Comgest Growth Emerging Markets Fund

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Comgest Growth Emerging Markets GBP U Acc

Category Global Emerging Markets Equity

This fund can be held in an Investment ISA, SIPP and Investment Account

Last buy/sell price

£30.58

arrow-down£-0.29 (-0.94%)

Fund Code

CEMUA

B40MC74

IE00B40MC740

Prices updated as at 11 Dec 2025

Prices in GBP

Investment objective

The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve capital appreciation by creating a professionally managed portfolio consisting of what, in the opinion of the Investment Manager, are high quality long-term growth companies based or operating in Emerging Markets. In pursuit of the Investment Objective, the Investment Manager intends investing in shares or equity linked securities including depositary receipts, preferred stock, convertible bonds and debentures which are convertible into equity securities, predominantly issued by companies having their headquarters or carrying out their predominant activities in Emerging Markets and quoted or traded on Regulated Markets.

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Company name

Comgest Asset Management Intl Ltd

Fund launch date

21 Nov 2003

Domicile

Ireland

UCITS

Yes

Lead manager

Slabbert van Zyl

Lead manager start date

30 Sep 2021

Lead fund manager biography

Slabbert van Zyl joined Comgest in 2014 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global Emerging Markets equities. He co-leads the GEM, GEM ex-China and GEM Plus strategies. Slabbert contributes to the investment team's research coverage by selecting diverse quality growth GEM companies. Prior to joining Comgest, Slabbert qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers and gained six years’ experience as a South African Investment Analyst in Cape Town. Slabbert graduated from the University of Pretoria with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting before gaining a post-graduate qualification in the same field from the University of Johannesburg. He is a CFA® charterholder.

Fund manager

Nick Payne

Manager start date

19 May 2025

Fund manager biography

Nick Payne joined Comgest in 2025 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global Emerging Market equities. Prior to joining Comgest, Nick was Head of Global Emerging Market equities at Jupiter Asset Management in London for seven years. He previously worked at Nomura Asset Management and was a Partner at Rexiter Capital Management, a specialist emerging markets boutique, from 1999 to 2012. His career in emerging markets began at Kleinwort Benson Investment Management in 1996. Nick holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Commerce and German from the University of Birmingham (UK) and is an Associate of the Society of Investment Professionals (ASIP), the UK’s forerunner to the CFA, now affiliated with CFA UK, the local chapter of the CFA Institute.

Head office

6th Floor, 2 Grand Canal Square

Dublin

Ireland

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