Artisan Partners launches developing world Ucits fund

Artisan Partners has launched developing world fund, an Ireland-domiciled Ucits fund managed in line with the Artisan Developing World strategy, which incepted on 1 July 2015 and managed $1,993m as of 31 December 2018. The fund is managed by Lewis S. Kaufman, founding portfolio manager of the developing world team and also managing director of Artisan Partners. Kaufman commented, "We believe compounded business value drives long-term capital appreciation and seek to optimise our stock selection process for challenges unique to the developing world. Our investment process emphasises fi...