BESIX — William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-14
BESIX — William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
BESIX Fund Overview
BESIX — William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund is a US mutual fund managed by William Blair Funds, categorised as Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Consumer Discretionary Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: William Blair Funds
- Category: Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Consumer Discretionary Equity
- Assets under management: $422.64M
- 1-year return: 32.4%
- Ticker: BESIX
- SEC CIK: 0000822632
- SEC series ID: S000034349
- Share class ID: C000105753
BESIX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Acutaas Chemicals Ltd | 1.64% |
| Kiatnakin Phatra Bank PCL | 1.61% |
| PriceSmart Inc | 1.49% |
| Acter Group Corp Ltd | 1.49% |
| Grand Process Technology Corp | 1.48% |
| Kinik Co | 1.47% |
| GE Vernova T&D India Ltd | 1.46% |
| Marketech International Corp | 1.40% |
| Optima bank SA | 1.36% |
| MPI Corp | 1.36% |
BESIX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.9% |
BESIX Performance
Total returns for BESIX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 21.2% |
| 1 year | 32.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 17.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 6.0% |
BESIX Risk Information
Risk metrics for BESIX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 21.9%
BESIX Costs and Fees
BESIX costs about $115 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.15%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.43%
- Portfolio turnover: 261%
- Brokerage commissions: 48.65 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
BESIX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund had net outflows of $22.87M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$78.47K |
| 2026-05 | −$16.60M |
| 2026-04 | −$1.36M |
| 2026-03 | −$2.82M |
| 2026-02 | −$988.58K |
| 2026-01 | −$411.93K |
BESIX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
BESIX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-14
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-18
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-12
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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.