Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio

LAZARD FUNDS INC · 3 share classes

Actively managed emerging-markets equity fund
One fund, 3 share classes:LZOEXLZEMXRLEMX
$9.24B NAV
88 positions · as of 2026-06-30 · filed 2026-08-21

Fund classification

Classified from what the fund holds · as of 2026 Q2

Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio is an actively managed emerging-markets equity fund.

Asset class
Equity
Region
Emerging markets
Management
Actively managed
Fund type
Open-end fund

Fund profile

As filed in the prospectus · 2026 Q2

The Portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy · summarised

The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of companies in emerging market countries, selecting stocks that the manager believes are undervalued based on earnings, cash flow, or asset values. Holdings may include common stocks, American Depositary Receipts, and similar instruments across the countries in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Because returns depend on the manager's security selection, the fund's performance will diverge from any benchmark index.

Expenses
1.07% 1.32%across 3 share classes
Share classGrossNet
LZOEX1.32%1.32%
LZEMX1.07%1.07%
RLEMX1.08%1.07%

Net is what a holder pays after the adviser's contractual waiver; gross is before it. A waiver can expire.

Portfolio turnover 27.00% · as of 2026 Q2

Allocation

Asset groups · long / short shown separately, never netted · 2026 Q2

99.65%
of net assets
Stocks95.39%
Cash & short-term4.26%

Latest quarter

What changed since the fund's previous filing

2026Q2 vs 2026Q1: 2 new4 exited

New: Aluminum Corp of China Ltd, CSG NV

Exited: Globalwafers Co Ltd, InPost SA, ASMPT Ltd, Mobile TeleSystems PJSC

Return profile

Chart:

Total return as filed — price change plus distributions reinvested · trailing figures to Apr 2026

Share class1-year3-year5-yearVolWorst fall
+51.09%+98.03%+81.36%16.07%-9.30%
+51.46%+99.59%+83.60%16.12%-9.22%
+51.46%+99.60%+83.72%16.09%-9.21%

These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 2.36pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 0.47pp a year — not a difference in what they own.

Cumulative return· Jul 2023 – Apr 2026

May 2026 and Jun 2026 have been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so they are not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.

Holdings

By % of NAV · equity positions carry filed share counts · every resolvable issuer links to its company page

Issuer%NAVValue
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd5.76%$532.60M
SK hynix Inc5.55%$513.25M
LAZARD GOVT MNY MMKT INS4.26%$393.46M
Lenovo Group Ltd3.43%$317.25M
MediaTek Inc2.64%$244.29M
NetEase Inc2.13%$196.30M
Wiwynn Corp1.93%$178.73M
Tencent Holdings Ltd1.89%$174.27M
ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd1.87%$173.04M
China Construction Bank Corp1.86%$171.93M
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Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-06-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.

Top 10 positions are 31.34% of net assets, top 25 53.38%, across 88 issuers.

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