AVSE vs REMG

AVSEAAvantis Responsible Emerging Markets Equity ETF

REMGCEmerging Markets Equity ETF

In short

AVSE Avantis's emerging markets workhorse with a values filter bolted on: the same profitability tilt and thousands-of-stocks build as its flagship EM fund, at the same 0.33% fee, minus the issuers its team flags on ESG grounds.

REMG Russell Investments' active swing at emerging markets: roughly 40 stocks instead of an index-sized crowd, priced a shade under the typical active EM fund, on the tape since 2022.

Stated mandate

AVSE The fund is an actively managed emerging-markets equity strategy that seeks to identify securities with higher expected returns while excluding issuers that raise concerns under the portfolio team's environmental, social, and governance evaluation.

REMG The Fund seeks long-term capital growth through an actively managed portfolio focused on equity securities tied to emerging markets.

Why people hold it

• AVSE Charges 0.33% a year, roughly half the typical fee among actively managed emerging markets funds. The cost drag stays out of the way of the strategy.
• The screen trims rather than concentrates: the portfolio still spans thousands of emerging markets stocks, not a short list of approved names.avantisinvestors.com
• Active in the Avantis sense: a systematic tilt toward more profitable companies, not a manager's hunches about which stocks pop next.
• Priced level with Avantis's mainstream EM funds (AVEM, AVXC) and JPMorgan's JEMA at 0.33%, and one of the stronger builds in the active EM group.

• REMG Costs 0.64% a year, just under the median for actively managed EM funds. Active emerging markets is rarely a discount aisle, and this one sits on the friendlier side of normal.
• Roughly 40 holdings, so each name carries real weight. That is the point of paying for stock selection rather than owning the whole benchmark.
• The portfolio does what the prospectus says: actively managed emerging-markets equity aimed at long-term capital growth. It sits in the upper half of its active EM peer group.

Worth knowing

• AVSE Thinly traded next to the index-fund giants of emerging markets, so bid-ask spreads can widen and larger orders need care.
• The ESG exclusions are the portfolio team's own judgment calls, so the holdings and the results will drift from a plain broad EM benchmark.
• Emerging markets equity brings currency swings and country-level political risk, and this fund holds that exposure directly. Pays quarterly.

• REMG Thinly traded. Spreads can run wider than the category's household names, so how you place an order matters more here than with a mega-fund.
• The top-scoring funds in this cohort (AVEM, JEMA, AVXC) charge about 0.33%. You are paying roughly double for a concentrated, human-picked book.
• Launched in 2022 with a modest asset base, so the track record is short and the fund lacks the scale of the category's mainstays.

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