William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund (BESIX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
24.08
-0.02 (-0.08%)
Sep 15, 2025, 8:05 AM EDT
-0.08%
Fund Assets372.20M
Expense Ratio1.15%
Min. Investment$500,000
Turnover188.00%
Dividend (ttm)0.05
Dividend Yield0.23%
Dividend Growthn/a
Payout Frequencyn/a
Ex-Dividend Daten/a
Previous Close24.10
YTD Return11.33%
1-Year Return11.28%
5-Year Return44.21%
52-Week Low17.51
52-Week High24.10
Beta (5Y)0.56
Holdings147
Inception DateOct 25, 2011

About BESIX

The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of emerging market small capitalization ("small cap") companies. The fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities, including common stocks and other forms of equity investments (e.g., securities convertible into common stocks), issued by emerging market small cap companies, that the Adviser believes have above average growth, profitability and quality characteristics.

Fund Family William Blair
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol BESIX
Share Class Class I
Index MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) Small Cap NR USD

Performance

BESIX had a total return of 11.28% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.01%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

SymbolShare ClassExpense Ratio
WESJXClass R61.10%
WESNXClass N1.40%

Top 10 Holdings

16.78% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation2980402.18%
WuXi XDC Cayman Inc.22681.99%
Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret ASASELS.E.IS1.87%
GE Vernova T&D India LimitedGVT&D1.72%
Gentera, S.A.B. de C.V.GENTERA1.70%
Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A.TPEIR1.55%
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV Class BOMAB.MX1.54%
Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd.23681.48%
Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Company Limited36921.39%
OUTsurance Group LimitedOUT1.38%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Dec 14, 2023$0.05091Dec 15, 2023
Dec 15, 2022$0.79206Dec 16, 2022
Dec 16, 2021$2.02571Dec 17, 2021
Dec 17, 2020$0.00966Dec 18, 2020
Dec 12, 2019$0.02774Dec 13, 2019
Dec 13, 2018$0.3263Dec 14, 2018
Full Dividend History