MPZRX — MassMutual Strategic Emerging Markets Fund
Data updated: 2025-02-28
MPZRX — MassMutual Strategic Emerging Markets Fund. Emerging Markets Large Cap Growth Equity · $94.08M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
MPZRX Fund Overview
MPZRX — MassMutual Strategic Emerging Markets Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Massmutual Premier Funds, categorised as Emerging Markets Large Cap Growth Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Massmutual Premier Funds
- Category: Emerging Markets Large Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $94.08M
- 1-year return: -1.9%
- Ticker: MPZRX
- SEC CIK: 0000927972
- SEC series ID: S000023798
- Share class ID: C000137092
MPZRX Investment Objective and Strategy
MassMutual Strategic Emerging Markets Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Massmutual Premier Funds.
Investment objective
The Fund seeks long-term capital growth.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund mainly invests in common stocks of issuers in developing and emerging markets throughout the world and at times it may invest up to 100% of its total assets in foreign securities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of issuers whose principal activities are in a developing (or emerging) market, i.e. are in a developing market or are economically tied to a developing market country. The Fund will invest in at least three developing markets. The Fund focuses on companies with above-average earnings growth. The Fund may hold a portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents. In general, countries may be considered developing or emerging markets if they are included in any one of the MSCI emerging markets indices, classified as a developing or emerging market, or classified under a similar or corresponding classification, by organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, or have economies, industries and stock markets with similar characteristics.
For purposes of the Funds investments, a determination that an issuer is economically tied to a developing market country is based on factors including, but not limited to, geographic location of its primary trading markets, location of its assets, its domicile or its principal offices, or whether it receives revenues from a developing market. Such a determination can also be based, in whole or in part, on inclusion of an issuer or its securities in an index representative of developing or emerging markets. The Fund may purchase American Depository Shares (ADS) as part of American Depository Receipt (ADR) issuances, which are negotiable certificates issued by a U.S. bank representing a specified number of shares in a foreign stock traded on a U.S. exchange. In addition to common stocks, the Fund can invest in other equity or equity equivalents securities such as preferred stocks or convertible securities.
The Fund may use derivatives to seek to enhance the Funds investment return or for hedging purposes. The Fund is not required to use derivatives in seeking its investment objective or for hedging and might not do so. Use of derivatives by the Fund may create investment leverage. In selecting investments for the Fund, the Funds subadviser, OFI Global Institutional, Inc. (OFI Global), evaluates investment opportunities on a company-by-company basis. This approach includes fundamental analysis of a companys financial statements, management record, capital structure, operations, product development, and competitive position in its industry. OFI Global also looks for newer or established businesses that are entering into a growth cycle, have the potential for accelerating earnings growth or cash flow, and possess reasonable valuations.
OFI Global considers the effect of worldwide trends on the growth of particular business sectors and looks for companies that may benefit from those trends and seeks a diverse mix of industries and countries to help reduce the risks of foreign investing, such as currency fluctuations and stock market volatility. OFI Global may invest in growth companies of different capitalization ranges in any developing market country. OFI Global monitors individual issuers for changes in the factors above, which may trigger a decision to sell a security. The Fund expects that it will engage in active and frequent trading and so will typically have a relatively high portfolio turnover rate.
MPZRX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of MassMutual Strategic Emerging Markets Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufac | 14.37% |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 7.55% |
| H World Group Ltd. ADR | 5.03% |
| Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. | 4.95% |
| Hdfc Bank Limited | 3.61% |
| Meituan Class B | 3.31% |
| Fomento Economico Mexica Ubd | 3.17% |
| Grupo Mexico Sab De Cv Ser B | 2.58% |
| Prada S.p.a. | 2.32% |
| Galp Energia Sgps SA | 2.27% |
MPZRX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of MassMutual Strategic Emerging Markets Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.2% |
MPZRX Performance
Total returns for MPZRX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | -1.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | -7.4% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -3.2% |
MPZRX Risk Information
Risk metrics for MPZRX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 10.8%
MPZRX Costs and Fees
MPZRX costs about $185 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.85%
- Gross expense ratio: 2.08%
- Portfolio turnover: 38%
- Brokerage commissions: 21.47 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
MPZRX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2024-12, MassMutual Strategic Emerging Markets Fund had net outflows of $5.83M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2024-12 | −$322.25K |
| 2024-11 | −$1.59M |
| 2024-10 | −$1.90M |
| 2024-09 | −$89.43K |
| 2024-08 | −$393.01K |
| 2024-07 | −$1.15M |
MPZRX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in MassMutual Strategic Emerging Markets Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
MPZRX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official MassMutual Strategic Emerging Markets Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-02-01
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-01-31
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2022-01-31
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-02-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-11-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2024-08-29
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-12-13
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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.