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Thornburg Better World International Fund

Morningstar Rating  • Info

Overall Morningstar Rating among 651 Foreign Large Blend funds, based on risk-adjusted returns for class C shares, using a weighted average of the funds three- and five-year ratings: respectively, 1 star and 4 stars among 651 and 615 funds, as of 31 Mar 2025.

As of 31 Mar 2025
Fund Assets
$472.7 M
As of 31 Mar 2025
NAV
$18.09
As of 17 Apr 2025
Change
$0.22
As of 17 Apr 2025
YTD NAV Performance
4.03%
As of 17 Apr 2025
Asset Category:
International Equity
Fund Benchmark:
MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index

Portfolio Managers

Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Overview

Overview

Why Invest in This Fund?

 

  • Focused, diversified equity portfolio to include sustainable companies primarily in developed markets outside the U.S.
  • Rigorous, fundamental research process focused on buying sustainable businesses with sound business fundamentals, trading at a discount to their intrinsic value and a defined path to success. Companies must also demonstrate one or more significant positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics; emphasizing the areas of environmental impact, ethical business activity, corporate governance, social factors surrounding customers, suppliers and employees and product integrity.
  • Three-basket portfolio construction process seeks to provide style diversification and reduce volatility and deliver superior risk-adjusted performance over time.

Investment Objective

The fund’s goal is to provide investors with long-term capital appreciation.

Investment Approach

The fund actively integrates ESG criteria into a fundamental bottom-up approach, allowing investors to reflect their ESG values through their investment without sacrificing the potential for attractive risk-adjusted returns. This high-conviction portfolio is diversified by industry, sector and geography. Diversification is further enhanced across styles by constructing the portfolio using our unique three-basket approach.

Performance

Performance

Returns

(As of 31 Mar 2025)
YTD
1y
3y
5y
Inception
Total Return with Sales Charge (%)
2.91
4.19
2.47
12.98
7.98
Total Return without Sales Charge (%)
3.91
5.19
2.47
12.98
7.98
MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index (%)
5.23
6.09
4.48
10.92
6.63
Morningstar Category Avg. (%)
6.5
6.09
5.58
11.48
Morningstar Quartile
3
4
1
Morningstar Quartile # of Funds
692
651
615
YTD
1y
3y
5y
Inception
Total Return with Sales Charge (%)
2.91
4.19
2.47
12.98
7.98
Total Return without Sales Charge (%)
3.91
5.19
2.47
12.98
7.98
MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index (%)
5.23
6.09
4.48
10.92
6.63
Morningstar Category Avg. (%)
6.5
6.09
5.58
11.48
Morningstar Quartile
3
4
1
Morningstar Quartile # of Funds
692
651
615
YTD
1y
3y
5y
Inception
Total Return with Sales Charge (%)
2.91
4.19
7.61
84.09
107.42
Total Return without Sales Charge (%)
3.91
5.19
7.61
84.09
107.42
MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index (%)
5.23
6.09
14.06
67.89
84.10
YTD
1y
3y
5y
Inception
Total Return with Sales Charge (%)
2.91
4.19
7.61
84.09
107.42
Total Return without Sales Charge (%)
3.91
5.19
7.61
84.09
107.42
MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index (%)
5.23
6.09
14.06
67.89
84.10
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Total Return with Sales Charge (%)
21.89
24.23
18.36
-19.85
10.28
4.73
MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index (%)
21.51
10.65
7.82
-16.00
15.62
5.53
Fund Fees

Fund Fees

(As of 1 Feb 2025)
Gross Expense Ratio (%)
2.55
Net Expense Ratio (%)
2.19
Hypothetical Growth of $10,000

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000

(As of 31 Mar 2025)
(Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 vs MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index)
Distributions

Distributions

(As of 19 Dec 2024)
Ex-Date
Payable Date
Total ($)
Income ($)
ST Cap Gains ($)
LT Cap Gains ($)
26 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016
0.05331
0.05331
18 Nov 2016
18 Nov 2016
0.69455
0.69455
0.00000
23 Jun 2017
30 Jun 2017
0.07153
0.07153
22 Sep 2017
30 Sep 2017
0.00108
0.00108
17 Nov 2017
17 Nov 2017
0.37136
0.30226
0.06910
15 Nov 2018
15 Nov 2018
0.96521
0.46085
0.50436
21 Dec 2018
31 Dec 2018
0.03771
0.03771
20 Dec 2019
31 Dec 2019
0.00965
0.00965
18 Nov 2021
18 Nov 2021
2.86340
1.79872
1.06468
14 Dec 2023
31 Dec 2023
0.06355
0.06355
19 Dec 2024
31 Dec 2024
0.00193
0.00193
Fund Facts

Fund Facts

(As of 31 Mar 2025)
Net Fund Assets
$472.7 M
Benchmark
MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index
Morningstar Category
Foreign Large Blend
Fund Symbol
TBWCX
Share Class
C
Share Class Inception Date
30 Sep 2015
Number of Holdings
52
Portfolio Turnover
61%
Distribution Frequency
Annually
Characteristics

Characteristics

Portfolio

(As of 31 Mar 2025)
Portfolio
Benchmark
Weighted Average Market Cap
$115.9 B
$107.5 B
Median Market Cap
$65.5 B
$11.0 B
Price to Earnings - Forward 1YR
18.3x
13.8x
Price to Earnings - Trailing 12 Months
20.8x
16.0x
Price to Cash Flow
11.5x
8.7x
Portfolio
Benchmark
Price to Book Value
2.5x
1.9x
Return on Assets - 5 YR
6.3%
6.5%
Return on Equity - 5 YR
14.3%
15.5%
Historical 3YR Sales Growth
11.6%
16.0%
Active Share
86.9%
Risk & Return Profile

Risk & Return Profile

(As of 31 Mar 2025)
3y
5y
Annualized Alpha (%)
-0.42
3.79
Beta
0.95
0.96
R-Squared (%)
93.11
85.09
Standard Deviation (%)
15.71
15.88
Sharpe Ratio
-0.04
0.74
Information Ratio
-0.16
0.57
Up Capture (%)
95.61
105.45
Down Capture (%)
98.06
89.54
Portfolio

Portfolio

Top Holdings

(As of 28 Feb 2025)
Name
Ticker/Symbol
Sector
Weight %
BNP Paribas S.A.
BNP
Financials
3.3
SAP SE
SAP
Information Technology
3.2
Linde plc
LIN
Materials
3.2
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE
MC
Consumer Discretionary
3.2
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd.
CP
Industrials
3.1
Alcon AG
ALC
Health Care
3.1
L'Oreal S.A.
OR
Consumer Staples
3.0
Hitachi Ltd.
6501
Industrials
3.0
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
8306
Financials
3.0
Constellation Software, Inc./Canada
CSU
Information Technology
2.9
Exposure Breakdown

Exposure Breakdown

(As of 31 Mar 2025)
Sector Allocation
Fund (%)
Benchmark (%)

Fund

Benchmark

0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Industrials
22.3
14.0
Financials
16.5
24.8
Information Technology
11.3
12.2
Consumer Discretionary
10.5
11.1
Consumer Staples
10.1
6.9
Health Care
9.0
8.7
Utilities
7.2
3.1
Cash & Cash Equivalents
5.2
Communication Services
4.7
6.2
Materials
3.3
6.3
Real Estate
0.0
1.7
Energy
0.0
5.0
Sector Allocation
Fund (%)
Industrials
22.3
Financials
16.5
Information Technology
11.3
Consumer Discretionary
10.5
Consumer Staples
10.1
Health Care
9.0
Utilities
7.2
Cash & Cash Equivalents
5.2
Communication Services
4.7
Materials
3.3
Real Estate
0.0
Energy
0.0
Top 10 Industries
Fund (%)
Benchmark (%)

Fund

Benchmark

0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
Capital Goods
11.8
10.3
Consumer Durables & Apparel
9.0
2.9
Financial Services
8.6
4.0
Commercial & Professional Services
7.3
1.6
Utilities
7.2
3.1
Banks
6.4
15.3
Software & Services
4.7
3.5
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
4.6
7.0
Technology Hardware & Equipment
4.6
3.4
Health Care Equipment & Services
4.4
1.7
Top 10 Industries
Fund (%)
Capital Goods
11.8
Consumer Durables & Apparel
9.0
Financial Services
8.6
Commercial & Professional Services
7.3
Utilities
7.2
Banks
6.4
Software & Services
4.7
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
4.6
Technology Hardware & Equipment
4.6
Health Care Equipment & Services
4.4
Top 10 Countries
Fund (%)
Benchmark (%)
Region

Portfolio

Benchmark

0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
France
20.6
7.3
Europe ex UK
Japan
20.5
13.7
Japan
United States
8.1
0.1
North America
Switzerland
7.7
6.3
Europe ex UK
Canada
6.6
7.8
North America
United Kingdom
6.4
9.6
UK
Germany
4.5
6.3
Europe ex UK
Spain
4.2
2.0
Europe ex UK
Italy
4.1
1.9
Europe ex UK
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
3.0
2.6
Asia Pacific ex Japan
Top 10 Countries
Fund (%)
France
20.6
Japan
20.5
United States
8.1
Switzerland
7.7
Canada
6.6
United Kingdom
6.4
Germany
4.5
Spain
4.2
Italy
4.1
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
3.0
Capitalization
Fund (%)
Benchmark (%)

Fund

Benchmark

0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Large Cap (> $12 B)
84.9
86.4
Mid Cap ($2.5 to $12 B)
12.5
13.5
Small Cap (< $2.5 B)
2.6
0.0
Capitalization
Fund (%)
Large Cap (> $12 B)
84.9
Mid Cap ($2.5 to $12 B)
12.5
Small Cap (< $2.5 B)
2.6
Portfolio Managers

Portfolio Managers

Lei Wang, CFA

Lei Wang, CFA

Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Lei Wang is portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management. He joined Thornburg Investment Management in 2004 as associate portfolio ­manager and was promoted to portfolio manager in 2006. Lei holds a BA and an MA from East China Normal University and an MBA from New York University. He is a CFA charterholder. Prior to joining Thornburg, he served as an…
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Brian Burrell, CFA

Brian Burrell, CFA

Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Brian Burrell is portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management. He joined the firm in 2012 as an equity research analyst and became an associate portfolio manager in 2021 and portfolio manager in 2024. Brian earned a BA in economics from Reed College and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin in the Applied Security Analysis Program (ASAP). He is a…
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Joe Salmond

Joe Salmond

Portfolio Manager and Managing Director
Joe Salmond is portfolio manager for Thornburg Investment Management. He joined the firm in 2018 as an equity research analyst and became an associate portfolio manager in 2021, managing director in 2023 and portfolio manager in 2024. Joe earned an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and graduated from Arizona State University with a BS…
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