Thornburg Emerging Markets ADR Strategy
BENCHMARK: MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Strategy Overview
The Emerging Markets ADR Strategy uses a bottom-up, fundamental approach to investing and targets a core return profile across the market cap spectrum, focusing on strong businesses that are attractively valued and have well identified paths to success. A defining aspect of the strategy is a three-basket approach to portfolio construction which mitigates benchmark-relative risk, ensures balanced style exposure and allows stock selection to be the main alpha driver.
Strategy Inception Date
1 Nov 2018
Portfolio Managers
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Overview
Performance
Performance
Returns
(As of 31 Dec 2024)2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Thornburg Emerging Markets ADR Strategy - Gross (%)
31.16
17.91
-6.46
-17.89
7.29
8.77
Thornburg Emerging Markets ADR Strategy - Net (%)
27.42
14.51
-9.21
-20.34
4.17
5.61
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (%)
18.42
18.31
-2.54
-20.09
9.83
7.50
Strategy Facts
Strategy Facts
(As of 31 Jan 2025)Strategy Assets
$86.3 M*
Benchmark
MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Number of Holdings
46
Portfolio Turnover
96%
eVestment Category
SMA/Wrap - Emerging Mkts Equity
Characteristics
Characteristics
Portfolio
(As of 31 Jan 2025)Portfolio
Benchmark
Weighted Average Market Cap
$209.7 B
$176.9 B
Median Market Cap
$24.1 B
$8.3 B
Price to Earnings - Forward 1YR
12.4x
12.8x
Price to Earnings - Trailing 12 Months
12.4x
14.2x
Price to Cash Flow
8.6x
8.4x
Portfolio
Benchmark
Price to Book Value
1.7x
1.8x
Return on Assets - 5 YR
7.9%
8.2%
Return on Equity - 5 YR
17.5%
16.2%
Historical 3YR Sales Growth
18.1%
20.3%
Active Share
75.5%
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Portfolio
Portfolio
Top Holdings
(As of 31 Jan 2025)Name
Ticker/Symbol
Sector
Weight %
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
TSM
Information Technology
12.6
ICICI Bank Ltd.
IBN
Financials
8.4
Naspers Ltd.
NPSNY
Consumer Discretionary
5.4
Micron Technology, Inc.
MU
Information Technology
5.3
HDFC Bank Ltd.
HDB
Financials
4.5
KB Financial Group, Inc.
KB
Financials
3.3
China Construction Bank Corp.
CICHY
Financials
3.1
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.
HKXCY
Financials
2.6
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
BABA
Consumer Discretionary
2.4
Infosys Ltd.
INFY
Information Technology
2.4
Exposure Breakdown
Exposure Breakdown
(As of 31 Jan 2025)Sector Allocation
Portfolio (%)
Financials
34.7
Information Technology
26.0
Consumer Discretionary
15.1
Energy
5.8
Industrials
4.8
Consumer Staples
4.0
Materials
3.2
Cash & Cash Equivalents
2.3
Health Care
1.9
Utilities
1.2
Real Estate
1.1
Communication Services
0.0
Top 10 Industries
Portfolio (%)
Banks
28.9
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
22.3
Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail
9.9
Energy
5.8
Consumer Services
5.3
Financial Services
3.9
Software & Services
3.7
Materials
3.2
Transportation
2.5
Capital Goods
2.2
Top 10 Countries
Portfolio (%)
India
19.0
China
15.4
Taiwan
14.0
United States
11.2
South Africa
6.7
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
5.9
Hong Kong
5.8
Brazil
5.6
Singapore
3.3
Mexico
3.1
Capitalization
Portfolio (%)
Large Cap (> $12 B)
83.9
Mid Cap ($2.5 to $12 B)
15.0
Small Cap (< $2.5 B)
1.1
Portfolio Managers
Portfolio Managers

Charles Wilson, PhD
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Charlie Wilson is portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management. He joined the firm in 2012 as associate portfolio manager and was promoted to portfolio manager in 2014. Charlie earned a BS in geology from the University of Arizona in Tucson and a PhD in geophysics from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Prior to joining Thornburg, Charlie served as co-portfolio…
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Josh Rubin
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Josh Rubin is portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management. He joined Thornburg in 2017, initially working with the global strategies before being named associate portfolio manager in 2018, and portfolio manager in 2021. Before Thornburg, Josh worked at Driehaus Capital Management in Chicago, where he was first an associate portfolio manager responsible for emerging markets, and then the portfolio manager…
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