William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund R6 Class
WESJX
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in mil. unless spec.- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 150 North Riverside Plaza Chicago IL United States of America 60606
- IPO Date
- Dec 24, 2012
- CIK
- 0000822632
- Website
- im.williamblair.com
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- William Blair Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund R6 Class (WESJX) is a mutual fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of small-cap growth companies domiciled or conducting a majority of their business activities in emerging market countries. The fund focuses on companies with market capitalizations generally between $100 million and $3 billion at the time of investment; employs a growth-oriented investment style emphasizing companies with strong fundamentals, competitive advantages, and potential for earnings expansion; and maintains a diversified portfolio across emerging market regions including Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It is part of the William Blair Funds family, managed by William Blair Investment Management, LLC, a Chicago-based investment advisory firm founded in 1935 with headquarters at 150 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois. Core offerings include shares available through various share classes, with the R6 Class (WESJX) designed for institutional and high-net-worth investors featuring no sales loads, low expense ratios (typically around 1.20% as of recent prospectuses), and eligibility requiring minimum initial investments or advisor-sponsored platforms; daily liquidity at net asset value; and professional active management leveraging bottom-up fundamental research and proprietary quantitative screens to identify undervalued growth opportunities in sectors such as consumer discretionary, information technology, industrials, and financials. The fund targets sophisticated investors seeking exposure to high-growth emerging small caps as a diversifier in global equity portfolios, with benchmarked performance against the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Index. Recent developments include a portfolio manager transition in 2023 with the addition of experienced emerging markets specialist Marion Ladret to the team alongside co-managers David Ricci and others, enhancing expertise amid volatile market conditions; strong performance attribution to overweight positions in Indian and Southeast Asian small caps during 2024-2025 rallies driven by digital economy and infrastructure themes; and William Blair's parent firm strategic expansion in 2024 through the launch of additional emerging markets strategies and alliances with global distribution platforms to broaden access. No major fund liquidations, mergers, or share class restructurings have occurred in the past two years, though the firm continues to adapt holdings to geopolitical shifts, including underweighting China amid regulatory uncertainties. The fund operates without subsidiaries but benefits from William Blair's integrated research platform serving institutional clients worldwide.