MSFEX — Frontier Markets Portfolio
Data updated: 2025-08-22
MSFEX — Frontier Markets Portfolio data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Emerging Markets Multi-Cap / All-Cap Growth Equity · $20.78M AUM · 2.35% expense ratio · 10.4% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
MSFEX Fund Overview
MSFEX — Frontier Markets Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund INC, categorised as Emerging Markets Multi-Cap / All-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: Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund INC
- Category: Emerging Markets Multi-Cap / All-Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $20.78M
- 1-year return: 10.4%
- Ticker: MSFEX
- SEC CIK: 0000836487
- SEC series ID: S000037507
- Share class ID: C000155910
MSFEX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Frontier Markets Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| FPT Corp | 6.47% |
| MercadoLibre Inc | 6.14% |
| NAC Kazatomprom JSC | 4.27% |
| Nova Ljubljanska Banka dd | 4.24% |
| Century Pacific Food Inc | 4.22% |
| Medikaloka Hermina Tbk PT | 3.68% |
| Systems Ltd | 3.47% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | 3.46% |
| Commercial International Bank - Egypt (CIB) | 3.46% |
| Phu Nhuan Jewelry JSC | 3.31% |
MSFEX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Frontier Markets Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.3% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 3.5% |
MSFEX Performance
Total returns for MSFEX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 10.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 6.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 1.2% |
MSFEX Risk Information
Risk metrics for MSFEX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 10.6%
MSFEX Costs and Fees
MSFEX costs about $235 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 2.35%
- Gross expense ratio: 4.78%
- Portfolio turnover: 40%
- Brokerage commissions: 17.84 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
MSFEX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2025-06, Frontier Markets Portfolio had net outflows of $8.35M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2025-06 | −$152.44K |
| 2025-05 | −$160.92K |
| 2025-04 | $32.07K |
| 2025-03 | −$457.77K |
| 2025-02 | −$534.27K |
| 2025-01 | −$304.12K |
MSFEX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Frontier Markets Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
MSFEX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Frontier Markets Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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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.