Virtus Vontobel Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund (HIEMX)
The fund offers investors exposure to emerging economies through well-established companies. Under normal circumstances, it invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities or equity-linked instruments of issuers located in emerging markets countries; such issuers may be of any capitalization. Emerging markets countries generally include every nation in the world except the U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and most nations located in Western Europe.
Fund Info
US92828W3613
92828W361
Oct 19, 1997
$100,000
Large-Cap
Growth
Expense Ratio
HIEMX has a high expense ratio of 1.24%, indicating above-average management fees.
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Performance
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Returns By Period
Virtus Vontobel Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund (HIEMX) returned 13.36% year-to-date (YTD) and 11.17% over the past 12 months. Over the past 10 years, HIEMX returned 0.81% annually, underperforming the S&P 500 benchmark at 10.88%.
HIEMX
13.36%
6.61%
8.04%
11.17%
-1.41%
0.86%
0.81%
^GSPC (Benchmark)
0.68%
7.17%
-1.66%
11.63%
12.51%
14.34%
10.88%
Monthly Returns
The table below presents the monthly returns of HIEMX, with color gradation from worst to best to easily spot seasonal factors. Returns are adjusted for dividends.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.69% | 1.11% | 0.27% | 4.91% | 4.81% | 13.36% | |||||||
| 2024 | -6.58% | 1.80% | -0.68% | -3.14% | 0.56% | -0.28% | 1.55% | 5.12% | 4.74% | -5.79% | -2.00% | -3.13% | -8.26% |
| 2023 | 6.35% | -7.19% | 2.62% | -1.15% | -2.46% | 4.11% | 3.31% | -5.55% | -3.79% | -3.66% | 7.18% | 1.84% | 0.39% |
| 2022 | -3.18% | -2.05% | -4.61% | -5.71% | 0.58% | -5.45% | 0.37% | -1.47% | -8.30% | -2.97% | 9.75% | -2.03% | -23.26% |
| 2021 | 3.92% | 0.07% | -1.74% | 0.81% | 1.68% | -0.93% | -7.62% | 0.63% | -3.59% | 1.30% | -3.36% | 2.89% | -6.33% |
| 2020 | -3.38% | -5.20% | -16.64% | 7.71% | 1.37% | 8.00% | 8.75% | 2.39% | -1.47% | 2.37% | 7.36% | 6.57% | 15.71% |
| 2019 | 6.73% | 0.85% | 3.08% | 3.44% | -5.42% | 5.46% | -0.53% | -2.73% | 0.00% | 1.27% | -0.09% | 5.63% | 18.36% |
| 2018 | 6.79% | -5.89% | -0.33% | -1.07% | -4.01% | -2.44% | 1.96% | -3.67% | -1.73% | -7.95% | 5.42% | -1.48% | -14.37% |
| 2017 | 3.87% | 3.94% | 4.71% | 2.83% | 4.28% | 1.35% | 4.24% | 0.69% | -1.20% | 0.87% | 1.98% | 2.60% | 34.47% |
| 2016 | -2.68% | -2.98% | 8.27% | 1.09% | 0.97% | 4.17% | 2.67% | 1.50% | 0.89% | -2.93% | -8.15% | -0.43% | 1.46% |
| 2015 | 3.34% | 1.86% | -3.27% | 0.99% | -1.47% | -0.90% | -1.21% | -8.36% | -0.67% | 5.82% | -2.96% | -1.37% | -8.55% |
| 2014 | -5.97% | 3.67% | 4.62% | 0.51% | 3.78% | 3.30% | 1.25% | 3.33% | -5.53% | 2.54% | 0.29% | -5.51% | 5.54% |
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank
The current rank of HIEMX is 50, indicating average performance compared to other mutual funds on our website. Here’s a breakdown of how it compares using common performance measures.
Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators
The charts below present risk-adjusted performance metrics for Virtus Vontobel Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund (HIEMX) and compare them to a chosen benchmark (^GSPC). These indicators evaluate an investment's returns against its associated risks.
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Dividends
Dividend History
Virtus Vontobel Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund provided a 0.00% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $0.00 per share.
| Period | TTM | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $2.34 | $0.08 | $0.24 | $0.38 | $0.09 | $0.04 | $0.08 | $0.19 |
Dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 23.25% | 0.62% | 2.06% | 3.84% | 0.70% | 0.44% | 0.94% | 1.95% |
Monthly Dividends
The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for Virtus Vontobel Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund. The dividends shown in the table have been adjusted to account for any splits that may have occurred.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |||||||
| 2024 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $2.34 | $2.34 |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.08 | $0.08 |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.24 | $0.24 |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.38 | $0.38 |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.04 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.05 | $0.09 |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.04 | $0.04 |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.08 | $0.08 |
| 2014 | $0.12 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.07 | $0.19 |
Drawdowns
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The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way. Drawdowns are calculated considering price movements and all distributions paid, if any.
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Worst Drawdowns
The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the Virtus Vontobel Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund. A maximum drawdown is a measure of risk, indicating the largest reduction in portfolio value due to a series of losing trades.
The maximum drawdown for the Virtus Vontobel Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund was 58.48%, occurring on Oct 27, 2008. Recovery took 613 trading sessions.
The current Virtus Vontobel Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund drawdown is 32.89%.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -58.48% | Nov 1, 2007 | 248 | Oct 27, 2008 | 613 | Apr 4, 2011 | 861 |
| -45.69% | Jan 19, 2000 | 418 | Sep 21, 2001 | 569 | Dec 29, 2003 | 987 |
| -44.21% | Feb 17, 2021 | 1041 | Apr 8, 2025 | — | — | — |
| -34.97% | Jan 29, 2018 | 541 | Mar 23, 2020 | 159 | Nov 5, 2020 | 700 |
| -30.98% | Jul 21, 1998 | 55 | Oct 5, 1998 | 138 | Apr 15, 1999 | 193 |
Volatility
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