JPM Latin America Equity D (acc) USD

Analyst Report
Morningstar's Take
|04/02/2025

by Lena Tsymbaluk
JPM Latin American remains an attractive offering in the sector, with a highly experienced specialist manager, a well-resourced analyst team, and a structured investment process. With solid execution since inception, we maintain People and Process ratings of Above Average.

Luis Carrillo has been the lead here since 2003 and brings 26 years of experience at J.P. Morgan as a Latin America specialist. Carrillo is supported by Rachel Rodrigues, who brings more than 10 years of experience, and six sector analysts focused specifically on Latin American equities, combining for one of the larger teams in the Latin America equity Morningstar Category.

The process is well-defined and used across J.P. Morgan's Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific strategies. It divides stocks into buckets based on an assessment of their perceived quality. They then invest across the buckets, looking for reliable returns on capital, enduring competitive advantages, and reasonable valuations relative to these factors.

Typically, the quality-growth process leads to an underweighting in commodity cyclicals as the manager believes they do not deliver above-cost-of-capital returns. Given the approach, we would expect the strategy to perform well in markets driven by earnings and fundamentals such as 2019. The strategy is expected to hold up better than peers during down markets such as 2024, when the quality tilt proved beneficial. Conversely, it is likely to struggle when commodities rally and value leads such as 2021 and 2022.

Overall, the disciplined approach with a focus on quality should help the strategy to outperform over the cycle. The strategy’s long-term track record is impressive over Carillo’s tenure.
 
Morningstar Medalist Rating™A quality-growth approach with an experienced manager at the helm.
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Morningstar Pillars
PeopleAbove Average
ParentAbove Average
ProcessAbove Average
 
Morningstar Medalist RatingMorningstar assigns the Medalist Rating to funds that are qualitatively and quantitatively assessed through manager research and algorithmic processes. The assessment turns on three key “pillars” – People, Process, and Parent – that yield an estimate of how well a fund will perform before fees but after adjusting for risk.
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