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 May 2026)Assets
$0.1 M
Benchmark
MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Performance
Performance
Returns
(As of 31 Mar 2026)2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Thornburg Emerging Markets ADR Strategy - Gross (%)
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27.70
Thornburg Emerging Markets ADR Strategy - Net (%)
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27.54
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (%)
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33.57
Characteristics
Characteristics
Portfolio
(As of 31 May 2026)Portfolio
Benchmark
Number of Holdings
39
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Weighted Average Market Cap
$649.3 B
$541.4 B
Median Market Cap
$40.6 B
$12.4 B
Annual Portfolio Turnover
24%
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Price to Earnings - Forward 1YR
13.5x
12.9x
Portfolio
Benchmark
Price to Earnings - Trailing 12 Months
17.6x
19.7x
Price to Cash Flow
11.5x
11.7x
Price to Book Value
3.1x
2.6x
Active Share
66.0%
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Portfolio
Portfolio
Top Holdings
(As of 30 Apr 2026)Name
Ticker/Symbol
Sector
Weight %
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
TSM
Information Technology
16.4
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.*
005930
Information Technology
5.9
Micron Technology, Inc.
MU
Information Technology
5.0
Bid Corp. Ltd.*
BID
Consumer Staples
3.4
AIA Group Ltd.
AAGIY
Financials
3.3
Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras
PBR
Energy
3.3
Naspers Ltd.
NPSNY
Consumer Discretionary
3.2
MediaTek, Inc.*
2454
Information Technology
3.0
ICICI Bank Ltd.
IBN
Financials
2.9
Arca Continental S.A.B. de C.V.*
AC*
Consumer Staples
2.7
Exposure Breakdown
Exposure Breakdown
(As of 31 May 2026)Sector Allocation
Portfolio (%)
Information Technology
38.8
Financials
17.2
Consumer Staples
9.0
Consumer Discretionary
8.4
Cash & Equivalents
7.6
Industrials
7.5
Energy
6.0
Communication Services
3.0
Utilities
1.4
Health Care
1.2
Materials
0.0
Real Estate
0.0
Top 10 Industries
Portfolio (%)
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
28.2
Banks
12.8
Technology Hardware & Equipment
8.2
Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail
7.3
Capital Goods
6.5
Energy
6.0
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
4.6
Food, Beverage & Tobacco
4.4
Insurance
2.9
Software & Services
2.4
Top 10 Countries
Portfolio (%)
Taiwan
21.3
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
11.1
China
10.3
United States
8.6
India
7.6
Brazil
7.1
South Africa
6.0
Hong Kong
4.7
Mexico
3.0
United Arab Emirates
2.7
Capitalization
Portfolio (%)
Large Cap (> $12 B)
85.2
Mid Cap ($2.5 to $12 B)
14.8
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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