Seafarer launches EM growth fund with skew to Asia

Andrew Foster, the ex-CIO of Matthews Asia, has just launched the Seafarer Overseas Growth and Income Fund. It will be an emerging markets focused fund with a heavy skew towards Asia. Structured as a no-load mutual fund, it will invest in equities, convertibles and fixed income securities. Moreover, it will invest not only in emerging market securities, but also those from developed markets that benefit from emerging market growth. According to Foster, the fund aims to “get the …