
Pictet Emerging Markets Debt ETF
$48.040.00 (0.00%)
- 0.50%
- $17M
- 0M sh
- $47.55
- low $47.41high $51.12
The ETF.net EMFI Grade
Score 24 out of 100
- 16 of 17
Score 24 of 100 falls in the F band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.D28 out of 100Rank 11 of 17Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D29 out of 100Rank 15 of 16Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F4 out of 100Rank 16 of 17Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C40 out of 100Rank 13 of 17Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.F20 out of 100Rank 16 of 17
Our read on EMFI
FPictet's US entry into emerging market debt: a 2026 arrival in a category with only a handful of US-listed choices, priced at the cohort's median 0.50% with a mandate for income plus growth. Still small and building its base.
The Fund seeks to increase investment value through income and investment growth.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.50% a year, the median for its emerging market debt cohort: level with PCY and well under NEMD's 0.85%.
- The mandate is plain English: income and investment growth from emerging market debt, with cash paid out on a quarterly schedule.
- Built as a standard 1940 Act regulated fund, the mainstream ETF wrapper, not a commodity trust or partnership structure.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded on a small asset base, so bid-ask spreads and gaps between market price and net asset value can run wider than at the category's bigger names.
- Launched in 2026, so there is little live history to judge the approach against longer-running rivals.
- Not the cheap seat: JPMB and EMBD each run at 0.39%, and on cost, scale and trading EMFI sits behind the established names in this five-fund group.
EMFI Holdings
- Bonds
- 99
- 23%
- Cashusd
EMFI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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.
| Period | EMFI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | — |
| 1 month | −2.4% |
| 3 months | −3.6% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | EMFI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.3% |
EMFI in the news
EMFI Dividends
- $0.31 per share
- Monthly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
EMFI Risk
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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.
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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.
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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.
- 0.29
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EMFI Cost
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Bonds (US Dollar) funds
- Median 0.40%
10 of the 17 Emerging Markets Bonds (US Dollar) funds charge less.
Other funds in Emerging Markets Bonds (US Dollar)
- CBREMiShares Emerging Markets Bond Active ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return —
- CTEMDTempleton Emerging Markets Debt ETFExpense ratio 0.45%1 year return —
- CNEMDNeuberger Berman Emerging Markets Debt Hard Currency ETFExpense ratio 0.85%1 year return +5.6%
- DEMCBWisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond FundExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +1.2%
- DJEMBJanus Henderson Emerging Markets Debt Hard Currency ETFExpense ratio 0.52%1 year return +2.4%




