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BGEG

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Baillie Gifford Emerging Markets ETF

Active Equity · Baillie Gifford Funds · Inception 2026-06-03

$23.77−0.46 (−1.89%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:04 PM EDT

History starts Jun 3, 2026.History starts Jun 3, 2026.History starts Jun 3, 2026.
Intraday session: down, 14 prints from 24.23 to 23.77. Range 23.67 to 24.00. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$23.70$23.90$24.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.79%
Fund size
$11M
1Y return
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Yield · Last 12 months
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Holdings
74
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$23.72
52W range
low $21.43high $25.31

The ETF.net BGEG Grade

D

37/ 100

Rank 6 of 9 in Emerging Markets Active Growth⁠

Confidence Low

Six-pillar profile for BGEG. Scores out of 100: Cost 42, Risk 20, Mission not scored, Tradability 44, Holdings 57, Durability 10. Strongest: Holdings (57). Weakest: Durability (10). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 37 of 100 sits in the D band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    CScore 42
    Category rank6/9 · mid-pack

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
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  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    FScore 20
    Category rank9/9 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    CScore 44
    Category rank6/9 · mid-pack

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    BScore 57
    Category rank5/9 · mid-pack

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    FScore 10
    Category rank9/9 · bottom quartile

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

Our read on BGEG

ETF.net Research

DEdinburgh's patient growth house put its emerging markets strategy into an ETF wrapper in 2026: a concentrated book of high-conviction names, frontier markets in scope, stock-picked rather than copied from the MSCI index.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks capital appreciation through an actively managed portfolio of common stocks and other equity securities issued by companies in emerging and frontier markets. It normally invests at least 80% of net assets in equity securities of companies from countries represented in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Genuinely active: a 60 to 100 stock portfolio across emerging and frontier markets, with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index as a starting universe rather than a blueprint.bailliegifford.com
  2. 02The mandate reaches past the MSCI EM roster into frontier markets, while keeping at least 80% of net assets in companies from index countries.sec.gov
  3. 03At 0.79%, the fee sits right at the median of its active emerging markets growth peer group. No brand premium attached.
  4. 04The manager is an independent partnership founded in 1908 that has run emerging markets money since 1994, and says it intends low turnover here.bailliegifford.combusinesswire.combailliegifford.com

Worth knowing

  1. 01A June 2026 launch with modest assets and light trading so far: little history to judge, and spreads can run wider than in the giant index EM funds.
  2. 02Roughly 70 growth names means results can diverge sharply from the MSCI EM index in either direction, and the objective is capital appreciation, not income.
  3. 03Cheaper active options share the shelf, including FFEM at 0.60% and CGNG at 0.64%, both drawing on longer-running research teams.

BGEG Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 9:12 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
74
Top-10 weight
48%
Largest holding
2330.TW13.7%

Geography

  • Taiwan (Province of China)23.63%
  • China22.37%
  • Korea (the Republic of)18.33%
  • Brazil8.66%
  • India6.51%
  • Mexico3.33%
  • Uruguay2.64%
  • Canada2.62%
  • Other countries (13)11.90%

Developed 5% · Emerging 95% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 6.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
0012330.TWTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUF TWD 10.013.73%19,715$2M175
002SMSN.ILSAMSUNG ELECTRS KRW 100.0 GDR 144A9.41%218$1M15
003000660.KSSK HYNIX INC KRW 5000.04.30%372$482K184
0042454.TWMEDIATEK INC TWD 10.04.29%3,317$480K162
005TCEHYTENCENT HLDGS LTD NPV ADR4.12%8,251$461K23
006402340.KSSK SQUARE CO LTD KRW 500.02.99%448$335K111
007MELIMERCADOLIBRE INC USD 0.0012.59%155$290K225
008PBRPETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETR NPV ADR2.40%12,534$269K50
009BABAALIBABA GROUP HLDG USD 0.000025 ADR2.39%2,401$268K78
0102345.TWACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORP TWD 10.02.03%3,929$227K122
011FM.TOFIRST QUANTUM MINERALS LTD NPV1.98%6,895$222K86
012B3SA3.SAB3 SA - BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO NPV1.89%59,809$212K94
013688008.SSMONTAGE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD CNY 1.01.77%6,693$198K66
014RELIANCE.NSRELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD INR 10.01.69%14,255$189K21
015000333.SZMIDEA GROUP CO LTD CNY 1.01.66%14,300$186K70

Showing 1–15 of 78 holdings

BGEG Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

BGEG$9,584
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$10,415
Jun 22, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026. BGEG $9,584. SPY $10,415. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,319$9,463$10,608Jun 2026Aug 2026Sep 2026

Jun 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for BGEG. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodBGEG
Year to dateFund launched this year—
1 month+2.9%
3 months−4.2%
1 yearFund is under 1 year old—
3 yearsFund is under 3 years old—per year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years old—per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for BGEG
YearReturn barBGEG
2026 YTD−4.0%

Since listing, Jun 3, 2026

BGEG in the news

BGEG Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
—Last 12 months
Payout per share
—Last 12 months

Listed Jun 2026. No distributions yet.

BGEG Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
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Launched Jun 2026; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
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Launched Jun 2026; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
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Launched Jun 2026; fills in after 12 months
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.83
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

BGEG Cost

Expense ratio0.79%
  • The middle half of Emerging Markets Active Growth funds
  • Median 0.79%

4 of the 9 Emerging Markets Active Growth funds charge less.

BGEG costs $79.00 a year on $10,000. The median Emerging Markets Active Growth fund costs $79.00.