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Ashmore Emerging Markets Total Return Fund (EMKIX)
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Ashmore Emerging Markets Total Return Fund (EMKIX)

Mutual Fund · Currency in USD · Last updated May 30, 2025

The investment seeks to maximize total return. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing principally in debt instruments of Sovereign, Quasi-Sovereign, and Corporate issuers, which may be denominated in any currency, including the local currency of the issuer. It may invest in debt instruments of all types and denominated in any currency. The fund will normally invest 25% to 75% of its net assets in investments denominated in or providing investment exposure to local currencies of Emerging Market Countries. It normally seeks to maintain a weighted average portfolio duration of between 2 and 10 years.

Fund Info

ISIN

US0448204059

CUSIP

044820405

Issuer

Ashmore

Inception Date

Dec 7, 2010

Category

Emerging Markets Bonds

Min. Investment

$1,000,000

Asset Class

Bond

Expense Ratio

EMKIX has a high expense ratio of 1.02%, indicating above-average management fees.

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Ashmore Emerging Markets Total Return Fund

Performance

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Returns By Period

Ashmore Emerging Markets Total Return Fund (EMKIX) returned 5.45% year-to-date (YTD) and 9.30% over the past 12 months. Over the past 10 years, EMKIX returned 1.11% annually, underperforming the S&P 500 benchmark at 10.84%.

EMKIX

YTD

5.45%

1M

1.01%

6M

3.89%

1Y

9.30%

3Y*

4.15%

5Y*

0.25%

10Y*

1.11%

^GSPC (Benchmark)

YTD

0.52%

1M

6.32%

6M

-1.44%

1Y

12.25%

3Y*

12.45%

5Y*

14.20%

10Y*

10.84%

*Annualized

Monthly Returns

The table below presents the monthly returns of EMKIX, with color gradation from worst to best to easily spot seasonal factors. Returns are adjusted for dividends.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
20252.56%0.87%0.44%0.06%1.41%5.45%
2024-1.54%0.48%1.44%-2.36%1.29%-0.85%3.16%3.02%2.45%-2.77%0.43%-1.68%2.87%
20235.81%-3.64%0.58%-0.30%-1.93%2.74%1.65%-2.18%-3.11%1.81%6.33%3.89%11.62%
2022-2.36%-6.20%-2.16%-5.53%-0.27%-8.77%0.74%-0.79%-7.25%-0.33%8.99%1.74%-21.07%
2021-2.21%-2.21%-2.01%4.14%1.96%-0.53%-1.77%1.58%-4.20%-2.35%-3.28%0.60%-10.10%
20200.08%-3.12%-19.21%2.61%8.27%3.42%5.01%0.64%-2.35%0.08%5.89%4.19%2.53%
20195.30%-0.04%0.17%0.44%-0.07%4.06%-0.20%-3.17%0.31%0.56%-1.61%3.88%9.72%
20182.49%-1.83%0.59%-2.55%-3.12%-2.06%2.62%-3.36%2.15%-1.81%0.64%1.05%-5.31%
20173.10%2.35%0.53%1.65%0.84%-0.13%1.57%2.07%0.33%-0.47%-0.08%1.40%13.88%
2016-1.96%1.93%7.57%3.43%-1.90%4.82%2.50%1.05%2.25%-0.70%-4.49%2.17%17.34%
2015-0.30%0.85%-0.50%4.49%-0.65%-1.74%-1.29%-3.18%-2.86%3.83%-0.49%-3.48%-5.53%
2014-1.99%2.13%2.04%0.96%3.24%1.55%-0.65%0.34%-3.41%1.14%-1.88%-5.24%-2.12%
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Risk-Adjusted Performance

Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank

With an overall rank of 76, EMKIX is among the top 24% of mutual funds on our website when it comes to balancing risk and reward. Below is a breakdown of how it compares using common performance measures.

The Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank of EMKIX is 7676
Overall Rank
The Sharpe Ratio Rank of EMKIX is 8888
Sharpe Ratio Rank
The Sortino Ratio Rank of EMKIX is 8888
Sortino Ratio Rank
The Omega Ratio Rank of EMKIX is 8686
Omega Ratio Rank
The Calmar Ratio Rank of EMKIX is 3636
Calmar Ratio Rank
The Martin Ratio Rank of EMKIX is 8282
Martin Ratio Rank
The risk-adjusted ranks indicate the investment's position relative to the market. A rank closer to 100 signifies top-performing investments, while a rank closer to 0 might suggest underperformance, based on the selected ratio. The values are calculated based on the past 12 months of returns.

Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators

The charts below present risk-adjusted performance metrics for Ashmore Emerging Markets Total Return Fund (EMKIX) and compare them to a chosen benchmark (^GSPC). These indicators evaluate an investment's returns against its associated risks.

The Sharpe ratio helps investors understand how much return they're getting for the level of risk taken. A higher Sharpe ratio indicates better risk-adjusted performance, meaning more reward for each unit of risk.

Ashmore Emerging Markets Total Return Fund Sharpe ratios as of May 30, 2025 (values are recalculated daily):

  • 1-Year: 1.60
  • 5-Year: 0.03
  • 10-Year: 0.13
  • All Time: 0.26

These values reflect how efficiently the investment has delivered returns relative to its volatility over different time periods. All figures are annualized and based on daily total returns (including price changes and dividends).

The chart below shows the rolling Sharpe ratio of Ashmore Emerging Markets Total Return Fund compared to the selected benchmark. This view highlights how the investment's risk-adjusted performance has changed over time.

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Dividends

Dividend History

Ashmore Emerging Markets Total Return Fund provided a 5.16% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $0.26 per share.

5.00%6.00%7.00%8.00%9.00%$0.00$0.20$0.40$0.60$0.8020142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Dividends
Dividend Yield
PeriodTTM20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014
Dividend$0.26$0.34$0.28$0.31$0.35$0.35$0.42$0.37$0.63$0.59$0.55$0.72

Dividend yield

5.16%6.96%5.61%6.38%5.38%4.56%5.45%4.89%7.63%7.59%7.68%8.75%

Monthly Dividends

The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for Ashmore Emerging Markets Total Return Fund. The dividends shown in the table have been adjusted to account for any splits that may have occurred.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2025$0.03$0.02$0.02$0.02$0.00$0.10
2024$0.05$0.04$0.04$0.02$0.02$0.02$0.02$0.03$0.02$0.03$0.02$0.02$0.34
2023$0.03$0.02$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.02$0.02$0.02$0.02$0.02$0.02$0.28
2022$0.04$0.03$0.02$0.03$0.03$0.02$0.03$0.02$0.02$0.03$0.02$0.02$0.31
2021$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.02$0.35
2020$0.05$0.04$0.03$0.03$0.02$0.02$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.35
2019$0.04$0.04$0.03$0.03$0.04$0.03$0.03$0.04$0.03$0.03$0.04$0.03$0.42
2018$0.03$0.02$0.03$0.03$0.04$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.05$0.03$0.37
2017$0.05$0.05$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.04$0.05$0.04$0.05$0.04$0.04$0.15$0.63
2016$0.06$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.04$0.05$0.06$0.05$0.05$0.04$0.05$0.06$0.59
2015$0.05$0.04$0.04$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.05$0.04$0.05$0.04$0.05$0.55
2014$0.08$0.04$0.08$0.09$0.04$0.08$0.08$0.08$0.04$0.04$0.03$0.04$0.72

Drawdowns

Drawdowns Chart

The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way. Drawdowns are calculated considering price movements and all distributions paid, if any.

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Worst Drawdowns

The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the Ashmore Emerging Markets Total Return Fund. A maximum drawdown is a measure of risk, indicating the largest reduction in portfolio value due to a series of losing trades.

The maximum drawdown for the Ashmore Emerging Markets Total Return Fund was 37.97%, occurring on Oct 21, 2022. The portfolio has not yet recovered.

The current Ashmore Emerging Markets Total Return Fund drawdown is 14.46%.

Depth

Start

To Bottom

Bottom

To Recover

End

Total

-37.97%Jun 10, 2021346Oct 21, 2022———
-28.19%Feb 6, 202032Mar 23, 2020183Dec 10, 2020215
-19.47%Jul 25, 2014375Jan 20, 2016139Aug 8, 2016514
-10.97%Feb 2, 2018153Sep 11, 2018194Jun 20, 2019347
-9.75%May 10, 201378Aug 29, 2013193Jun 6, 2014271
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Volatility

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