BEMAX
Brandes Emerging Markets Value Fund
Datum One Series Trust
Expense ratio1
1.32%
Net assets2
$1.12B
Holdings2
64
Category
International Equity
2025 return3
47.53%

Investment objective & strategy

As of July 28, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Brandes Emerging Markets Value Fund (the Emerging Markets Value Fund or Fund) seeks long term capital appreciation.

Strategy. The Emerging Markets Value Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies located or active mainly in emerging markets (including frontier markets). The Fund typically invests in companies that have market capitalizations (market value of publicly traded equity securities) greater than $3 billion at the time of purchase. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) measured at the time of purchase in equity securities of companies located or active mainly in emerging markets. The Adviser defines a company as active mainly in emerging markets if the company has greater than 80% of revenues, profits, or assets derived from, or business activity (including investments made and services performed) … The Emerging Markets Value Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies located or active mainly in emerging markets (including frontier markets). The Fund typically invests in companies that have market capitalizations (market value of publicly traded equity securities) greater than $3 billion at the time of purchase. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) measured at the time of purchase in equity securities of companies located or active mainly in emerging markets. The Adviser defines a company as active mainly in emerging markets if the company has greater than 80% of revenues, profits, or assets derived from, or business activity (including investments made and services performed) in, emerging market countries. Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, real estate investment trusts (REITs), warrants and rights. The Fund will generally limit its investments in any one issuer to no more than 5% of the Funds total assets, measured at the time of purchase, but may, from time to time, invest more than 5% of the Funds total assets in one or more issuers. From time to time, the Fund may invest more than 20% of its assets in any market sector, such as the financial sector or information technology sector. Emerging markets include some or all of the countries located in each of the following regions: Asia, Europe, Central and South America, Africa and the Middle East. The Adviser considers an emerging market country to be any country which is in the MSCI EM Index and the MSCI Frontier Markets Index or that, in the opinion of the Adviser, is generally considered to be an emerging market country by the international financial community. With respect to Fund investments in any particular country, the Fund may invest up to the greater of either (a) 20% of its total assets measured at the time of purchase or (b) 150% of the weighting of such country as represented in the MSCI EM Index, measured at the time of purchase. As a result, the Fund may have significant exposure to any particular country. The Fund may invest in and have direct access to China A shares listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) via the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and Shenzhen Hong Kong Stock Connect Schemes. The Fund may indirectly gain access to China A Shares by purchasing equity-related instruments, participation notes and participatory certificates. The Emerging Markets Value Fund may invest from time to time in cash or short-term cash equivalent securities either as part of its overall investment strategy or for temporary defensive purposes in response to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions. The amount of such holdings will vary and will depend on the Advisers assessment of the quantity and quality of investment opportunities that exist at any given time, and may at times be relatively high. The Adviser uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select equity securities for the Emerging Markets Value Funds investment portfolio. When buying equity securities, the Adviser assesses the estimated intrinsic value of a company based on data such as a companys earnings, cash flow generation, and/or asset value of the underlying business. By choosing securities that are selling at a discount to the Advisers estimates of the underlying companys intrinsic value, the Adviser seeks to establish an opportunity for long-term capital appreciation. The Adviser may sell a security when its price reaches the Advisers estimate of the underlying companys intrinsic value, the Adviser believes that other investments are more attractive, or for other reasons.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
TSMC TSMWF $101.55M 9.04%
SAMSUNG ELECTRON $95.88M 8.54%
COMMON STOCK BABAF $45.22M 4.03%
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Preference) PTRBF $35.47M 3.16%
MILLICOM INTL CELLULAR S.A. COMMON STOCK USD1.5 TIGO US $33.57M 2.99%
BANK RAKYAT INDO $27.42M 2.44%
TRIP.COM GRP. LTD TRPCF $26.07M 2.32%
Copa Holdings SA NPV CLASS 'A' CPA US $25.73M 2.29%
SK Hynix Inc. KRW5000 HXSCF $25.72M 2.29%
BANK PHILIPPINE BPHLF $25.55M 2.27%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
1
Exited
1
Increased
22
Decreased
8
Unchanged
33

How 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.

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FundOverlapNet exp.
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Touchstone Strategic Trust-Touchstone Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund · TSEMX, TSEGX, TSMGX, TEGCX, TSRMX 26% 1.01%
TSW Emerging Markets Fund · TSWMX 26% 0.99%
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Advisers

As of March 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of July 28, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. 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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