On Wednesday, AllianceBernstein unveiled its newest fund, the AB Emerging Markets Opportunities ETF (EMOP)
EMOP is an actively managed fund that seeks to generate long-term capital growth for its investment community. The fund has a net expense ratio of 70 basis points.
“We are proud to announce the launch of the AB Emerging Markets Opportunities ETF, which continues to underscore our commitment to meeting the evolving needs of our clients,” said Noel Archard, AllianceBernstein’s global head of ETFs & Portfolio Solutions. “This launch comes as a response to strong demand for more non-US equity exposures, especially in emerging markets. EMOP is designed to provide investors with meaningful access to these dynamic economies, reinforcing our focus on active strategies and solutions that empower clients across their portfolios.”
An Active Take on Emerging Markets
As the fund’s title suggests, EMOP looks to achieve its investment objectives by investing primarily in emerging markets securities. In particular, the fund looks to focus on companies with strong long-term fundamentals and attractive current valuations.
To help identify compelling companies to invest in, EMOP blends bottom-up research with a disciplined individual security selection process. Even though the portfolio team focuses on individual company performance, macro trends and country-level factors remain under consideration.
Currently, EMOP holds a number of highly sought-after emerging markets companies within its portfolio. This includes Samsung, Alibaba, Tencent, and TSMC, among others. Notably, the fund reserves the right to invest in companies of any industry or market cap.
Traditionally, emerging markets strategies have offered dynamic, diversified rewards to a portfolio, at the expense of higher risk. That said, EMOP’s active portfolio team can significantly mitigate a great deal of risk within emerging markets. Due to the flexibility of active management, EMOP can position itself offensively or defensively to respond to changing trends within countries or individual companies.
“AB’s active ETF lineup has been in demand in 2025 as advisors have embraced their security selection expertise,” noted Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi. “It is great to see the firm build out its ETF lineup with a new equity offering.”
Including the newly launched EMOP, AllianceBernstein now has 18 different ETFs within its lineup. One of AllianceBernstein’s largest ETFs, the AB Ultra Short Income ETF (YEAR ), has well over $1.4 billion in assets under management.
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