The Northern Trust Company
50 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 630-6000
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| October 5, 2012 | ||||
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Ashmore Funds
1940 Act Registration No. 811-22468
1933 Act Registration No. 333-169226
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Ashmore Funds (the Trust), enclosed for filing pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Rule 497(e)), are exhibits containing interactive data format of risk/return summary information that reflect the risk/return summary information included in the Supplement dated September 20, 2012 to the Statutory Prospectus for Institutional Class Shares of the Ashmore Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity Fund (the Fund) dated February 29, 2012 and to the Statutory Prospectus for Class A and Class C Shares of the Fund dated February 29, 2012, which was filed pursuant to Rule 497(e) on September 20, 2012.
If there are any questions or comments concerning the foregoing, please contact the undersigned at (312) 557-3948.
| Sincerely, | ||
| Ashmore Funds | ||
| /s/ Owen T. Meacham |
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| Owen T. Meacham | ||
| Assistant Secretary of the Trust | ||
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ASHMORE FUNDS Supplement dated September 20, 2012 to the Statutory Prospectus for Institutional Class Shares of Ashmore Funds Dated February 29, 2012 (as supplemented thereafter) and to the Statutory Prospectus for Class A and Class C Shares of Ashmore Funds Dated February 29, 2012 (as supplemented thereafter) Disclosure Related to Ashmore Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity Fund (the Fund) Within the Prospectuses, the second sentence of the sections entitled Summary Information About the FundsAshmore Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity FundPrincipal Investment Strategies and Principal Investments and Strategies of Each FundAshmore Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity FundPrincipal Investment Strategies is hereby restated in its entirety as follows: Principal Investment Strategies The Fund currently defines Small-Capitalization Issuer as an issuer with a market capitalization of $2.0 billion or less at the time of initial investment and $3.0 billion or less at the time of a subsequent investment in the same issuer. |
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | Ashmore Funds |
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Feb. 29, 2012 |
| Supplement [Text Block] | af_SupplementTextBlock | ASHMORE FUNDS Supplement dated September 20, 2012 to the Statutory Prospectus for Institutional Class Shares of Ashmore Funds Dated February 29, 2012 (as supplemented thereafter) and to the Statutory Prospectus for Class A and Class C Shares of Ashmore Funds Dated February 29, 2012 (as supplemented thereafter) Disclosure Related to Ashmore Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity Fund (the Fund) Within the Prospectuses, the second sentence of the sections entitled Summary Information About the FundsAshmore Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity FundPrincipal Investment Strategies and Principal Investments and Strategies of Each FundAshmore Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity FundPrincipal Investment Strategies is hereby restated in its entirety as follows: Principal Investment Strategies The Fund currently defines Small-Capitalization Issuer as an issuer with a market capitalization of $2.0 billion or less at the time of initial investment and $3.0 billion or less at the time of a subsequent investment in the same issuer. |
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Ashmore Emerging Markets Small Cap Equity Fund
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Supplement [Text Block] | af_SupplementTextBlock | ASHMORE FUNDS Supplement dated September 20, 2012 to the Statutory Prospectus for Institutional Class Shares of Ashmore Funds Dated February 29, 2012 (as supplemented thereafter) and to the Statutory Prospectus for Class A and Class C Shares of Ashmore Funds Dated February 29, 2012 (as supplemented thereafter) Disclosure Related to Ashmore Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity Fund (the Fund) Within the Prospectuses, the second sentence of the sections entitled Summary Information About the FundsAshmore Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity FundPrincipal Investment Strategies and Principal Investments and Strategies of Each FundAshmore Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity FundPrincipal Investment Strategies is hereby restated in its entirety as follows: Principal Investment Strategies The Fund currently defines Small-Capitalization Issuer as an issuer with a market capitalization of $2.0 billion or less at the time of initial investment and $3.0 billion or less at the time of a subsequent investment in the same issuer. |
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Document and Entity Information
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12 Months Ended |
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Feb. 29, 2012
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| Risk/Return: | |
| Document Type | Other |
| Document Period End Date | Oct. 31, 2011 |
| Registrant Name | Ashmore Funds |
| Central Index Key | 0001498498 |
| Amendment Flag | false |
| Document Creation Date | Sep. 20, 2012 |
| Document Effective Date | Sep. 20, 2012 |
| Prospectus Date | Feb. 29, 2012 |
| Label | Element | Value |
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | Ashmore Funds |
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Feb. 29, 2012 |
| Document Creation Date | dei_DocumentCreationDate | Sep. 20, 2012 |