Emerging markets and commodities may be two of the more unloved areas of investment at present but funds that focus on these asset classes feature among the five highlighted by Schroders' head of multi-manager Marcus Brookes as potentially interesting possibilities for last-minute ISA allocations.
"Emerging markets have underperformed developed markets over recent years, and it is an area we have largely been avoiding," he admits. "However, we recent started dipping our toe back in the water as we think the region is starting to become more attractive. "One of the funds we like in this area is Artemis Global Emerging Markets, managed by Peter Saacke and Raheel Altaf, using the firm's ‘SmartGARP' approach. The fund is not too big and cumbersome, which gives it added flexibility to invest across the emerging markets spectrum, and it has a strong team behind it. We think it is a good...
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