Frontier and emerging markets fund managers are being welcomed onto the EMMA UCITS platform for the first time since its inception.

Frontier and emerging markets fund managers are being welcomed onto the EMMA UCITS platform for the first time since its inception.

The platform offers fund managers full European passporting distribution rights without having to conscribe to AIFMD regulation, and already plays host to emerging market managers such as BTG Pactual, Itaú and Lion Global Investors amongst others.

EMMA UCITS platforms have grown in popularity in the wake of the global financial crisis as their transparent, liquid and regulated structure help investors secure returns for their clients.

“The EMMA UCITS platform offers investment managers a simple and attractive infrastructure solution that is designed to appeal to both large and established Frontier/EM groups that have their own distribution and marketing capabilities, and to growing managers looking to minimise costs,” says Simon Hopkins, chief executive at Milltrust International Group.

Milltrust International will onboard new fund managers onto the platform within 10-12 weeks. It will also subsequently act as the platform’s advisor and promoter of the fund.

The firm will also undertake periodic due diligence reviews of fund managers and monitor all investments and enforce compliance, reporting to the board of directors and Central Bank of Ireland.

“The funds on the platform act as stand-alone investment opportunities or as complementary building blocks for a genuine global emerging markets offering across all the funds on the platform,” said Alexander Kalis, managing partner and investment director at Milltrust International.