Risk Considerations

  1. The Fund is actively managed and invests mainly in a diversified portfolio of shares of frontier markets companies.
  2. Investment in the Fund involves risks, including general investment risk, equity market risk, risks associated with depositary receipts, frontier markets risk, risk associated with high volatility of equity markets in frontier countries,  risk associated with regulatory/exchanges requirements of the equity markets in frontier countries, geographic concentration risk, small and mid-capitalisation shares risk and currency risk which may result in loss of a part or the entire amount of your investment. 
  3. The Fund may use derivatives for hedging and efficient portfolio management and is subject to derivatives risk. Exposure to derivatives may lead to a risk of significant loss by the Fund.
  4. The value of the Fund can be volatile and could go down substantially.
  5. Investors should not invest in the Fund solely based on this website.

Investment involves risk. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current or future results and should not be the sole factor of consideration when selecting a product or strategy.

SICAV
Frontier Markets Equity Fund
Seeking to identify quality growing companies trading at attractive valuations in countries on the cusp of rapid development.
ISIN LU1079763535
FACTSHEET
KFS
Johannes Loefstrand,
Portfolio Manager
Johannes Loefstrand is the portfolio manager of the Frontier Markets Equity Fund.

Overview
Strategy
Fund Summary
Long-term capital growth by investing in a diversified portfolio of high quality companies from across the entire frontier universe.
Performance - Net of Fees

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.


Team
Johannes Loefstrand,
Portfolio Manager
Johannes Loefstrand is the portfolio manager of the Frontier Markets Equity Fund.
Portfolio Manager since
2020
Years at T. Rowe Price
4
Years investment experience
6
Charles Knudsen,
Portfolio Specialist
Chuck Knudsen is a portfolio specialist in the Equity Division of T. Rowe Price.
Years at
T. Rowe Price
15
Years investment experience
33
Irmak Surenkok,
Portfolio Specialist
Irmak Surenkok is a portfolio specialist in the Equity Division at T. Rowe Price, representing the firm's regional and global emerging markets equity portfolio managers to institutional clients, consultants and prospects.
Years at T. Rowe Price
3
Years investment experience
17

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Effective 1 January 2020, the benchmark for the Fund changed to MSCI Frontier Markets 10/40 Net Index. Prior to this change, the benchmark was MSCI Frontier Markets Net Index. Historical benchmark performance has not been restated.

Unless otherwise specified, all fund ratings, awards and data are as of 31-May-2023 and sourced from T. Rowe Price. 

SICAV refers to the T. Rowe Price Funds SICAV, a Luxembourg investment company with variable capital which is registered with Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier and which qualifies as an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (“UCITS”).

Source for performance: T. Rowe Price. Fund performance is calculated using the official NAV with dividends reinvested in the share class currency, if any. The value of an investment and any income from it can go down as well as up. Investors may get back less than the amount invested. It will be affected by changes in the exchange rate between the base currency of the fund and the subscription currency, if different. Sales charges (up to a maximum of 5% for the A Class), taxes and other locally applied costs have not been deducted and if applicable, they will reduce the performance figures.  

Please refer to the factsheet for the Minimum Performance Information and other details.

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The calendar year performance of a share class in its year of inception is calculated from its inception date to the last day of that year, which is not a full year return.

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The specific securities identified and described in this website do not represent all of the securities purchased, sold, or recommended for the sub-fund and no assumptions should be made that the securities identified and discussed were or will be profitable.

Where Top 10 Contributor and Detractor figures are shown (within the Holdings sections), these represent the Top 10 contributing/detracting securities by percentage of positive or negative contribution to performance as of 31-May-2023.

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Calculation methodology of the contributors/detractors is available upon request. The specific securities identified and described do not represent all of the securities purchased, sold, or recommended for clients in the fund. A complete list of contributors/detractors for the period covered is available upon request.

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