AKAF
The Frontier Economic Fund
📎 Investment Objective
The Frontier Economic Fund (AKAF) seeks to provide exposure to the equity markets of frontier economies, which are less developed than emerging markets. The fund aims to capture the growth potential of these rapidly developing nations.
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Investment Summary
📎 Investment Objective
The Frontier Economic Fund (AKAF) seeks to provide exposure to the equity markets of frontier economies, which are less developed than emerging markets. The fund aims to capture the growth potential of these rapidly developing nations.
🎯 Investment Strategy
AKAF invests in a diversified portfolio of stocks from frontier market countries. The fund's managers use a bottom-up, fundamental approach to identify undervalued companies with strong growth prospects. The portfolio is designed to provide broad exposure across different frontier market economies and sectors.
✨ Key Features
- Focuses on frontier market equities, which offer higher growth potential than developed markets
- Diversified portfolio across frontier economies to manage country-specific risks
- Actively managed fund that seeks to identify attractive investment opportunities
- Low expense ratio of 0.00%
⚠️ Primary Risks
- Higher volatility and risk compared to more established emerging or developed markets
- Potential for political, economic, and currency instability in frontier countries
- Limited liquidity and transparency in frontier market exchanges
- Concentration risk as the fund is focused on a narrow subset of global equities
👤 Best For
The Frontier Economic Fund (AKAF) may be suitable for investors with a long-term investment horizon and a higher risk tolerance who are looking to diversify their portfolio and gain exposure to the growth potential of frontier market economies. However, due to the fund's limited track record and small asset size, it may be appropriate for only a small allocation within a well-diversified portfolio.
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