Investment Process

The investment team seeks to build, preserve and enhance a stream of compounded business value. It defines this emphasis as follows:

Build
Pair low penetration domestic demand with scalable and enduring businesses that are able to drive value creation and disproportionate outcomes.

Preserve
Preserve value creation and establish a forward-looking construct for managing risk.

Enhance
Leverage value pathways to enhance long-term value creation.

Investment Results (%)

As of 29 February 2024 QTD YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Inception
Advisor Class: APDYX 7.34 7.34 22.30 -10.73 10.28 9.17
MSCI Emerging Markets Index -0.11 -0.11 8.73 -6.30 1.89 3.14
As of 31 December 2023 QTD YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Inception
Advisor Class: APDYX 11.88 29.72 29.72 -11.73 12.12 8.44
MSCI Emerging Markets Index 7.86 9.83 9.83 -5.08 3.68 3.22

Calendar Year Returns (%)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Advisor Class: APDYX 41.89 81.52 -9.72 -41.27 29.72
MSCI Emerging Markets Index 18.42 18.31 -2.54 -20.09 9.83
Returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. 

Past performance does not guarantee and is not a reliable indicator of future results. Investment returns and principal values will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than that shown. 

Risk Management Upside/Downside Capture

As of 31 December 2023 Average Up Month Average Down Month
Advisor Class: APDYX 456bps -386bps
MSCI Emerging Markets Index 393bps -406bps
Difference +63bps +19bps

Based on monthly returns for APDYX (Advisor Shares) beginning with July 2015, the first full month since inception. Upside/Downside Capture represents average monthly returns during months when the index was positive and negative, respectively.

Expense Ratio

Annual Report 30 September 2023 1.13%
Prospectus 30 September 2023 1.13%

Expense Ratio Disclosure

See prospectus for further details. 

Top 10 Holdings
(% of total portfolio as of 29 February 2024)
NVIDIA Corp (United States) 5.7
MercadoLibre Inc (Argentina) 5.5
Sea Ltd (Singapore) 5.3
MakeMyTrip Ltd (India) 5.1
Visa Inc (United States) 4.7
Airbnb Inc (United States) 4.6
Adyen NV (Netherlands) 4.5
NU Holdings Ltd (Brazil) 4.1
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (United States) 4.1
HDFC Bank Ltd (India) 3.1
Total 46.8%
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Portfolio Statistics
(as of 29 February 2024)
Median Market Cap (Billions) $57.6
Weighted Avg. Market Cap (Billions) $246.0
Number of Securities 34
Number of Countries 8
Cash (% of total portfolio) 2.4%
Region Allocation
(% of portfolio securities as of 29 February 2024)
Region Allocation chart
Developed Markets 52.3
Asia 37.9
Latin America 9.8
Total 100.0%
Top 10 Countries
(% of portfolio securities as of 29 February 2024)
United States 40.2
China 17.8
India 12.1
Singapore 8.0
Netherlands 7.7
Argentina 5.6
France 4.4
Brazil 4.2
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Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk. The value of portfolio securities selected by the investment team may rise or fall in response to company, market, economic, political, regulatory or other news, at times greater than the market or benchmark index. International investments involve special risks, including currency fluctuation, lower liquidity, different accounting methods and economic and political systems, and higher transaction costs. These risks typically are greater in emerging and less developed markets, including frontier markets. Such risks include new and rapidly changing political and economic structures, which may cause instability; underdeveloped securities markets; and higher likelihood of high levels of inflation, deflation or currency devaluations. Securities of small- and medium-sized companies tend to have a shorter history of operations, be more volatile and less liquid and may have underperformed securities of large companies during some periods. These risks are discussed in the prospectus. Please read it carefully before you invest or send money. 

Performance Source: Artisan Partners/MSCI. Data & Statistics Sources: Artisan Partners/MSCI. Country Classification Source:  Artisan Partners. Portfolio country and region classifications are defined by the investment team and may differ substantially from MSCI classifications. For the portfolio’s country and region breakdown according to MSCI methodology, refer to the Fund’s most recent portfolio holdings on the SEC website. Artisan Partners may exclude outlier data and certain securities which lack applicable attributes, such as private securities when calculating portfolio statistics. If information is unavailable for a particular security Artisan may use data from a related security to calculate portfolio statistics. For the purpose of determining the Fund's holdings, securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund. Cash weighting includes cash and cash equivalents. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 

Median is the data's midpoint value. Market Cap (USD) is the aggregate value of all of a company's outstanding equity securities. Weighted Average is the average of values weighted to the data set's composition. 

MSCI Emerging Markets Index measures the performance of emerging markets. The index(es) are unmanaged; include net reinvested dividends; do not reflect fees or expenses; and are not available for direct investment. 

MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used to create indices or financial products. This report is not approved or produced by MSCI.