ESSAX : Ashmore Emerging Markets Small Cap Equity Fund Class A

Fund Summary

The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities and equity-related investments of Small-Capitalization Emerging Market Issuers, which may be denominated in any currency, including the local currency of the issuer. The subadviser currently defines a small-capitalization issuer as any issuer included in the MSCI Emerging Market Small Cap Index at the time of purchase, as well as any issuer with a market capitalization that is in the lowest 15% of the market capitalization range of issuers included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Investible Market Index (IMI) at the time of purchase.