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The Fund seeks an above average income from its equity investments without sacrificing long term capital growth. The Fund invests globally at least 70% of its total assets in the equity securities of companies domiciled in, or exercising the predominant part of their economic activity in, emerging markets. Investment may also be made in the equity securities of companies domiciled in, or exercising the predominant part of their economic activity in, developed markets that have significant business operations in emerging markets.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Emily Fletcher | Portfolio Manager | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Emily Fletcher, CFA, Managing Director, is a portfolio manager and a research analyst on the Global Emerging Markets Equities Team within BlackRock’s Fundamental Equity Group. She is responsible for co-managing the BlackRock Frontier Investment Trust, the Emerging Frontier hedge fund, Emerging Markets Sustainable Equity and the Emerging Market Equity Income strategies. Mrs. Fletcher joined the Emerging Markets team in 2008 and since then has covered African, ASEAN, Frontier and Latam equities and is based in London. Prior to moving to her current role in 2008, Ms. Fletcher was a member of the Multi-Asset Portfolio Strategies (MAPS) group and the UK Equity team. She joined BlackRock as an Analyst in 2006. Mrs. Fletcher earned a BA degree and an MSc degree in experimental and theoretical physics, both from the University of Cambridge in 2005 and 2006, respectively. | ||
Stephen Andrews | Portfolio Manager | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Stephen Andrews, Managing Director, is Co-Head of Global Emerging Markets Equities for BlackRock’s Fundamental Equity Group. Mr. Andrews is lead portfolio manager for the Asian Dragon strategy and co-manages the Asian Unconstrained Strategy, Emerging Markets Sustainable Equity Strategy and the Income strategies. Prior to joining BlackRock in November 2017, Mr Andrews spent a 20-year career in the investment industry. During this time he has worked (and been based in) a variety of markets including Europe, the Middle East and now Asia. Prior to joining he was Head of Asian Financials Research and co-Head of Global Banks coverage at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong. Mr. Andrews earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree (1st class) from the University of Birmingham, UK, in 1996. | ||
Alethea Leung | Manager | 2017 | 2018 |
Biography | Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2017; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2002 to 2017. | ||
Gordon Fraser | Portfolio Manager | 2017 | 2018 |
Biography | Gordon Fraser, CFA, Managing Director, is Co-Head of Global Emerging Markets Equities for BlackRock’s Fundamental Equity Group. Mr. Fraser is lead portfolio manager for the Core Global Emerging Markets strategy and co-manages the Emerging Frontiers Hedge Fund. Mr. Fraser is also named manager on the Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund. Mr. Fraser is platform lead for macroeconomic analysis. He joined BlackRock as an Analyst in 2006. Mr. Fraser earned a BA (1st class) and an MPhil (distinction) in Economics from Cambridge University in 2006. He is also a CFA Charterholder. | ||
Dhiren Shah | Head | 2011 | 2017 |
Biography | Dhiren Shah is the Head of All Cap Equity Investment team of Ashmore Investment Advisors Limited. Prior to joining the firm in 2017, Mr. Shah was with BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited (formerly Merrill Lynch Investment Managers). He has been involved in the management of a range of Emerging Markets Equity products for both retail and institutional clients. In recent roles, Mr. Shah also had the responsibility as co-head and head of research for the Global Emerging Markets team at BlackRock. He is a CFA charter holder and gained a 1st in Economics from University College London. | ||
Luiz Soares | Managing Director | 2012 | 2017 |
Biography | Luiz Soares, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, is head of BlackRock's Global Emerging Markets Equity Team. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2012, Mr Soares began his career in 1993 with Andersen Consulting in Brazil, moving to Reuters in the US in 1997 to work on fixed income derivatives. In 2000, he joined Axiom International Investors where he was initially a research analyst covering Latin America. Mr. Soares was appointed to manage the Axiom Emerging Markets Equity Fund in August 2007. Mr. Soares holds a B. S. in Business Management and Applied Economics from Cornell University. |
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