Investment objective & strategy
As of July 28, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The Goldman Sachs Emerging Markets Credit Fund (the "Fund") seeks total return consisting of income and capital appreciation.
Strategy. The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at the time of purchase) (Net Assets) in corporate, quasi-sovereign, and sovereign debt securities and other instruments of issuers in emerging market countries. Such instruments may include exchange-traded funds (ETFs), structured securities and other investments with similar economic exposures. The Funds portfolio managers seek to build a portfolio across the emerging markets debt market consistent with the Funds overall risk budget. As part of the Investment Advisers fundamental investment process, the Investment Adviser may integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors alongside traditional fundamental factors. No one factor or consideration is determinative in the fundamental investment process. Emerging markets debt … The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at the time of purchase) (Net Assets) in corporate, quasi-sovereign, and sovereign debt securities and other instruments of issuers in emerging market countries. Such instruments may include exchange-traded funds (ETFs), structured securities and other investments with similar economic exposures. The Funds portfolio managers seek to build a portfolio across the emerging markets debt market consistent with the Funds overall risk budget. As part of the Investment Advisers fundamental investment process, the Investment Adviser may integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors alongside traditional fundamental factors. No one factor or consideration is determinative in the fundamental investment process. Emerging markets debt securities may include (without limitation) fixed and floating rate, senior and subordinated corporate debt obligations (such as bonds, debentures, notes and commercial paper) and collateralized debt and loan obligations. The Fund may also seek to obtain exposure to fixed income investments through investments in affiliated or unaffiliated investment companies, including ETFs. The Fund intends to use structured securities and derivative instruments, including but not limited to credit linked notes, financial future contracts, forward contracts and swap contracts to gain exposure to certain countries, currencies, issuers or indices. The Fund may invest in securities of any credit rating. The countries in which the Fund invests may have sovereign ratings that are below investment grade or are unrated. Moreover, many of the issuers of corporate or other privately issued debt obligations in which the Fund invests will be smaller companies with stock market capitalizations of $1 billion or less at the time of investment. Securities of these issuers may be rated below investment grade (so-called high yield or junk bonds) or unrated. Although a majority of the Funds assets may be denominated in U.S. Dollars, the Fund may invest in securities denominated in any currency and may be subject to the risk of adverse currency fluctuations. For purposes of the Funds policy to invest at least 80% of its Net Assets in debt securities and other instruments of emerging market country issuers, the Investment Adviser may consider classifications by the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, the United Nations (and its agencies) or the Funds benchmark index provider in determining whether a country is emerging or developed. Such countries are likely to be located in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Eastern and Central Europe and Latin America. An emerging market country issuer is an issuer economically tied to one or more emerging market countries. Quasi-sovereign debt consists of debt securities issued by companies wholly or majority owned by governments or any of their agencies, political subdivisions or instrumentalities and supranational organizations. Sovereign debt consists of debt securities issued by governments or any of their agencies, political subdivisions or instrumentalities. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its Net Assets in equity and/or equity related securities and corporate, quasi-sovereign and sovereign debt securities and other instruments of issuers in developed market countries. The Fund may also hold significant amounts of U.S. Treasuries, affiliated money market funds and cash. The Funds target duration range under normal interest rate conditions is expected to approximate that of the J.P. Morgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index (CEMBI SM )Broad Diversified Index (Gross, USD, Unhedged), plus or minus 2 years, and over the last five years ended June 30, 2025, the duration of this index has ranged between 4.0 and 4.7 years. Duration is a measure of a debt securitys price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The longer the duration of the Fund (or an individual debt security), the more sensitive its market price to changes in interest rates. For example, if market interest rates increase by 1%, the market price of a debt security with a positive duration of 3 years will generally decrease by approximately 3%. Conversely, a 1% decline in market interest rates will generally result in an increase of approximately 3% of that securitys market price. The Investment Adviser measures the Funds performance against the J.P. Morgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index (CEMBI SM )Broad Diversified Index (Gross, USD, Unhedged). THE FUND IS NON-DIVERSIFIED UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT), AND MAY INVEST A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF ITS ASSETS IN FEWER ISSUERS THAN DIVERSIFIED MUTUAL FUNDS.
Top holdings
As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Bank PLC | — | $368.89K | 1.84% |
| SEPLAT Energy PLC | — | $349.59K | 1.74% |
| GRUPO NUTRESA SA COMPANY GUAR 144A 05/30 8 | — | $347.08K | 1.73% |
| AES PANAMA GENERATION HOLDINGS SRL REG S SR SEC 1ST LIEN SF 4.375% 05-31-30 | — | $346.43K | 1.73% |
| BANORT 8 3/4 PERP | MWAB | $312.60K | 1.56% |
| Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS. | — | $310.65K | 1.55% |
| SAN Miguel Industrias Pet SA / NG PET R&P Latin America SA | — | $308.12K | 1.54% |
| ANADOLU EFES BIR REGD REG S | — | $293.24K | 1.46% |
| SAMARCO MINERACAO SA REG S SR UNSEC PIK 9.0% 06-30-31/12-30-25 | — | $281.73K | 1.41% |
| MV24 CAPITAL BV REG S SR SEC 1ST LIEN SF 6.748% 06-01-34 | TKCB | $277.26K | 1.38% |
Portfolio moves
Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Nomura Emerging Markets Debt Corporate Fund · DEDAX, DEDCX, DEDIX | 10% | 0.80% |
| Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio | 9% | 0.83% |
| VanEck Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF · HYEM | 9% | 0.40% |
Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of July 28, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 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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