’re doing as an asset manager is not screen-based or trading-based or market-based; it’s people-based and it’s livelihood-based.

Vivian Lin Thurston, CFA, Partner

PORTFOLIO MANAGER, GLOBAL EQUITY TEAM

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