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Emerging Markets Total OpportunitiesSM — Series
Portfolio data as of March 31, 2019 (updated monthly)
- Summary
- Management Team
- Distributions
Investment Objective
Seeks long-term growth and preservation of capital by investing primarily in a broad range of equity and debt securities of emerging markets issuers. The fund seeks to achieve this objective with lower volatility of returns than emerging markets equities.
Fund Description
A lower volatility approach to emerging markets
Invests in stocks and bonds with a well-defined process for managing volatility.
Invests in stocks and bonds with a well-defined process for managing volatility.
Returns
Growth of $10,000 Since Inception (Series )
Returns include reinvestment of all distributions and do not reflect the effect of a sales charge. Past returns are not predictive of future returns.
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*Annualized compound returns
Portfolio Information
| Fund assets ($mil) combined series | $344.0 | |
| Yield1 | 4.8% | |
| Companies / issuers | 169 | |
| Income distributions paid | December | |
| Capital gains paid | December | |
| Return of capital2 | Monthly | |
| Portfolio turnover (2018) | 63% | |
| Trading expense ratio3 | 0.07% | |
Sector Diversification
| Equity | 45.8% |
| Consumer discretionary | 9.3% |
| Financials | 7.5% |
| Materials | 5.1% |
| Information technology | 4.7% |
| Communication services | 3.9% |
| Consumer staples | 3.7% |
| Industrials | 3.1% |
| Health care | 2.8% |
| Real estate | 2.1% |
| Energy | 1.9% |
| Utilities | 1.7% |
| Bonds | 47.4% |
| Hard currency government4 | 24.5% |
| Local currency government | 13.3% |
| Corporate | 6.3% |
| Inflation-linked | 3.3% |
| Cash and cash equivalents & other assets less liabilities |
6.8% |
| Total portfolio | 100.0% |
| Effective the end of September 2018, the telecommunication services sector was broadened and renamed to communication services. Certain stocks in the information technology and consumer discretionary sectors were reclassified as communication services companies. | |
Portfolio Characteristics
| FundSERV | |||
| MER5 | |||
| Fund inception | |||
| Minimum initial investment |
Management Team
| Years with Capital / Years in profession | |
| Steven G. Backes | 12 / 25 |
| Luis Freitas de Oliveira | 25 / 30 |
| Ric Torres | 26 / 26 |
| Shaw B. Wagener | 37 / 37 |
Top 10 Holdings
| Sri Lanka government bond (USD) | 3.0% |
| Mexico government bond (MXN) | 2.9% |
| Egypt government bond (EGP) | 2.2% |
| Brazil government inflation-linked bond (BRL) | 2.1% |
| Samsung Electronics (equity) | 1.9% |
| Argentina government bond (USD) | 1.8% |
| Turkey government bond (USD) | 1.7% |
| Pakistan government bond (USD) | 1.6% |
| Greece government bond (EUR) | 1.5% |
| Argentina government bond (ARS) | 1.4% |
| Total top 10 holdings | 20.1% |
Quarterly holdings (PDF)
Geographic Diversification
| Equity | Bonds | Portfolio | ||
| Asia | 17.2% | 9.6% | 26.8% | |
| Latin America | 5.8% | 17.3% | 23.1% | |
| Europe | 7.6% | 4.5% | 12.1% | |
| Africa | 1.8% | 8.8% | 10.6% | |
| Middle East | 1.6% | 6.9% | 8.5% | |
| Pacific Basin | 7.5% | 0.0% | 7.5% | |
| North America | 4.3% | 0.3% | 4.6% | |
| Cash and cash equivalents & other assets less liabilities |
6.8% | |||
| Total portfolio | 100.0% | |||
| 1 | Reflects a weighted yield that includes a dividend yield for equities and yield to workout for bonds. |
| 2 | Payable on Series T4 and F4 only. |
| 3 | As of December 31, 2018. |
| 4 | The hard currency government category includes government bonds denominated in USD. |
| 5 |
Capital Group, at its discretion, currently waives some of its management fees or absorbs some expenses of certain Capital Group funds. Such waivers and absorptions may be terminated at any time, but can be expected to continue for certain portfolios until such time as such funds are of sufficient size to reasonably absorb all management fees and expenses incurred in their operations.
The management expense ratios for the portfolios are based on audited total expenses for the year ended December 31, 2018 and are expressed as an annualized percentage of daily average net assets during the period. Actual MERs may vary. The following lists the management expense ratios for Capital Group Emerging Markets Total Opportunities Fund (Canada) before waivers or absorptions for the year ended December 31, 2018: Series A, 2.48%; Series B, 2.72%; Series D, 1.87%; Series F, 1.29%; Series T4, 3.56%; Series F4, 1.53%; Series I, 0.20%.
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| Updated on a monthly basis. | |
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Steven G. Backes
Years at Capital: 12
Years in profession: 25
Based in New York
Steven G. Backes is a portfolio manager at Capital Group and is one of the managers of Capital Group Emerging Markets Total Opportunities Fund (Canada). As a fixed income investment analyst he covers emerging markets debt. Prior to joining Capital, he was a senior economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Before that, he served as a director, financial attaché, and special advisor at the United States Treasury and as an economist for the International Monetary Fund. He holds both a PhD and a master's degree in economics from Duke University, and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Steven is based in New York.
Luis Freitas de Oliveira
Years at Capital: 25
Years in profession: 30
Based in Geneva
Luis Freitas de Oliveira is a portfolio manager at Capital Group and is one of the managers of Capital Group Emerging Markets Total Opportunities Fund (Canada). He is chairman of Capital International Sàrl. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, Luis covered financial institutions in emerging markets. Before joining Capital, he was a corporate banker for Citibank N.A. in Brazil. He holds a master's degree in business administration from INSEAD, France, and a bachelor's degree in economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Luis is based in Geneva.
Ric Torres
Years at Capital: 26
Years in profession: 26
Based in London
Ric Torres is a portfolio manager at Capital Group and is one of the mangers of Capital Group Emerging Markets Total Opportunities Fund (Canada). Earlier in his career at Capital as an equity investment analyst, he covered Latin American banks, industrials, transportation and real-estate companies. He was also a trader of emerging markets equity securities. Ric began his career at Capital as a participant in The Associates Program, a two-year series of work assignments in various areas of the organization. He holds a bachelor's degree in government from Harvard College graduating cum laude. Ric is based in London.
Shaw B. Wagener
Years at Capital: 37
Years in profession: 37
Based in Los Angeles
Shaw B. Wagener is a portfolio manager at Capital Group and is one of the managers of Capital Group Emerging Markets Total Opportunities Fund (Canada). He is chairman of Capital Group International, Inc. and serves on the Capital Group Companies Management Committee. Earlier in his career, Shaw was an equity trader at Capital and then head of equity trading. He holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from Claremont McKenna College graduating cum laude. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Shaw is based in Los Angeles.
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