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Standard & Poor's
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U.S. News evaluated 77 Emerging Markets Bond Funds. Our list highlights the top-rated funds for long-term investors based on the ratings of leading fund industry researchers.
Performance
The fund has returned 12.07 percent over the past year.
| Trailing Returns | Updated 04.30.2013 |
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| Year to date | 3.2% |
| 1 Year | 12.1% |
| 3 Years (Annualized) | N/A |
| 5 Years (Annualized) | N/A |
| 10 Years (Annualized) | N/A |
Summary
The investment seeks to maximize total return. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing principally in debt instruments of Sovereign and Quasi-Sovereign issuers of Emerging Market Countries that are denominated in the local currency of the issuer. Sovereigns are governments of Emerging Market Countries. Quasi-Sovereigns are governmental entities, agencies and other issuers the obligations of which are guaranteed by an emerging market government and issuers otherwise represented in the J.P. Morgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets Global Diversified or a similar index as determined by the Investment Manager. It is non-diversified.
Fees
Fees are Low compared to funds in the same category.
Ashmore Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund has an expense ratio of 1.25 percent.
Risk
Risk is N/A compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.
