Based on the popular 80s card game, each week we select an asset class and use FE fundinfo data to compare two funds based on their three-year performance, assets under management, alpha, volatility, ongoing charges and information ratio to decide which is the Top Trump.
This week, the Templeton Frontier Markets fund defeats the T Rowe Price Frontier Markets Equity fund: 4-2.
T Rowe Price Frontier Markets Equity fund
The fund aims to increase the value of its shares, over the long term, through growth in the value of its investments.
Top 10 holdings:
- Joint Stock Company Kaspi.KZ (5.86%)
- Banca Transilvania (5.30%)
- FPT Corp (4.84%)
- Hoa Phat Group (4.19%)
- Asia Commercial Bank (3.73%)
- Military Commercial Joint Stock (3.31%)
- OMV Petrom (3.21%)
- Nova Ljubljanska Banka (3.03%)
- Commercial Bank Foreign Trade Vietnam (2.80%)
- Joint Stock Company National Atomic Company Kazatomprom (2.70%)
Templeton Frontier Markets fund
The fund aims to increase the value of its investments over the medium and long term. The investment team uses global research to focus on identifying companies in frontier markets that it believes are overlooked by other investors and offer an opportunity for increased value over the long term.
Top 10 holdings:
- FPT Corp (9.75%)
- Joint Stock Company Kaspi. KZ (5.35%)
- International Container Ter Ser Inc (4.89%)
- Nova Ljubljanska Banka (4.52%)
- Credicorp (3.99%)
- Military Commercial Joint Stock (3.72%)
- Banka Transilvania SA (3.28%)
- Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan (3.23%)
- Mobile World Investment Corp (3.11%0
- Bank of Georgia Group (2.83%)
