Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-08-21
C000028469 — Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio. Emerging Markets Large Cap Value Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000028469 Fund Overview
Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Lazard Retirement Series INC, categorised as Emerging Markets Large Cap Value Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Lazard Retirement Series INC
- Category: Emerging Markets Large Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $485.33M
- 1-year return: 44.4%
- SEC CIK: 0001033669
- SEC series ID: S000010295
- Share class ID: C000028469
C000028469 Investment Objective and Strategy
Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Lazard Retirement Series INC.
Investment objective
The Portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of companies whose principal business activities are located in emerging market countries. The Portfolio invests primarily in equity securities, principally common stocks, of non-U.S. companies whose principal activities are located in emerging market countries and that Lazard Asset Management LLC (the Investment Manager) believes are undervalued based on their earnings, cash flow or asset values. In addition to common stocks, such equity securities also may include American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Global Depositary Receipts and European Depositary Receipts. Emerging market countries include all countries represented by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which currently includes: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.
In addition, implementation of the Portfolios investment strategy may, during certain periods, result in the investment of a significant portion of the Portfolios assets in a particular market sector.
C000028469 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 5.87% |
| SK hynix Inc | 5.56% |
| Lenovo Group Ltd | 3.50% |
| MediaTek Inc | 2.67% |
| Lazard Govt Mny Mmkt Ins | 2.36% |
| NetEase Inc | 2.13% |
| Wiwynn Corp | 1.97% |
| China Construction Bank Corp | 1.90% |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd | 1.89% |
| ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd | 1.88% |
C000028469 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 97.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.4% |
C000028469 Performance
Total returns for C000028469 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 22.6% |
| 1 year | 44.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 26.6% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 13.3% |
C000028469 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000028469, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 17.3%
C000028469 Costs and Fees
C000028469 costs about $114 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.14%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.14%
- Portfolio turnover: 30%
- Brokerage commissions: 6.71 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000028469 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio had net inflows of $3.09M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$13.90M |
| 2026-05 | −$6.75M |
| 2026-04 | −$338.09K |
| 2026-03 | −$10.62M |
| 2026-02 | $10.72M |
| 2026-01 | −$2.45M |
C000028469 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000028469 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Lazard Retirement Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-09
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-10
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-05-06
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-02
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-13
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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.