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Philipp Haas From Precy Dumlao, Opalesque Asia:

GEM ’s Emerging Value Opportunities Fund (EVOF), managed by Bahamas-based emerging markets-focused investment manager GEM Global Equities Management S.A., was down 3.3% in July (and down 40.7% YTD). The fund is up 122.5% since its 1993 inception and the NAV is $673.46 as at 31-July.

Comparatively, the MSCI Emerging Markets Total Return Index was up by 8.3% (1.7% YTD) and the MSCI AC World Total Return Index was up by 8.2% (-1.7% YTD) during the same month.

In a July 2010 newsletter, the managers said that despite recent indications of slower growth in the U.S. economy and some easing of China’s expansion, the macro “big picture” still looks encouraging: “The main risks to the outlook are an adverse impact to growth arising from stiff fiscal tightening in the Eurozone which does not ‘crowd in’ business investment but instead just results in a slide in economic growth. Rising protectionism also remains a threat though the risks of a US-China trade war seem to have dissipated recently.”

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