Hamid Asseffar, former head of EMEA sustainable and impact investing at Invesco, has launched T50, an Irish ICAV investment platform focused on “untapped investment opportunities in emerging markets through both listed and blended finance solutions”.
Citing structural challenges that limit corporate and infrastructure projects in emerging markets, T50 is positioned to work with financial institutions in EM to overcome the hurdles and deploy capital.
T50 points to figures suggesting EM is projected to contribute approximately 65% of global economic growth by 2035. However, funding gaps remain because of market fragmentation, perceived risk, and a lack of standardisation.
Asseffar spent six years at Invesco in roles including head of EMEA sustainable and impact investing, head of Asset Managers, UK and ETF business development director. He previously held roles at Amundi and Credit Suisse.
He commented: “Many projects in developing economies remain disconnected from the vast pools of international allocators looking to diversify their regional and sector exposures and capture new growth opportunities. The developing world is only now industrialising and urbanising and this process requires significant amount of capital as well as specialism that can connect international investors with those markets through modern institutional class products.”
“We see interesting opportunities in the region that are not yet able to attract the attention of institutional investors and a lack of investment vehicles providing alternative sources of capital. Often opportunities are bankable but located in sub-investment grade countries with substantial currency risk, putting them outside the comfort zone of most banks and fiduciaries, but solutions exist to tackle those market structure issues.
“T50 will look to bridge this gap through a solutions-driven product approach that standardise disparate opportunities and connect local and global capital markets.
“We will partner with market leaders to craft differentiated strategies and help investors efficiently capture those untapped investment opportunities in what we believe will be tomorrow’s most dynamic markets, blending financial performance with lasting positive impact.”
T50’s launch comes with predictions that the rebound in net inflows to EM funds through 2025 may accelerate into 2026 – according to November 2025 JP Morgan figures.
