Mobius Investments is an alternative investment manager founded by the late Dr. Mark Mobius, focused on global emerging opportunities. The firm is led by Managing Partners John Ninia and Eric Nguyen.
The fund was founded on one core idea: emerging market companies shouldn't be defined by where they are listed, but rather where their economic exposure lies.
Globalization has blurred the line between emerging and developed markets. Under the traditional definition, a company like Apple would not be classified as an emerging market stock because it's listed in the U.S. Yet most of its products are made in China and increasingly India which are emerging market countries. By investing in a company like Apple, investors are getting exposure to emerging economies. There are many such examples of companies listed in "developed markets".
The fund classifies companies by their economic exposure: where the companies customers and suppliers are. Investing this way allows the fund to own emerging-market growth through companies listed on major exchanges, which can bring deeper liquidity, stronger governance, and greater transparency than many locally listed stocks can offer.
The fund combines quantitative and fundamental research tools to pursue strong absolute returns across market cycles.