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Domicile | Luxembourg | Legal Structure | SICAV | UCITS | Yes | Inception Date | 19/12/2017 | ![](/includes/images/clear.gif) | Fund Advisor(s) | Capital Research and Management Company |
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Fund Manager | Akira Shiraishi | Manager Start Date | 01/01/2021 | Career Start Year | 1998 |
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Akira Shiraishi is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 26 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 20 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, his coverage included Asian health care companies, Japanese real estate, J-REITs, construction, home building and building materials, imaging, semiconductor & semiconductor equipment companies; Korean small-caps and U.S. semiconductor equipment companies and Japanese small- and mid-cap companies as a generalist. Prior to joining Capital, Akira was a portfolio manager and research analyst covering Japanese equities at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Before that, he was an interest rates derivatives trader at UBS Securities. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Lake Forest College as a Grew Scholar, graduating magna cum laude. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Akira is based in Los Angeles. |
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Fund Manager | Lisa Thompson | Manager Start Date | 01/10/2019 | Career Start Year | 1988 |
Education | University of Pennsylvania, B.A. |
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Lisa Thompson is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. She has 35 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 29 years. Earlier in her career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, Lisa covered companies in Latin America, emerging Europe, West Asia and Africa. Before joining Capital, Lisa was a securities analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. She was also a securities analyst and quantitative analyst at the Nomura Research Institute in New York. She holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania and the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Lisa is based in New York. |
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Fund Manager | Christopher Thomsen | Manager Start Date | 28/10/2016 | Career Start Year | 1998 |
Education | University of Vermont, B.A. | University of Chicago, B.A. |
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Christopher Thomsen is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 26 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered European and Asian media companies, Hong Kong-based utilities, property companies, conglomerates and small-cap companies along with generalist coverage of other companies domiciled in Hong Kong and the Philippines. Prior to joining Capital, Chris worked as a corporate finance analyst for Citibank NA. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a bachelor's degree in international economics from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Chris is based in London. |
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Fund Manager | Bradford Freer | Manager Start Date | 01/01/2017 | Career Start Year | 1993 |
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Bradford F. Freer is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. Brad has 31 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 30 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, he was an equity investment analyst covering multiple sectors as a generalist in both Australia and India. Before that he was an equities trader in both Singapore and Hong Kong. Brad was also a participant in The Associates Program, a two-year series of work assignments in various areas of the Capital organization. He holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from Connecticut College, as well as the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Brad is based in London. |
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Fund Manager | Matt Hochstetler | Manager Start Date | 01/11/2023 | Career Start Year | 2003 |
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Matt Hochstetler is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 25 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 10 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered Latin America, Greece and Canadian stocks as a generalist. Prior to joining Capital, Matt co-founded the Emerging Markets Fund at Janus Capital where he served as one of the portfolio managers on the fund. In addition, Matt co-managed the Janus Real Return Fund and was also an equity research analyst at Janus Capital. Before that, he worked at Bain & Company and Chase Capital Partners. He holds an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree Phi Beta Kappa in international finance and economics from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Matt is based in San Francisco. |
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Fund Manager | Winnie Kwan | Manager Start Date | 28/10/2016 | Career Start Year | 1997 |
Education | University of Cambridge, B.A. | University of Cambridge, M.A. |
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Winnie Kwan is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. She has 27 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 24 years. Earlier in her career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, she covered global exchanges, Asian utilities and small-cap companies. Prior to joining Capital, Winnie worked with Morgan Stanley in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. She holds both master's and bachelor's degrees in economics from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. Winnie is based in Hong Kong. |
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Fund Manager | Kirstie Spence | Manager Start Date | 01/12/2019 | Career Start Year | 1996 |
Education | University of St. Andrews, M.A. |
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Kirstie Spence is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. She also serves on the Capital Group Management Committee. She has 28 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in her career at Capital, Kirstie was a fixed income investment analyst and her coverage included sovereign debt in emerging markets with a focus on Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, as well as European telecommunications as a credit analyst. |
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Fund Manager | Tomonori Tani | Manager Start Date | 01/10/2019 | Career Start Year | 1999 |
Education | Sophia University, B.A. |
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Tomonori Tani is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 25 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 19 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, he was an equity investment analyst covering Asian (excluding Australia and India) banks and financials. Prior to joining Capital, he was an analyst and team leader for the Japanese financial sector with Fidelity Investments Japan and a portfolio manager of Fidelity Select Financial Service Fund. |
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Fund Manager | Dawid Justus | Manager Start Date | 01/01/2022 | Career Start Year | 2000 |
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Dawid Justus is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered European travel software and Africa as a generalist. He has 24 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 19 years. Earlier in his career at Capital he covered European business services and small-capitalization and South African financial and industrial companies. Prior to joining Capital, he was an equity analyst with Putnam Investments. |
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Fund Manager | Piyada Phanaphat | Manager Start Date | 01/01/2021 | Career Start Year | 2003 |
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Piyada Phanaphat is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. She has 21 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 16 years. Earlier in her career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, she covered Asian energy, cement and small-cap companies. Prior to joining Capital, Piyada worked in corporate finance at J.P. Morgan Hong Kong and as an equity research analyst at UBS Thailand. Piyada holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and both a master's degree and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Piyada is based in Hong Kong. |
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Fund Manager | Robert Lovelace | Manager Start Date | 28/10/2016 | Career Start Year | 1985 |
Education | Princeton University, A.B. |
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Robert W. Lovelace is an equity portfolio manager and chair of Capital International, Inc. Rob has 38 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in his career, Rob was an equity investment analyst at Capital covering global mining & metals companies and companies domiciled in Mexico and the Philippines. He holds a bachelor's degree in mineral economics (geology) from Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Rob is based in Los Angeles. |
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Fund Manager | Carl Kawaja | Manager Start Date | 01/01/2018 | Career Start Year | 1987 |
Education | Columbia University, M.B.A. | Brown University, B.A. |
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Carl M. Kawaja is chair of Capital Research and Management Company, part of Capital Group. He is also an equity portfolio manager. Carl has 37 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 32 years. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, he covered global household products and U.S. personal care companies, along with Canadian companies. Before joining Capital, Carl was a security analyst for Gabelli & Company in New York, as well as an equity analyst for Lévesque Beaubien in Montreal. |