Ashmore Group plc is a specialist emerging markets investment manager that provides a range of investment products and services focused on fixed income, equity, and alternative assets across developing economies. The company offers segregated accounts, open and closed-end funds including UCITS and non-UCITS structures, and structured products such as credit-linked notes and collateralized loan obligations; it also provides multi-asset and blended strategies encompassing debt, currency, and equity exposures. Ashmore serves institutional investors, wholesale clients, and retail platforms with tailored solutions emphasizing local currency debt, hard currency debt, corporate debt, sovereign debt, and equity opportunities in regions including Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Founded in 1992 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, Ashmore Group plc operates globally with offices in key financial hubs such as Singapore, New York, Dubai, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, and Shanghai to support its emerging markets focus and client base spanning sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and financial institutions.
In the last 1-2 years, Ashmore has pursued strategic expansions including the launch of new funds targeting sustainable and thematic emerging market investments, alongside enhancements to its digital platform for improved client analytics and reporting; the company completed a minor acquisition of a boutique frontier markets advisory firm in early 2025 to bolster its alternative assets capabilities. Additionally, Ashmore announced a key partnership with a major Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund in late 2024 for co-managed infrastructure debt strategies, and reported a successful capital raise exceeding $500 million for its flagship global emerging markets blended fund in Q3 2025 amid favorable market conditions for developing economies.