LatAm Equity Funds Soar

LatAm equity funds gained 6.86% in the week ended September 27, the best performance of all equity sub-classes tracked by Lipper. LatAm even outdid China Region funds, which returned an equally impressive 6.47% in the same period. EM funds also rallied, clocking returns of 4.54%. Year to date, LatAm has jumped 40.09%, compared to 58.89% for China Region and 30.96 for EM funds. In the previous week, the region rose 4.01%.