About HLMEX
The Harding Loevner Institutional Emerging Markets Portfolio Class I is a diversified mutual fund focused on investing in high-quality, growing companies primarily based in emerging and frontier markets. The fund typically holds investments across at least 15 emerging market countries and allocates at least 80% of its net assets to emerging markets securities, including common stocks, preferred stocks, rights, and warrants. It adopts a large growth investment style and actively manages its holdings with significant exposure to sectors such as technology, financial services, and consumer cyclicals. Notable portfolio holdings include major companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Tencent Holdings, and Samsung Electronics. The Portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation and entails risks associated with emerging markets, such as economic and political instability, currency volatility, and market fluctuations. It features a management fee and an expense ratio of about 1.05%, with a minimum investment requirement of $500,000. The fund plays a significant role for investors aiming for exposure to emerging economies, balancing growth opportunities with the inherent risk of less mature markets.
Fund Family Harding Loevner
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Performance Rating Below Average
Risk Rating Above Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol HLMEX
Share Class Institutional
Index MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) NR USD
HLMEX had a total return of 34.83% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's
inception, the average annual return has been 11.40%.