Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust - New manager oversees improved performance

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT) aims to generate long-term capital growth from a portfolio of emerging market equities that is diversified by geography and sector. Carlos Hardenberg took over as lead manager on 1 October 2015, since when there has been a noticeable improvement in performance. TEMIT has outperformed its MSCI Emerging Markets Index benchmark by c 11pp over the last 12 months and has the best performance versus its peers by a considerable margin. Due to its substantial revenue reserves, the trust was able to maintain its FY17 annual dividend at 8.25p per share and a change in expense allocation will boost revenue returns from FY18; its current yield is 1.1%.