The team at GuardCap has been managing emerging markets equities in a variety of investment vehicles for several years. 2024 marks the eighth full calendar year for the UCITS version of our emerging markets equity strategy. Since 2017, we have written to our unitholders and published this letter on our website for others who are interested.
2024 in review
2024 was a second consecutive year of reasonable returns for emerging market equities, albeit these were overshadowed by another year of exceptional returns for US equity markets. The strong dollar was a significant contributor to lower returns from foreign currency assets for dollar-based investors, particularly after the election victory of Donald Trump in November raised expectations for the future level of US interest rates.
Download the 2024 Annual Letter to read more.