Fund Inception | 02/15/2012 |
Name of Issuer | Seafarer Funds |
Fund Advisor(s) | Seafarer Capital Partners, LLC |
Sub-Advisor(s) | -- |
Fund Managers for SIGIX
Andrew Foster
Portfolio Manager since 02/15/2012
Andrew Foster is the Lead Portfolio Manager of the Seafarer Overseas Growth and Income Fund, and has been so since its inception in February 2012. He is the Co-Portfolio Manager of the Seafarer Overseas Value Fund, and has been so since its inception in May 2016. He is also the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Seafarer Capital Partners, LLC, investment adviser to the Funds.
Paul Espinosa
Portfolio Manager since 06/30/2016
Before joining Seafarer Capital Partners in 2014, Mr. Espinosa was a London-based equity research analyst at Legg Mason, where he focused on global emerging markets. Prior to joining Legg Mason, Mr. Espinosa performed the same function with the same team at Citigroup Asset Management. His previous experience includes equity research at J.P. Morgan Investment Management. Mr. Espinosa holds an A.B. in Economics with Honors from Brown University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Kate Jaquet
Portfolio Manager since 06/30/2016
Before joining Seafarer Capital Partners in 2011, Ms. Jaquet was a buy-side high yield research analyst at Seneca Capital Management, LLC. Prior to joining Seneca, she was a sell-side emerging market research analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston. Ms. Jaquet began her career as an economic policy researcher for the Adam Smith Institute in London in 1995. Ms. Jaquet holds a B.Sc. with Honors in Economics and Government and a M.Sc. in Economics and Public Policy, both from the London School of Economics.
Lydia So
Portfolio Manager since 08/31/2022
Ms. So is a Portfolio Manager for the Rondure New World Fund and the Rondure Overseas Fund at Rondure Global Advisors. Her primary focus is developing markets and her secondary focus is international developed markets.
Prior to joining Rondure in 2020, Ms. So spent 15 years at Matthews Asia initially as research analyst covering Asia ex Japan equities. Ms. So was the founding Lead Portfolio Manager for the Matthews Asia Small Companies Fund (MSMLX) from its inception in 2008 through 2020. She was co-Portfolio Manager for the Matthews Asia Science & Technology Fund (MATFX; now known as Matthews Asia Innovators Fund) from 2008-2017, and co-Portfolio Manager for the Matthews China Small Companies Fund (MCSMX) from 2019 – 2020.
Ms. So started her career in the investment industry in 1999 at Kochis Fitz Wealth Management in San Francisco. In 2001 she joined Dresdner RCM Global Investors as a portfolio associate working on US large cap equity strategies.
Ms. So graduated from University of California, Davis, earning a BA in Economics. She is a CFA charter holder.
Lydia is fluent in Cantonese and conversational in Mandarin. Lydia enjoys traveling, fishing, and hiking.