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James Syme
JO Hambro Capital Management
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Manager profile
James has nearly 24 years’ experience leading emerging markets funds, and throughout his career has been responsible for over 14 mandates with peak FUM of over $4bn. He previously headed the emerging market investment teams at SG Asset Management and most recently Baring Asset Management, where he managed numerous strategies with his colleague Paul Wimborne. He has also worked with Henderson Investors as a portfolio manager and with H Clarkson as an analyst. James is a CFA Charterholder and obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Geography) with honours from the University of Cambridge
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Manager career performance
Discrete calendar year performance : James Syme

Manager career performance
Discrete performance
  0-12m 12-24m 24-36m 36-48m 48-60m 60-72m 72-84m 84-96m 96-108m 108-120m
James Syme 7.1 0.3 -7.0 29.2 -8.7 1.2 10.8 41.0 -17.1 27.0
Peer Group Composite 10.7 -4.9 -11.8 37.5 -10.2 -1.0 10.2 31.0 -13.0 13.7
Over / Under -3.6 5.2 4.8 -8.3 1.5 2.2 0.6 10.0 -4.1 13.3
Performance vs peer group composite: James Syme
How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.
 
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Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
JOHCM Global Emerging Markets Opportunities Co-managed IA Global Emerging Markets since Jun 30 2011 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
Man GLG Asia Pacific since Jul 13 1998 to Apr 30 2004
Barings Global Emerging Markets since Dec 01 2006 to Jan 31 2011
Barings Emerging Opportunities since Dec 04 2006 to Jan 31 2011
Man GLG Global Emerging Markets since Jul 01 2003 to Jul 31 2006
Barings Latin America since Apr 21 2008 to Aug 18 2010
Barings Emerging Markets since Dec 04 2006 to Jun 01 2008
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