Attractive investment opportunities in abundance

Utilico Emerging Markets (UEM) is a closed-end investment company aiming to generate long-term total returns from a portfolio of emerging market equities, primarily in the infrastructure, utility and related sectors. Since launch, UEM has been managed by Charles Jillings supported by the specialist investment team at ICM. He is bullish on the outlook for emerging market equities, evidenced by UEM’s increased level of gearing; the manager suggests that there are plenty of attractively valued companies available to invest in. UEM has a progressive dividend policy; annual dividends have been increased or maintained every year since the fund was launched in July 2005; its current dividend yield is 3.1%.