Best- and worst-performing international equity funds
EMERGING MARKETS Top 10 Portfolio net assets ($M) 1-year return 3-year return 5-year return Expense ratio* Morgan Stanley…
| EMERGING MARKETS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 | Portfolio net assets ($M) | 1-year return | 3-year return | 5-year return | Expense ratio* |
| Morgan Stanley Frontier Emerging Markets I (MFMIX) | $223.8 | 33.9% | 7.2% | 13.1% | 1.9% |
| T. Rowe Price Institutional Africa & Middle East Fund (TRIAX) | $192.4 | 24.7% | 7.3% | 12.3% | 1.3% |
| T. Rowe Price Africa & Middle East Fund (TRAMX) | $181.5 | 24.6% | 7.1% | 11.5% | 1.5% |
| Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Inv (WAFMX) | $858.5 | 21.5% | N/A | N/A | 2.3% |
| William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth I (BESIX) | $153.7 | 18.7% | N/A | N/A | 1.4% |
| Thornburg Developing World Fund I (THDIX) | $1,698.4 | 17.9% | 6.7% | N/A | 1.1% |
| Delaware Emerging Markets Fund Institutional (DEMIX) | $2,658.4 | 17.8% | 2.6% | 18.6% | 1.5% |
| Harding Loevner Frontier Emerging Mkts Port Inst (HLFMX) | $300.9 | 17.7% | 3.2% | 15.0% | 2.0% |
| Van Eck Emerging Markets Fund A (GBFAX) | $196.8 | 13.5% | 2.5% | 26.1% | 1.7% |
| Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund (DRESX) | $185.1 | 13.3% | 7.2% | 20.9% | 2.0% |
| Bottom 5 | |||||
| Touchstone Emerging Markets Equity Fund Institutional (TMEIX) | $371.3 | -8.9% | -2.8% | N/A | 1.3% |
| Laudus Mondrian Emerging Markets Fund Institutional (LEMNX) | $147.3 | -5.2% | -0.3% | 13.9% | 1.5% |
| Virtus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund I (HIEMX) | $8,081.9 | -5.0% | 4.1% | 17.1% | 1.4% |
| Laudus Mondrian Institutional Emerging Markets Institutional (LIEMX) | $354.7 | -4.9% | -0.2% | 13.9% | 1.3% |
| Legg Mason Batterymarch Emerging Markets Trust C (LMEMX) | $199.8 | -4.0% | -5.9% | 11.8% | 2.3% |
| Classification total/average | $264,602.9 | 3.3% | -0.8% | 16.0% | 1.6% |
| MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) Total Return USD Index | 1.7% | -0.4% | 16.6% |
| INTERNATIONAL SMALL-/MIDCAP GROWTH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 | Portfolio net assets ($M) | 1-year return | 3-year return | 5-year return | Expense ratio* |
| Oberweis International Opportunities Fund (OBIOX) | $125.1 | 51.4% | 20.5% | 30.7% | 1.6% |
| Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund A (OSMAX) | $1,883.1 | 45.0% | 13.1% | 36.6% | 1.3% |
| Fidelity Advisor International Small Cap Fund I (FIXIX) | $129.4 | 36.4% | 11.3% | 21.1% | 1.3% |
| Hartford International Small Company Fund A (HNSAX) | $324.0 | 32.8% | 12.4% | 19.9% | 1.6% |
| AllianzGI International Small-Cap Fund P (ALOPX) | $111.3 | 30.6% | 9.9% | 20.7% | 1.3% |
| Lord Abbett International Opportunities Fund A (LAIEX) | $424.9 | 30.6% | 10.3% | 20.7% | 1.5% |
| Munder International Small-Cap Fund Y (MYSIX) | $318.1 | 30.3% | 13.4% | 21.4% | 1.0% |
| Vanguard International Explorer Fund Investor (VINEX) | $2,326.5 | 29.3% | 7.5% | 18.9% | 0.4% |
| American Century International Opps Fund Inv (AIOIX) | $148.0 | 28.9% | 11.7% | 20.4% | 1.7% |
| Transamerica International Small Cap I2 | $451.1 | 28.7% | 8.0% | 19.2% | 1.2% |
| Bottom 5 | |||||
| Invesco International Small Company Fund A (IEGAX) | $564.0 | 8.7% | 7.6% | 21.7% | 1.5% |
| Columbia Acorn International Select Z (ACFFX) | $366.2 | 12.3% | 8.4% | 16.7% | 1.3% |
| Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-U.S. Small-Cap Index Inv (VFSVX) | $2,015.3 | 18.1% | 4.6% | N/A | 0.5% |
| MFS International New Discovery Fund A (MIDAX) | $4,836.6 | 18.6% | 10.4% | 20.1% | 1.4% |
| Westcore International Small-Cap Fund Retail (WTIFX) | $460.2 | 20.1% | 12.9% | 26.3% | 1.5% |
| Classification total/average | $36,369.9 | 25.9% | 9.9% | 20.7% | 1.6% |
| MSCI EAFE Small Cap Total Return USD Index | 29.4% | 10.2% | 19.7% |
| JAPANESE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All funds | Portfolio net assets ($M) | 1-year return | 3-year return | 5-year return | Expense ratio* |
| Fidelity Japan Smaller Companies Fund (FJSCX) | $648.9 | 52.7% | 17.8% | 16.9% | 1.1% |
| Matthews Japan Fund Investor (MJFOX) | $359.3 | 34.4% | 11.8% | 13.6% | 1.2% |
| T Rowe Price Japan Fund (PRJPX) | $320.9 | 32.0% | 10.5% | 9.9% | 1.1% |
| Nomura Japan Fund S (SJPNX) | $182.4 | 29.9% | 7.7% | 10.0% | 1.7% |
| Fidelity Japan Fund (FJPNX) | $544.9 | 27.9% | 5.6% | 10.9% | 1.1% |
| DFA Japanese Small Company Portfolio Institutional (DFJSX) | $410.9 | 23.9% | 9.5% | 10.4% | 0.6% |
| Classification total/average | $2,562.1 | 28.8% | 8.0% | 11.6% | 1.8% |
| MSCI Japan Total Return USD | 30.2% | 6.6% | 9.0% |
Assets and expense ratio as of Nov. 13; returns as of Dec. 9. Distinct classes and funds with $100 million portfolio minimum only. Excludes leveraged and inverse funds. Funds closed to new investors have been omitted for the top-10 grouping. Rankings are based on unrounded figures. Three-year and five-year returns are annualized. In case of multiple share classes, the oldest share class is listed. N/A = not available (fund has been in operation for less than the year indicated). *Net prospectus
Source: Lipper
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