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Top Trumps: Emerging markets equity – 18 September 2026

This week FSA compares two emerging market equity funds: the Man Systematic Emerging Markets Equity fund and the PGIM Quant Solutions Emerging Markets Equity Fund.

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.

Man Systematic Emerging Markets Equity

The Fund’s objective is to earn a return on investment greater than the returns available from investments in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

Top 10 holdings:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd15.3%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd8.4%
SK hynix Inc7.8%
Tencent Holdings Ltd2.6%
China Construction Bank Corp1.3%
Delta Electronics1.2%
MediaTek Inc1.1%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd1.0%
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd1.0%
ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd1.0%

PGIM Quant Solutions Emerging Markets Equity Fund

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide returns in excess of the Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Index over full market cycles.

Top 10 holdings:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd14.5%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd7.1%
SK hynix Inc5.4%
Mini MSCI Emerging Markets Future September3.3%
Tencent Holdings Ltd2.6%
China Construction Bank Corp1.5%
MediaTek Inc1.5%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd1.3%
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd1.1%
ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd0.9%

*All relevant fund data converted to US dollars for comparative purposes. Performance, alpha and volatility are annualised over three years with data as reported at the end of last month. Information ratio (IR) aims to measure a portfolio manager’s consistent ability to generate excess returns relative to a benchmark. The higher the IR, the more consistent the manager is.

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