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

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
15.78
+0.12 (0.77%)
Jun 26, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
1.74%
Fund Assets 326.04M
Expense Ratio 1.35%
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 15.66
YTD Return 7.86%
1-Year Return 1.74%
5-Year Return 22.04%
52-Week Low 12.93
52-Week High 16.57
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
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol MELAX
Share Class Class A
Index MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) NR USD

Performance

MELAX had a total return of 1.74% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.57%.

Equivalent Funds

These are funds that follow the same index from the other major fund companies.

Symbol Provider Name Expense Ratio
FGOMX Fidelity Strategic Advisers Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund 0.36%
FPADX Fidelity Fidelity Emerging Markets Index Fund 0.08%

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
MSIWX Class Ir 0.95%
MELSX Class R6 0.95%
MELIX Class I 0.99%
MEMLX Class C 2.10%

Top 10 Holdings

53.39% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2330 7.85%
HDFC Bank Limited HDFCBANK 5.93%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC - Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio n/a 5.86%
ICICI Bank Limited ICICIBANK 5.61%
Varun Beverages Limited VBL 5.34%
Localiza Rent a Car S.A. RENT3 4.86%
MercadoLibre, Inc. MELI 4.85%
Bharti Airtel Limited BHARTIARTL 4.73%
Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. GFNORTEO 4.49%
KEI Industries Limited KEI 3.88%
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