Emerging-market closed-end funds
Funds with emerging-market mandates — equity and debt — including single-country funds for China, India, Korea, Taiwan, Mexico and Brazil. Discounts in this group are often wide and volatile. 17 funds in this view. Classification uses the fund’s mandate and its latest reported country allocation; where providers differ, ours is labelled “rules” and can be reviewed.
All funds
| Fund | Prem/discPrice vs. assets | Z (1y) | TTM yieldPayout rate (12 mo) | ExpensesAnnual cost | LeverageBorrowing | Net assetsFund size▼ | 1y NAV TR1y asset return | 3y NAV TR3y asset return (per yr) | CategoryCategory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAX abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund | NAV unavailable | — | 15.32% | — | — | $1.1B | — | — | Taxable Bonds |
| EMD Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund | 11.21% discount | -2.93 | 12.26% | 2.91% | 0.03% | $852M | +5.08% | +14.18% | Taxable Bonds |
| TWN Taiwan Fund | NAV unavailable | — | 6.35% | — | — | $641M | — | — | International Equity |
| IFN Aberdeen India Fund | 11.73% discount | -1.85 | 19.79% | — | — | $561M | -11.40% | +1.98% | International Equity |
| AEF abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund | 6.69% discount | +1.33 | 10.16% | — | — | $461M | +48.21% | +30.72% | International Equity |
| EMF Templeton Emerging Markets Fund | 11.01% discount | -0.54 | 8.00% | — | — | $403M | +43.63% | +31.62% | International Equity |
| EDD Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund | 7.38% discount | -0.85 | 13.38% | — | — | $396M | +14.91% | +15.34% | Taxable Bonds |
| TEI Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund | 10.40% discount | -2.25 | 19.13% | — | — | $395M | +23.44% | +23.29% | Taxable Bonds |
| KF Korea Fund | 16.91% discount | -1.61 | 2.46% | — | — | $365M | +108.26% | +44.55% | International Equity |
| MXF Mexico Fund | NAV unavailable | — | 6.44% | — | — | $354M | — | — | International Equity |
| CAF Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund | 16.51% discount | -0.98 | 1.54% | — | — | $330M | +12.97% | +12.51% | International Equity |
| IIF Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund | 12.50% discount | -1.63 | 9.10% | — | — | $247M | -13.10% | +4.42% | International Equity |
| MSD Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund | 11.36% discount | -2.00 | 8.71% | — | — | $165M | +6.06% | +12.97% | Taxable Bonds |
| EDF Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund | 1.48% discount | -1.15 | 16.14% | — | — | $157M | +14.79% | +23.46% | Taxable Bonds |
| IHD Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund | 2.11% discount | +1.19 | 8.91% | — | — | $141M | +23.00% | +21.67% | International Equity |
| IAE Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund | 1.96% discount | +1.19 | 34.81% | — | — | $99.2M | +22.02% | +21.32% | International Equity |
| MXE Mexico Equity & Income Fund | 19.42% discount | -1.29 | 1.83% | — | — | $71.9M | +16.13% | +10.84% | International Equity |
Country exposure across these funds
India · 8 funds · avg 31.4%Mexico · 7 funds · avg 32.4%South Korea · 6 funds · avg 34.1%Cayman Islands · 6 funds · avg 7.1%Taiwan · 5 funds · avg 39.5%China · 5 funds · avg 25.9%Argentina · 4 funds · avg 10.1%South Africa · 4 funds · avg 7.7%Brazil · 4 funds · avg 5.5%Colombia · 3 funds · avg 6.3%Egypt · 3 funds · avg 5.8%Hong Kong · 3 funds · avg 4.3%Luxembourg · 2 funds · avg 9.1%Australia · 2 funds · avg 7.6%Kazakhstan · 2 funds · avg 6.6%Indonesia · 2 funds · avg 5.8%EC · 2 funds · avg 4.5%Nigeria · 2 funds · avg 4.2%Türkiye · 2 funds · avg 4.0%United Kingdom · 2 funds · avg 3.7%
Country allocation is issuer domicile as reported, not currency exposure. Currency hedging is shown only where a fund discloses it.