Funds Benchmark
Funds in our coverage with SK Square Co Ltd among their ten largest positions, with about £2.0B of those funds’ assets in it. FE fundinfo data, to 31 Oct 2026.
| 5Y | Volatility | Quartile | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korea Equity FundJ.P. Morgan Asset Management | Active | 8.70% | +99.3% | Pro | Pro | 1.81% | £4.1B | Free account |
| Robeco Emerging Markets Climate Transition EquitiesRobeco | Active | 7.24% | +29.8% | Pro | Pro | 1.75% | £3.8M | Free account |
| Robeco Emerging Stars EquitiesRobeco | Active | 5.93% | +18.2% | Pro | Pro | 1.76% | £3.8B | Free account |
| Baillie Gifford Pacific FundBaillie Gifford | Active | 5.46% | +19.8% | Pro | Pro | 1.55% | £4.6B | Free account |
| Sycomore Sustainable TechSycomore AM | Active | 5.20% | +51.4% | Pro | Pro | 1.05% | £651.7M | Free account |
| Fidelity Emerging Markets Limited PTGFidelity | Not classified | 4.98% | +58.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.81% | £603.1M | Free account |
| Baillie Gifford Emerging Markets Leading Companies FundBaillie Gifford | Active | 4.67% | +45.7% | Pro | Pro | 1.54% | £791.5M | Free account |
| PXCL Emerging Market PensionPhoenix Life Limited | Not classified | 4.67% | +46.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.75% | £142.1M | Free account |
| Federated Hermes Global Emerging Markets Equity FundFederated Hermes International | Active | 4.55% | +6.0% | Pro | Pro | 1.12% | £1.5B | Free account |
| Contrarius Global Equity FundContrarius Investment Mgt Ltd | Active | 4.30% | −4.9% | Pro | Pro | 1.92% | £1.9B | Free account |
| Pacific North Of South EM All Cap EquityPacific Asset Management | Active | 4.22% | +17.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.83% | £2.7B | Free account |
| Amundi MSCI EM Asia SRI Climate Paris AlignedAmundi | Passive | 3.56% | +20.3% | Pro | Pro | 0.25% | £173.4M | Free account |
| Emerging Markets Equity ESG FundAshmore | Active | 3.33% | +32.1% | Pro | Pro | 1.33% | £100.5M | Free account |
| Robeco Emerging Markets EquitiesRobeco | Active | 3.23% | +11.1% | Pro | Pro | 1.76% | £1.4B | Free account |
| Franklin FTSE Korea UCITS ETFFranklin Templeton | Passive | 3.22% | +75.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.09% | £3.5B | Free account |
| UBS MSCI EM ex China Socially Responsible UCITS ETFUBS | Passive | 3.21% | +63.7% | Pro | Pro | 0.20% | £13.7M | Free account |
| FI Institutional Emerging Markets Equity FundFisher Investments Institutional Group | Active | 2.85% | +32.2% | Pro | Pro | 1.00% | £522.8M | Free account |
| Artemis SmartGARP Global Emerging Markets Equity FundArtemis | Active | 2.72% | +18.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.84% | £2.8B | Free account |
| Amundi MSCI Emerging Markets SRI Climate Paris AlignedAmundi | Passive | 2.65% | +8.3% | Pro | Pro | 0.16% | £2.2B | Free account |
| Emerging Markets FundFidelity | Active | 2.64% | +11.8% | Pro | Pro | 1.93% | £3.1B | Free account |
| Emerging Markets Equity ClimateAmundi | Active | 2.54% | +24.5% | Pro | Pro | 1.88% | £15.6M | Free account |
| Goldman Sachs Global Future Technology Leaders Equity PortfolioGoldman Sachs Asset Management | Active | 2.44% | +20.8% | Pro | Pro | 1.64% | £2.0B | Free account |
| UBS MSCI EM Socially Responsible UCITS ETFUBS | Passive | 2.35% | +20.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.24% | £2.7B | Free account |
| Emerging Markets Equity FundAshmore | Active | 2.35% | +30.9% | Pro | Pro | 1.27% | £603.8M | Free account |
| Asia Pacific ex Japan Screened Index Equity Sub-FundState Street Global Advisors | Passive | 1.86% | +58.3% | Pro | Pro | n/a | £275.9M | Free account |
| Amundi MSCI Emerging Ex China ESG SelectionAmundi | Passive | 1.70% | +28.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.35% | £836.9M | Free account |
| First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX® FundFirst Trust | Not classified | 1.43% | +30.6% | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Robeco Emerging Markets Equities Beta EnhancedLombard Odier | Active | 1.41% | +20.0% | Pro | Pro | 0.65% | £1.7B | Free account |
| Franklin EM Multi-Factor Equity UCITS ETFFranklin Templeton | Passive | 1.26% | +24.9% | Pro | Pro | 0.30% | £64.3M | Free account |
| Robeco QI Emerging Markets Active EquitiesRobeco | Active | 1.20% | +16.1% | Pro | Pro | 1.52% | £5.5B | Free account |
| NTCM Emerging Markets Low Carbon Plus Equity Index FGR FundNorthern Trust | Passive | 1.14% | +9.3% | Pro | Pro | 0.08% | £1.4B | Free account |
| Equity Emerging Markets LTEEurizon | Active | 1.10% | +22.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.32% | £1.3B | Free account |
| ARTICO Sustainable Emerging MarketsAWEA Fonds AG | Active | 1.10% | +30.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.75% | £79.5M | Free account |
| SJP Global Emerging Markets UTSt. James's Place International | Not classified | 1.07% | +14.5% | Pro | Pro | n/a | £2.9B | Free account |
| State Street Emerging Markets Systematic Equity Tilted Enhanced FundState Street Global Advisors | Active | 1.05% | +36.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.54% | £745.1M | Free account |
| UBS MSCI EM SelectionUBS | Passive | 1.00% | +1.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.13% | £3.7B | Free account |
| DPAM L Equities Emerging Markets Selection MSCI IndexDegroof Petercam Asset Management | Passive | 1.00% | +14.4% | Pro | Pro | 0.89% | £415.4M | Free account |
| NT Emerging Markets Selection Equity Index FundNorthern Trust | Passive | 1.00% | +15.5% | Pro | Pro | 0.13% | £182.2M | Free account |
| Columbia EM Core ex-China ETFColumbia Threadneedle Investments | Passive | 0.93% | n/a | Pro | Pro | n/a | n/a | Free account |
| Mercer Passive Emerging Markets EquityMercer | Passive | 0.84% | +14.2% | Pro | Pro | 0.36% | £3.8B | Free account |
| Mercer Passive Emerging Markets SharesMercer Investments (Australia) Limited | Passive | 0.83% | +31.6% | Pro | Pro | 0.30% | £367.8M | Free account |
| VanEck World Equal Weight Screened UCITS ETFVanEck | Passive | 0.77% | +22.8% | Pro | Pro | 0.20% | £1.2B | Free account |
Weight is the share of each fund in this company. Returns are GBP, to month end. FE quartile compares a fund with its FE sector over the same year. Fund size is in GBP. Source: FE fundinfo. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns.
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Counts events recorded in our market events log, not news volume. Information only, not advice.
Source: FE fundinfo. Holdings are each fund’s ten largest positions as reported, so a fund can have more of this company than shown or none at all. Returns are GBP to month end unless stated. Past performance is not a reliable guide to future returns. Capital is at risk. Information only, not advice or a recommendation.
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