WBEIX — William Blair Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-14
WBEIX — William Blair Emerging Markets Growth Fund. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
WBEIX Fund Overview
WBEIX — William Blair Emerging Markets Growth Fund is a US mutual fund managed by William Blair Funds, categorised as Emerging Markets Large Cap Growth Information Technology 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 Large Cap Growth Information Technology Equity
- Assets under management: $1.20B
- 1-year return: 54.8%
- Ticker: WBEIX
- SEC CIK: 0000822632
- SEC series ID: S000008596
- Share class ID: C000023529
WBEIX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of William Blair Emerging Markets Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 14.80% |
| SK Square Co Ltd | 8.65% |
| Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 4.22% |
| SK hynix Inc | 3.97% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 2.95% |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd | 2.47% |
| Delta Electronics Inc | 1.93% |
| Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd | 1.52% |
| MediaTek Inc | 1.42% |
| Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd | 1.29% |
WBEIX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of William Blair Emerging Markets Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.6% |
WBEIX Performance
Total returns for WBEIX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 35.0% |
| 1 year | 54.8% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 25.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 5.2% |
WBEIX Risk Information
Risk metrics for WBEIX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 25.8%
WBEIX Costs and Fees
WBEIX costs about $99 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.99%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.18%
- Portfolio turnover: 84%
- Brokerage commissions: 11.51 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
WBEIX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, William Blair Emerging Markets Growth Fund had net outflows of $186.11M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$91.76M |
| 2026-05 | −$22.05M |
| 2026-04 | −$1.76M |
| 2026-03 | −$23.78M |
| 2026-02 | −$21.76M |
| 2026-01 | $404.46K |
WBEIX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in William Blair Emerging Markets Growth Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
WBEIX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official William Blair Emerging Markets 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.