Morgan Stanley Institutional Emerging Markets Leaders Portfolio Class A (MELAX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
13.64
-0.39 (-2.78%)
Feb 27, 2025, 4:00 PM EST
-4.48%
Fund Assets 326.04M
Expense Ratio 1.40%
Min. Investment $1,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) n/a
Dividend Yield n/a
Dividend Growth n/a
Payout Frequency n/a
Ex-Dividend Date n/a
Previous Close 14.03
YTD Return -6.77%
1-Year Return -4.48%
5-Year Return 21.94%
52-Week Low n/a
52-Week High n/a
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 33
Inception Date Jan 5, 2015

About MELAX

MELAX was founded on 2015-01-05. The Fund's investment strategy focuses on Emerging Markets with 1.5% total expense ratio. The minimum amount to invest in Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc: Emerging Markets Leaders Portfolio; Class A Shares is $1,000 on a standard taxable account. Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc: Emerging Markets Leaders Portfolio; Class A Shares seeks long-term capital appreciation. MELAX invests at least 80% of the Portfolio's assets will be invested in equity securities of issuers located in emerging market countries. MELAX uses a fundamental bottom-up stock selection process informed by macro thematic research on overall emerging markets.

Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating Above Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol MELAX
Share Class Class A
Index MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) NR USD

Performance

MELAX had a total return of -4.48% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.23%, including dividends.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
MELSX Class R6 1.00%
MSIWX Class Ir 1.00%
MELIX Class I 1.05%
MEMLX Class C 2.15%

Top 10 Holdings

54.64% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2330 11.15%
MercadoLibre, Inc. MELI 8.55%
KEI Industries Limited KEI 5.39%
Varun Beverages Limited VBL 5.16%
Globant S.A. GLOB 4.49%
ICICI Bank Limited ICICIBANK 4.45%
HDFC Bank Limited HDFCBANK 4.08%
Localiza Rent a Car S.A. RENT3 3.92%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC - Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio MVRXX 3.83%
Bharti Airtel Limited BHARTIARTL 3.61%
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