# William Blair Emerging Markets Debt Fund — new fund registration

WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS registered 1 new fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2020-05-19. Featured series: William Blair Emerging Markets Debt Fund.

## Registration

- Registrant / trust: WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS
- CIK: 0000822632
- Form: 485APOS
- Filed: 2020-05-19
- Accession: 0001193125-20-146204
- Reported net assets: $76.0M

## Series & classes (2)

| Series | Class | Ticker | New |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [William Blair Emerging Markets Debt Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069167) | Class R6 | WEDRX | Yes |
| [William Blair Emerging Markets Debt Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000069167) | Class I | WEDIX | Yes |

## Fees (from the effective prospectus)

- 12b-1 fee: 0.00%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.07%
- Management fee: 0.65%
- Net expense ratio: 0.65%
- Other expenses: 0.42%

## Investment objective

The William Blair Emerging Markets Debt Fund seeks to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns relative to the Funds benchmark.

## Advisers

- [William Blair Investment Management, LLC (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/173961)

## Other filings by this registrant (15)

- [485APOS — 2025-11-28](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-25-302233)
- [485APOS — 2025-02-21](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-25-031875)
- [485APOS — 2023-04-27 (2 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-23-121189)
- [485APOS — 2023-02-27](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-23-050838)
- [485APOS — 2021-12-23](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-21-366095)
- [485APOS — 2021-12-09 (2 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-21-352780)
- [485APOS — 2021-12-09 (2 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-21-352785)
- [485APOS — 2021-05-28 (2 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-21-177118)
- [485APOS — 2021-02-26](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-21-060467)
- [485APOS — 2019-08-28](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-19-232291)
- [485APOS — 2019-06-27 (2 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-19-184417)
- [485APOS — 2019-02-27](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-19-054334)

## More

- [Registrant profile: WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/822632)
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