About WESJX
The William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund – R6 Class is a mutual fund focused on investing in small-cap stocks across emerging markets. Its primary objective is to capture long-term capital appreciation by identifying and investing in small-cap companies with strong growth potential and distinctive business models within developing economies. The fund leverages a disciplined investment approach, combining deep fundamental research with systematic analysis to uncover underrepresented and potentially high-growth opportunities, including those in regions such as Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.
The portfolio is generally diversified across 120 to 175 holdings, spanning a range of sectors including industrials, information technology, consumer discretionary, and more. The fund particularly emphasizes active ownership and detailed company analysis, seeking out firms with robust management and growth drivers that may be overlooked by broader markets. As part of William Blair’s suite of emerging market strategies, this fund plays a significant role for investors aiming to access the dynamic and often inefficient small-cap segment of emerging markets, which can provide differentiated sources of return and risk relative to large-cap or developed-market investments.
Fund Family William Blair
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating Below Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol WESJX
Share Class Class R6
Index MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) Small Cap NR USD
WESJX had a total return of 35.80% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's
inception, the average annual return has been 8.08%.
