Halfway through 2020, the world remains in the grip of a global pandemic, an economic shock of unprecedented scope and magnitude. Investors’ initial response was a flight to safety. Risky assets — whose valuations depend upon uncertain future cash flows — initially suffered severely. Equities, corporate bonds and real estate all sold off sharply only to stage a dramatic rebound.
Rather than use ESG in isolation as a screening tool, Mondrian believes it is better used as a risk factor which can be priced along with other credit risk factors and demand a higher return on capital to compensate us for additional ESG risk.
Ginny Chong, Senior Portfolio Manager at Mondrian was recently interviewed by Chief Investment Officer magazine in the article “Is China Unstoppable?” Ms. Chong commented on the extent that the authoritarian Chinese government is an inhibiting force to innovative thinking.
Value has somewhat different meanings depending on one’s specific interpretation. We thought it would be interesting to further expand, and give our explanation of Mondrian’s emerging market portfolio value credentials by looking through a few different lenses.
At the African National Congress (ANC) election in December 2017, Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as the new leader of the party, replacing the ineffective and corrupt incumbent Jacob Zuma. Pure relief at a change of leader led to such exuberance in financial markets that the phrase ‘Ramaphoria’ was coined.
We are pleased to announce the reorganizations of the Laudus Mondrian International Equity Fund (LIEIX), Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund (LEMNX) and the Laudus Mondrian International Government Fixed Income Fund (LIFNX) effective September 24, 2018.
Mondrian is an employee owned investment management firm with offices in London, Philadelphia and Singapore. We are value investors across the globe in both equity and fixed income asset classes. Founded in 1990, we have employed a rigorous fundamental research process that is the foundation of our success. Mondrian’s well resourced investment team manages assets on behalf of over 250 institutional clients.
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