Who owns abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund, Inc.?
Institutional ownership of AEF from SEC Form 13F filings across 41 reporting managers. All positions are from one synchronized reporting period — 2026-06-30 books, filed up to 45 days after quarter end — so every row is comparable.
41
13F holders
$169.5M
value, 2026 filers
43.5%
of shares outstanding (17.7M sh)
8
new positions (2026 filers)
Top institutional holders
ordered by shares owned · positions as of 2026-06-30· % of fund = share of the manager's own book · % of co. = share of AEF's shares outstanding
| # | Manager | Shares | Value | % of fund | % of co. | Δ shares QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LTD | 10.5M | $100.7M | 6.1% | 25.8% | -7.4% |
| 2 | Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 2.4M | $22.7M | 0.0% | 5.8% | -12.1% |
| 3 | MORGAN STANLEY | 1.7M | $16.8M | 0.0% | 4.3% | -2.2% |
| 4 | LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | 1.1M | $10.6M | 0.0% | 2.7% | -1.1% |
| 5 | RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | 739,497 | $7.1M | 0.0% | 1.8% | +2230.9% |
| 6 | LPL Financial LLC | 267,064 | $2.6M | 0.0% | 0.7% | +17.6% |
| 7 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 218,959 | $2.1M | 0.0% | 0.5% | +29.3% |
| 8 | Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLCNEW | 145,589 | $1.4M | 0.0% | 0.4% | new |
| 9 | Vanguard Capital Wealth Advisors | 120,689 | $1.2M | 0.8% | 0.3% | -46.8% |
| 10 | Invesco Ltd. | 71,517 | $686,563 | 0.0% | 0.2% | +60.1% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC | 49,906 | $479,100 | 0.0% | 0.1% | -22.7% |
| 12 | BLUE BELL PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC | 47,158 | $452,717 | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.8% |
| 13 | JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | 40,381 | $387,657 | 0.0% | 0.1% | +90.7% |
| 14 | Cetera Investment Advisers | 25,711 | $246,826 | 0.0% | 0.1% | +148.7% |
| 15 | &PARTNERS | 23,710 | $227,616 | 0.0% | 0.1% | -0.6% |
| 16 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | 23,676 | $227,288 | 0.0% | 0.1% | +555.7% |
| 17 | Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 23,190 | $222,630 | 0.0% | 0.1% | +1.0% |
| 18 | DECISION INVESTMENTS, INC | 21,590 | $207,264 | 0.2% | 0.1% | +4.0% |
| 19 | Clearstead Advisors, LLC | 20,000 | $192,000 | 0.0% | 0% | 0.0% |
| 20 | UBS Group AG | 16,379 | $157,238 | 0.0% | 0% | +595.5% |
| 21 | BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL | 15,501 | $148,808 | 0.0% | 0% | -6.3% |
| 22 | WESBANCO BANK INC | 14,800 | $142,079 | 0.0% | 0% | 0.0% |
| 23 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 14,156 | $136,000 | 0.0% | 0% | +11.8% |
| 24 | OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. | 14,044 | $134,845 | 0.0% | 0% | +15.2% |
| 25 | MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | 12,587 | $120,835 | 0.0% | 0% | -77.6% |
Source: SEC Form 13F-HR filings (institutional managers over $100M in US-listed positions). 13Fs disclose long positions only, up to 45 days after quarter end; each manager's latest filed quarter is shown per row and dollar values are the manager's filed marks. Aggregates labeled "2026 filers" count only managers whose latest book is a 2026 quarter. Related: valuation · options positioning · supply chain. Research, not investment advice.