AZMAX — Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
AZMAX — Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund. Emerging Markets Small Cap Blend / Core Financials Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
AZMAX Fund Overview
AZMAX — Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Virtus Strategy Trust, categorised as Emerging Markets Small Cap Blend / Core Financials Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Virtus Strategy Trust
- Category: Emerging Markets Small Cap Blend / Core Financials Equity
- Assets under management: $16.95M
- 1-year return: 41.4%
- Ticker: AZMAX
- SEC CIK: 0001423227
- SEC series ID: S000038497
- Share class ID: C000118783
AZMAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | 15.68% |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 8.94% |
| Sk Hynix, Inc. | 7.88% |
| Foxconn Industrial Internet Co. Ltd. | 3.10% |
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. | 3.10% |
| Jd.com, Inc. | 2.77% |
| Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc. | 1.85% |
| Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co. Ltd. | 1.78% |
| Shannon Semiconductor Technology Co. Ltd. | 1.54% |
| Nan Ya Plastics Corp. | 1.39% |
AZMAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.5% |
AZMAX Performance
Total returns for AZMAX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 23.4% |
| 1 year | 41.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | -16.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -35.5% |
AZMAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for AZMAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 22.6%
AZMAX Costs and Fees
AZMAX costs about $114 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.14%
- Gross expense ratio: 2.32%
- Portfolio turnover: 74%
- Brokerage commissions: 18.83 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
AZMAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund had net outflows of $3.37M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$387.20K |
| 2026-05 | −$102.68K |
| 2026-04 | −$378.27K |
| 2026-03 | −$462.40K |
| 2026-02 | −$417.77K |
| 2026-01 | −$48.04K |
AZMAX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
AZMAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Virtus NFJ Emerging Markets Value Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-21
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-24
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-01-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-12-15
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-13
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.