BNY Mellon Global Emerging Markets Fund

TICKER DGEAX
Fund Code 6243
CUSIP 05588L102
SHARE CLASS
- Class A
- Class C
- Class I
- Class Y
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Why invest in this Fund?

The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in common stocks and other equity securities of companies organized or with their principal place of business, or majority of assets or business, in emerging market countries. The fund considers emerging market countries to be all countries represented in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Newton Investment Management Limited ("NIM") employs a fundamental bottom-up investment process that emphasizes quality, return on capital employed and governance. The process of identifying investment ideas begins by identifying a core list of investment themes. These themes are based primarily on observable global economic, industrial, or social trends that NIM believes will positively affect certain sectors or industries and cause stocks within these sectors or industries to outperform others.

Min. Class Investment

$1,000

Class Inception Date

02/03/14

Fund Assets

$325,121,517 As of 09/15/25

Class Assets

$13,906,749 As of 09/15/25

Portfolio Turnover Rate

62.14% As of fiscal year end 10/31/24

Morningstar Category

Diversified Emerging Markets

Benchmark

MSCI Emerging Markets Index

Morningstar Overall Rating

Fund Holdings

54 As of 08/31/25

Morningstar Rating™ as of August 31, 2025 for the Class A class shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Diversified Emerging Markets category. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 3 Stars (696 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 2 Stars (696 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 2 Stars (620 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 4 Stars (448 funds rated).

Portfolio Managers

Alex Khosla

Portfolio Manager, Newton Investment Management Limited

Managing Fund Since 2022

Joined Firm in 2022

Joined Industry in 2011
Aditya Shah

Portofio Manager, Newton Investment Management Limited

Managing Fund Since September 2025

Joined Firm in 2021

Joined Industry in 2020

Performance

Total Returns

Click here to see SALES CHARGE Max Sales Charge: 5.75% Front End Load

Month End

			Average Annual As of 08/31/25
Name	3 MO 08/31/25	YTD 08/31/25	1 YR	3 YRS	5 YRS	10 YRS	Since Inception
BNY Mellon Global Emerging Markets Fund DGEAX	2.27	6.79	6.11	5.82	2.51	7.32	6.21
MSCI Emerging Markets Index	9.47	19.02	16.80	10.82	5.21	6.92	-

Quarter End

			Average Annual As of 06/30/25
Name	3 MO 06/30/25	YTD 06/30/25	1 YR	3 YRS	5 YRS	10 YRS	Since Inception
BNY Mellon Global Emerging Markets Fund DGEAX	7.13	2.64	4.94	4.32	5.40	5.52	5.94
MSCI Emerging Markets Index	11.99	15.27	15.29	9.70	6.81	4.81	-

The performance data quotes represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Yield, share price and investment return fluctuate and an investor's shares may be worth more or less than original cost upon redemption. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Click above for month-end returns.

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance of emerging markets. Reflects reinvestment of net dividends and, where applicable, capital gain distributions. Investors cannot invest directly in any index.

Investors should consider, when deciding whether to purchase a particular class of shares, the investment amount, anticipated holding period and other relevant factors.

Growth of $10,000 Investment

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Historical Performance

Yearly Total Return

Yearly

Fund	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
DGEAX	4.08%	7.73%	-23.59%	-3.36%	58.46%	22.95%	-23.87%	45.59%	1.33%	-8.29%

Fees & Expenses

Prospectus Fee Table Expense Ratios

As of 02/28/25 Fee Description	Expense Ratio (%)
Management Fee	0.75%
Service Fee	0.25%
Other Expenses	0.32%
Total Expenses	1.32%
Expenses Reimbursed	0.07%
Net Expenses	1.25%

Total Expenses is the total annual operating expense ratio for the fund, before any fee waivers or expense reimbursements. Net Expenses is the total annual operating expense ratio for the fund, after any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements. The Total Expenses, or Net Expenses (if including fee waivers or expense reimbursements) is the actual fund expense ratio applicable to investors.
The fund's investment adviser, BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., has contractually agreed, until February 28, 2026, to waive receipt of its fees and/or assume the direct expenses of the fund so that the direct expenses of none of the fund's share classes (excluding Rule 12b-1 fees, shareholder services fees, taxes, interest expense, brokerage commissions, commitment fees on borrowings and extraordinary expenses) exceed 1.00%. On or after February 28, 2026, BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. may terminate this expense limitation agreement at any time.

Sales Charge

Investment Amount	Sales Charge
Less Than $50,000	5.75%
Less Than $100,000	4.50%
Less Than $250,000	3.50%
Less Than $500,000	2.50%
Less Than $1,000,000	2.00%
Over $1,000,000	0.00%

Portfolio

Portfolio Manager/Sub-Investment Adviser

The fund's investment adviser is BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (BNYIA). BNYIA has engaged its affiliate, Newton Investment Management Limited (NIM), to serve as the fund's sub-adviser. NIM has entered into a sub-sub-investment advisory agreement with its affiliate, Newton Investment Management North America, LLC (NIMNA), to enable NIMNA to provide certain advisory services to NIM for the benefit of the fund.

Alex Khosla and Aditya Shah are the fund's primary portfolio managers. Mr. Khosla has been a portfolio manager of the fund since September 2022 and the lead portfolio manager since May 2025. Mr. Shah has been a primary portfolio manager of the fund since September 2025. Messrs. Khosla and Shah are portfolio managers of the emerging markets and Asian equities team at NIM.

Top Holdings

Download Total Holdings

As of 08/31/25

Holdings	% Portfolio Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	8.77
Tencent Holdings	5.87
Contemporary Amperex Technology	3.89
AIA Group	3.76
Samsung Electronics	3.24
Eternal Limited	3.04
HDFC Bank	2.72
SK Hynix	2.58
MercadoLibre	2.55
SITC International Holdings	2.41

Asset Allocation

Stats & Risks

Daily Statistics

As of 09/15/25 Name	NAV	Change	09/15/25 12 Month High Nav	04/08/25 12 Month Low Nav	YTD Return
DGEAX	$24.67	$0.13 0.53%	$24.67	$17.83	19.24%

Performance Metrics

Overall Morningstar Rating

MORNINGSTAR CATEGORY Diversified Emerging Markets

Morningstar Rating™ as of 08/31/25 for the Class A shares; other classes may have different performance characteristics. Overall rating for the Diversified Emerging Markets. Fund ratings are out of 5 Stars: Overall 3 Stars (696 funds rated); 3 Yrs. 2 Stars (696 funds rated); 5 Yrs. 2 Stars (620 funds rated); 10 Yrs. 4 Stars (448 funds rated).
The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or "star rating", is calculated for managed products with at least a 3-year history. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance (not including the effects of sales charges, loads and redemption fees if applicable), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. Managed products; including open-end mutual funds, closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds; are considered a single population for comparative purposes. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5-,and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. © Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed; and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete, or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The fund represents a single portfolio with multiple share classes that have different expense structures. Other share classes may have achieved different results.

Lipper Rankings

1 Year
539 out of 732
3 Year
601 out of 680
5 Year
393 out of 604
10 Year
93 out of 429

LIPPER CLASSIFICATION

Lipper Category returns and rankings as of 08/31/25, are calculated by Lipper Inc., a Reuters Company, which is a nationally recognized organization that compares the performance of mutual funds with similar investment objectives. The Category returns represent the average performance of included funds, while rankings compare an individual fund's returns to those of the other funds in its category. Both are based on total return performance, with capital gains and dividends reinvested, with annual operating expenses deducted, but without including front or back-end sales charges. Rankings begin with the actual share class inception. Rankings are relative to a peer group and do not necessarily mean that the fund had high total returns. Rankings do not reflect sales loads

Main Risks

Equities are subject to market, market sector, market liquidity, issuer, and investment style risks to varying degrees.
Investing in foreign denominated and/or domiciled securities involves special risks, including changes in currency exchange rates, political, economic, and social instability, limited company information, differing auditing and legal standards, and less market liquidity. These risks generally are greater with emerging market countries.

Risk Metrics

As of 08/31/25 3-Year Trailing	Standard Deviation	Alpha	Beta	R-Squared	Sharpe Ratio
DGEAX	16.16	-6.00	0.97	78.29	0.25

All risk metrics are provided by Morningstar. The index used in the calculations are determined by Morningstar which may not be the funds primary benchmark. The index Morningstar used for this analysis is MSCI ACWI ex USA Index.

Alpha - Alpha is a measure of a security's or portfolio's excess return.

Beta - Beta is a measure of a security’s or portfolio’s volatility, or systematic risk.

R-Squared - R-squared is a statistical measure that represents the percentage of a fund’s or security’s movements that are explained by movements in a benchmark index.

Sharpe Ratio - Sharpe ratio is a risk-adjusted measure that measures reward per unit of risk. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better.

Standard Deviation - Standard deviation is a statistical measure of the degree to which an individual portfolio return tends to vary from the mean, based on the entire population. The greater the degree of dispersion, the greater the degree of risk. In mutual funds, the standard deviation tells us how much the return on the fund is deviating from the expected normal returns.

Distributions

Dividend Schedule

Declared

Annually

Distributed

Annually

Paid

Annually

Fiscal Year End

Oct 31

Annualized Distribution Rate

%
As of

Year	Dividend ($)	Capital Gains ($)
2023	0.1443	0.0000
2021	0.0000	1.6519
2020	0.0516	0.0000
2019	0.3532	0.0000
2018	0.1234	0.0000
2017	0.2142	0.0000
2014	0.0390	0.1204

Record Date	Ex-Dividend Date	Payable Date	Ordinary Non-Qualified Dividends	Qualified Dividends	Non-Qualified Short-Term Capital Gain	Qualified Short-Term Capital Gain	Long-Term Capital Gain	Total Distribution
12/22/23	12/26/23	12/26/23	0.0105	0.1338	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.1443

Record Date	Ex-Dividend Date	Payable Date	Ordinary Non-Qualified Dividends	Qualified Dividends	Non-Qualified Short-Term Capital Gain	Qualified Short-Term Capital Gain	Long-Term Capital Gain	Total Distribution
12/27/21	12/28/21	12/28/21	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	1.6519	1.6519
12/24/20	12/28/20	12/28/20	0.0214	0.0302	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0516
12/26/19	12/27/19	12/27/19	0.0000	0.3532	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.3532
12/26/18	12/27/18	12/27/18	0.0536	0.0698	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.1234
12/22/17	12/26/17	12/26/17	0.1141	0.1001	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.2142
12/24/14	12/26/14	12/26/14	0.0104	0.0286	0.0321	0.0883	0.0000	0.1594

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