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- AMG GW&K Emerging Wealth Equity Fund Class N (TYWVX) is a mutual fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation primarily through investments in equity securities of companies domiciled in emerging markets or with strategic exposure to emerging market consumers; it employs a bottom-up, growth-oriented, fundamental investment approach targeting both early-stage and traditional growth companies with meaningful revenue or profit derivation from emerging economies. The fund's core offerings include a diversified portfolio focused on sectors such as consumer discretionary, information technology, financials, and communication services, with top exposures historically to countries like China, India, and select developed markets including the United States and Germany; it benchmarks performance against the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and maintains characteristics like a median market cap of approximately $49.5 billion, forward P/E ratio around 31x, and trailing 12-month turnover near 56% as of recent composite data. Managed by GW&K Investment Management, LLC, an affiliate of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (AMG), the fund operates within the diversified emerging markets category, serving institutional investors, financial advisors, and individual clients through its Class N shares with a net expense ratio of 1.00%; it was previously known as AMG Trilogy Emerging Wealth Equity Fund prior to a name change reflecting the 2019 integration of Trilogy Global Advisors' team into GW&K.
The fund, part of AMG Funds managed from Boston, Massachusetts—where GW&K maintains its headquarters at 222 Berkeley Street—has an inception date of March 19, 2015, with net assets of approximately $10.38 million as of late 2025; portfolio management is led by GW&K professionals including partners Karl M. Kyriss, CFA, and Daniel L. Miller, CFA, since October 2020, emphasizing research-driven stock selection for superior earnings growth. Recent developments at GW&K include the appointment of new partners Aaron Clark, Bryan Scott, and Kara South in April 2024 to bolster leadership across equity and fixed income strategies; the firm, founded in 1974, now manages about $55 billion in assets as of December 31, 2024, reflecting ongoing expansion in active equity offerings amid a diverse client base spanning endowments, pensions, and mutual funds. No major fund-specific acquisitions, funding rounds, or product launches for TYWVX have been reported in the last 1-2 years, though GW&K continues to evolve its platform through internal promotions and portfolio adjustments consistent with its entrepreneurial model under AMG affiliation.