Natixis IM launches WCM Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Natixis IM launches WCM Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund

27 november 2019

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Natixis Investment Managers today announced the launch of a Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund (the “Fund”) from US-based, affiliated manager*, WCM Investment Management (“WCM”).

The new Luxembourg-domiciled Fund uses an actively-managed, bottom-up, fundamental approach to construct a concentrated, low-turnover emerging markets portfolio. The Fund’s goal is to achieve long-term, risk-adjusted excess returns.

WCM seeks to identify companies with attractive fundamentals, such as high or rising return on invested capital or long-term historical growth in revenue and earnings. More importantly, WCM seeks companies with strengthening competitive advantages, supported by superior, strategically-aligned corporate cultures, and durable global tailwinds.

The Fund is managed by the WCM Emerging Markets PM team, comprised of Mike Trigg, Pete Hunkel, Sanjay Ayer, Mike Tian, and Greg Ise—all of whom serve as portfolio managers and business analysts for the Fund. This team is supported by a group of six global generalists and a dedicated business culture analyst.

The Fund is open to both institutional and retail investors.

Based in California with US$42.6 billion AUM**, WCM formed a global distribution partnership with Natixis Investment Managers in April 2019. The Fund is the first WCM strategy launched internationally on the Natixis platform and will provide clients with easy access to the West Coast investment manager.

“We are pleased to be able to offer clients access to a high conviction growth equity manager with a strong track record and a proven investment process,” says Matt Shafer, International Head of Wholesale Distribution at Natixis IM. “The Fund provides investors with a diversification tool from other equity markets, helping build portfolios to navigate different market conditions.”

“With Natixis Investment Managers’ centralized distribution capabilities,” explains Paul Black, WCM President & co-CEO, “we are well positioned to deliver our investment expertise to a much wider client base. Through our long-term, low-turnover approach to investing, we see a number of opportunities in the emerging markets universe. We believe that the emerging middle class will continue to grow their disposable income and, as they do, they will behave more like consumers in the developed world: demanding better health care, more advanced technology, and higher-quality consumer goods. In our view, the Fund is well-positioned to tap into these trends, tailwinds, and potential growth opportunities in developing economies.”

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