Investment objective & strategy
As of Dec. 29, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Strategy. The fund invests primarily in a diverse group of companies related to emerging markets across market sectors, industry groups and countries. The fund may invest in companies of all market capitalizations. The fund seeks to achieve higher expected returns by selecting securities of companies with higher profitability and value characteristics, as well as smaller market capitalizations relative to others within the fund's investment universe. To identify the desired market capitalization companies with higher profitability and value characteristics, the portfolio managers use reported and/or estimated company financials and market data including, but not limited to, shares outstanding, book value and its components, cash flows from operations, and accruals. The portfolio managers define value characteristics mainly as adjusted book/price ratio (though other … The fund invests primarily in a diverse group of companies related to emerging markets across market sectors, industry groups and countries. The fund may invest in companies of all market capitalizations. The fund seeks to achieve higher expected returns by selecting securities of companies with higher profitability and value characteristics, as well as smaller market capitalizations relative to others within the fund's investment universe. To identify the desired market capitalization companies with higher profitability and value characteristics, the portfolio managers use reported and/or estimated company financials and market data including, but not limited to, shares outstanding, book value and its components, cash flows from operations, and accruals. The portfolio managers define value characteristics mainly as adjusted book/price ratio (though other price to fundamental ratios may be considered). The portfolio managers define profitability mainly as adjusted cash from operations to book value ratio (though other ratios may be considered). The portfolio managers may also consider other factors when selecting a security, including industry classification, the past performance of the security relative to other securities, its liquidity, its float, and tax, governance or cost considerations, among others. When portfolio managers identify securities with the desired capitalization, profitability, value, and past performance characteristics, they seek to include these securities in the broadly diversified portfolio. To determine the weight of a security within the portfolio, the portfolio managers use the market capitalization of the security relative to that of other eligible securities as a baseline, then overweight or underweight the security based on the characteristics described above. The portfolio managers may dispose of a security if it no longer has the desired market capitalization, profitability, or value characteristics. When determining whether to dispose of a security, the portfolio managers will also consider, among other things, relative past performance, costs, and taxes. The portfolio managers review the criteria for inclusion in the portfolio on a regular basis to maintain a focus on the desired broad set of emerging markets companies. Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of companies related to emerging market countries. The fund considers an emerging market country to be any country other than a developed country. However, the fund generally intends to focus its investments in a subset of the emerging markets countries that comprise the MSCI Emerging Markets Value IMI Index. The countries comprising the index will change from time to time, but as of September 30, 2025, included: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. In determining which of these countries to invest in, the portfolio managers consider the costs and benefits of investing in a particular country, including the size of the market and liquidity. To determine whether a company is related to an emerging market country, the portfolio managers will consider various factors, including where the company is headquartered, where the companys principal operations are located, where a majority of the companys revenues are derived, where the principal trading market is located, the country in which the company was legally organized, and whether the company is in the funds benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Value IMI Index. The weight given to each of these factors will vary depending on the circumstances in a given case. The fund may invest in securities that are denominated in foreign currencies and may also invest in foreign securities that are represented in the U.S. and other securities markets by American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs), and other similar depositary arrangements. The fund may also engage in securities lending and invest its collateral in eligible securities, such as a government money market fund. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The portfolio managers continually analyze market and financial data to make buy, sell, and hold decisions. When deciding whether to buy or sell a security, and how and when to implement a trade, the portfolio managers may consider the expected implementation costs and tax consequences of the trade in an attempt to gain trading efficiencies, avoid unnecessary risk, minimize tax impact, and/or enhance fund performance.
Top holdings
As of Feb. 28, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Street Navigator Securities Lending Portfolio II | GVMXX | $79.59M | 5.71% |
| HYUNDAI MOTOR CO | — | $19.41M | 1.39% |
| Vale S.A. SPONS ADS REPR 1 COM NPV | VALE US | $15.39M | 1.10% |
| HANA FINANCIAL G | — | $14.56M | 1.05% |
| KIA CORP | — | $14.11M | 1.01% |
| CTBC FINANCIAL | — | $13.38M | 0.96% |
| ASE Technology Holding Company Ltd. ADR | ASX | $13.36M | 0.96% |
| COMPEQ MFG | — | $11.97M | 0.86% |
| KUAISHOU-W | — | $11.97M | 0.86% |
| WOORI FINANCIAL | — | $11.75M | 0.84% |
Portfolio moves
Nov 30, 2025 → Feb 28, 2026How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.
Similar funds
Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight| Fund | Overlap | Net exp. |
|---|---|---|
| Avantis Emerging Markets ex-China Equity ETF · AVXC | 44% | 0.33% |
| Avantis Emerging Markets Equity Fund · AVEEX, AVENX | 43% | 0.00% |
| Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF · AVEM | 41% | 0.33% |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of December 29, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of February 28, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
- Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).
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