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RWC’s great emerging markets gamble begins to pay off

'What we didn't know was that we were doing this in the teeth of an extremely difficult period for emerging markets', chief Dan Mannix tells FN

Turnaround: Dan Mannix’s bet on emerging markets might be about to pay off
Turnaround: Dan Mannix’s bet on emerging markets might be about to pay off

It’s almost exactly a year since Dan Mannix, the chief executive of $11.7 billion funds boutique RWC Partners, made a big bet on emerging markets. Since then it's been a white-knuckle ride, but if a recent turnaround in flows proves sustainable, it might be about to pay off.

In May 2015, the boutique, which is 49% owned by Schroders, announced it had swooped to hire 15 fund managers from a collapsing Miami-based hedge fund, Everest Capital.

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