Thornburg Emerging Markets ADR SMA
BENCHMARK: MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Strategy Overview
The investment strategy aims to give investors full exposure to the potential returns of emerging market stocks. It does this by investing in a combination of two components: a completion fund1 focused on emerging markets, managed by Thornburg, and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) of emerging market companies. The completion fund provides access to emerging market securities that tend to be difficult to access through ADRs alone. Using this two-pronged approach allows the strategy to offer the customization and tax benefits of a separately managed account for the directly held ADRs, while also widening the range of emerging market securities available for investment through the completion fund portion.
Important Update: Effective 1 April 2025, the Thornburg Emerging Markets ADR Completion Strategy name has been changed to the Thornburg Emerging Markets ADR Strategy.
Strategy Inception Date
1 Oct 2024
Portfolio Managers
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Overview
Key Facts
Key Facts
(As of 31 Jul 2026)Assets
$0.1 M
Benchmark
MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Performance
Performance
Returns
(As of 30 Jun 2026)2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Composite - Gross (%)
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27.70
Composite - Net (%)
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27.54
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (%)
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33.57
Characteristics
Characteristics
Portfolio
(As of 31 Jul 2026)Portfolio
Benchmark
Number of Holdings
42
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Weighted Average Market Cap
$516.2 B
$508.2 B
Median Market Cap
$45.4 B
$11.7 B
Annual Portfolio Turnover
22%
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Price to Earnings - Forward 1YR
12.0x
11.5x
Portfolio
Benchmark
Price to Earnings - Trailing 12 Months
16.6x
18.7x
Price to Cash Flow
10.6x
11.0x
Price to Book Value
2.9x
2.5x
Active Share
64.0%
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Portfolio
Portfolio
Top Holdings
(As of 30 Jun 2026)Name
Ticker/Symbol
Sector
Weight %
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
TSM
Information Technology
15.9
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.*
005930
Information Technology
7.2
Micron Technology, Inc.
MU
Information Technology
4.3
SK Square Co. Ltd.*
402340
Industrials
4.1
MediaTek, Inc.*
2454
Information Technology
3.8
Bid Corp. Ltd.*
BID
Consumer Staples
3.6
ICICI Bank Ltd.
IBN
Financials
2.9
Naspers Ltd.
NPSNY
Consumer Discretionary
2.6
AIA Group Ltd.
AAGIY
Financials
2.4
Tencent Holdings Ltd.
TCEHY
Communication Services
2.4
Exposure Breakdown
Exposure Breakdown
(As of 31 Jul 2026)Sector Allocation
Portfolio (%)
Information Technology
31.5
Financials
18.1
Cash & Equivalents
9.8
Consumer Staples
9.6
Industrials
9.5
Consumer Discretionary
9.1
Energy
6.0
Communication Services
3.8
Utilities
1.4
Health Care
1.3
Materials
0.0
Real Estate
0.0
Top 10 Industries
Portfolio (%)
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
20.6
Banks
13.7
Technology Hardware & Equipment
8.6
Capital Goods
8.4
Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail
7.8
Energy
6.0
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
5.2
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
4.4
Insurance
2.8
Media & Entertainment
2.7
Top 10 Countries
Portfolio (%)
Taiwan
19.5
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
12.3
China
12.0
India
8.2
Brazil
7.2
South Africa
6.6
Hong Kong
4.8
United States
3.4
Mexico
2.9
United Arab Emirates
2.6
Capitalization
Portfolio (%)
Large Cap (> $12 B)
83.7
Mid Cap ($2.5 to $12 B)
16.3
Small Cap (< $2.5 B)
0.0
Portfolio Managers
Portfolio Managers
Pablo Echavarria, CFA
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Pablo Echavarria, CFA, is a portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management, rejoining the firm in 2025. From 2018 to 2025, Pablo was a portfolio manager and business analyst at WCM. Earlier in his career, he joined Thornburg in 2014 as an equity research analyst and was promoted to associate portfolio manager in 2015. He worked as a global equity analyst…
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Di Zhou, CFA, FRM®
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Di Zhou, CFA, FRM, is a portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management, rejoining the firm in 2025. From 2021 to 2025, Di was an investment principal at Cambiar. Prior to Cambiar, she joined Thornburg in 2010 as an equity research analyst and was promoted to associate portfolio manager in 2014, then to portfolio manager in 2015. Di began her career…
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Portfolio managers are supported by the entire Thornburg investment team.
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