France’s Natixis Asset Management has recently opened a Singapore subsidiary called Emerise that will tap the potentials of emerging markets worldwide.
“The potential of emerging markets is still very underestimated by investors: emerging economies represent more than 50% of the global market GDP, while their market capitalization only accounts for 10%. Furthermore, positive long-term prospects make these markets particularly attractive, both in terms of growth potential and portfolio diversification,” the French asset manager said in a statement.
Emerise is based in both Singapore and Paris and covers all emerging markets in Asia, Europe, Latin America. All market capitalizations – small, mid and large – will also be under its radar.
“Convinced that small and mid cap stocks with strong growth prospects can provide superior returns to other corporate categories, Emerise strives to integrate these high value-added stocks in all of its portfolios. Emerise believes that small & mid cap companies represent the true emerging corporate world,” the company said.
Emerise manages equity funds comprised of 50 to 70 stocks (as of May 2015) and distributed by the global distribution platform of Natixis.
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