LU2885425202
Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund
Why Consider This Fund?
Approach
- Invests in an emerging markets small-cap portfolio of approximately 120 to 175 stocks diversified across region, industry, and corporate lifecycle
- Seeks to identify small-cap companies with strong management and unique capabilities by leveraging the investment manager’s dedicated small-cap analysts
- Managed by a seasoned team with decades of emerging markets experience
- The Fund is classified as a financial product under Article 8 of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. The Fund promotes environmental or social characteristics but does not have a sustainable investment objective
Risk Considerations
- The value of shares and any income from them can increase or decrease and an investor may not get back the amount originally invested
- Where investments are made in currencies other than an investor’s base currency, the value of those investments will be affected (favourably or unfavourably) by movements in exchange rates
- Emerging markets investments typically involve special risk considerations, including higher volatility, lower liquidity, economic and political risk
- Smaller companies may be more adversely affected by poor economic or market conditions, and may be traded in low volumes, which may increase volatility and liquidity risks
Fund Facts
OTHER VEHICLES:
| Fund Facts | As of 31.10.2025 |
|---|---|
| Total Net Assets ($Million) | $35 |
| Number of Holdings | 128 |
| Inception Date | 13.12.2024 |
| Ongoing Charge Figure* | 1.25% |
| ISIN | LU2885425202 |
| SEDOL | BSFV9H3 |
| Bloomberg | WBSERIG LX |
| WKN Number | A40ML1 |
| Lipper | 68823718 |
| Benchmark** | MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (net) |
*The ongoing charge figure (OCF), is the charge you’ll pay over a year for as long as you hold your investment. The OCF for a fund is quoted on the 'Key Investor Information' document and relates to the costs of running the fund.
**Reference to the Benchmark is only included for performance comparison purposes and does not have any bearing on how the investment manager invests the fund’s assets. The Benchmark has been selected because it is representative of the type of investments in which the fund is likely to invest.
Performance
RETURN:As of 31.10.2025 | AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS: As of 31.10.2025 | |||
| Fund | Inception | Month | YTD | Since Inception |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund Class R (I GBP) | 13.12.2024 | 5.45% | 8.94% | 7.71% |
| MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (net) | - | 4.80% | 13.75% | 11.85% |
Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance. Returns for periods of one year or more are annualized. All charges and fees, except any entry, exit and switching charge, have been taken into account in calculating the Fund’s performance. Returns for other share classes will differ from those shown above. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that shares, on any given day or when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Levels and bases for taxation may change.
† Since Fund’s inception on 13.12.2024 through 31.12.2024.
Index returns are calculated in US Dollars and converted to non-US Dollar values using the 4pm London time spot rate when reporting non-US Dollar index returns.
Portfolio Characteristics
As of 31.10.2025
| Portfolio Composition | |
|---|---|
| Wgtd Avg Market Cap ($Billion) | $3.00 |
| Median Market Cap ($Billion) | $2.00 |
| P/E Ratio (Next 12 Months) | 17.5 |
| EPS Growth (Long-Term) | 30.9% |
| Trailing 1-Year Turnover | 248.8% |
| Cash | 0.9% |
| Top 10 Holdings | % of Fund |
|---|---|
| Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation | 3.0% |
| IsuPetasys Co., Ltd | 2.4% |
| WuXi XDC Cayman Inc. | 1.9% |
| Bizlink Holding Inc. | 1.8% |
| Neway Valve (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. | 1.8% |
| ASELSAN Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi | 1.8% |
| Inter & Co, Inc. | 1.7% |
| GE Vernova T&D India Limited | 1.7% |
| Gentera, S.A.B. de C.V. | 1.7% |
| Chroma ATE Inc. | 1.7% |
| Total | 19.5% |
Top ten holdings are shown as % of total net assets.
Portfolio Allocations
| Range | % of Fund |
|---|---|
| > $20.0B | 0.0% |
| $5.0B - $20.0B | 18.0% |
| < $5.0B | 82.0% |
| Total | 100.0% |
Sector, Market Cap and Geographic Diversification charts show % of investments for the Fund and exclude cash equivalents.
| Sector | % of Fund | % Benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| Industrials | 27.0% | 17.9% |
| Financials | 21.0% | 11.8% |
| Information Technology | 19.8% | 17.9% |
| Consumer Discretionary | 12.8% | 10.8% |
| Health Care | 5.5% | 10.4% |
| Consumer Staples | 5.2% | 6.0% |
| Materials | 3.8% | 11.2% |
| Communication Services | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| Real Estate | 1.9% | 5.9% |
| Energy | 0.8% | 1.9% |
| Utilities | 0.0% | 2.9% |
| Total | 100.0% |
Sector, Market Cap and Geographic Diversification charts show % of investments for the Fund and exclude cash equivalents.
| Geographic | % of Fund |
|---|---|
| Asia | 79.2% |
| Latin America | 13.0% |
| Europe, Mid-East, Africa | 7.8% |
| Total | 0.0% |
Sector, Market Cap and Geographic Diversification charts show % of investments for the Fund and exclude cash equivalents.
Management
Fund Literature
| Fund Literature | |
|---|---|
| Class R (I GBP) Fact Sheet | |
| Commentary | |
| Holdings | |
| Performance and Portfolio Weights | |
| Emerging Markets: 6 Key Themes for 2025 | |
| Why Emerging Markets Equities Now? |
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The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance of emerging markets. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment.
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The William Blair SICAV is a Luxembourg investment company with variable capital registered with the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (“CSSF”) which qualifies as an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (“UCITS”). The Management Company of the SICAV has appointed William Blair Investment Management, LLC as the investment manager for the fund. Additional information can be found under the Terms of Use.
The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance of emerging markets. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment.
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