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Lazard Emerging Markets Small Cap Equity Trust files amendment with $1.43B raised to date

Fund raise update · Other fund · Open-ended · NASHUA, NH · Form D/A filed 2026-10-09 · sponsor: Lazard · all Lazard Emerging Markets vehicles

Lazard Emerging Markets Small Cap Equity Trust, a New Hampshire business trust, has raised $1.43B under Regulation D exemption 3(c)(7) for an institutional qualified-purchaser fund. The open-ended offering has 83 investors and a $1M minimum investment.

Note: Filing is an amendment (D/A) to an existing offering; fund has been active since 2012 with substantial AUM.

$100M+ sold3(c)(7) — qualified purchasersFund of funds

How this compares

  • Across 240 other fund sponsors with more than one launch on EDGAR, the median gap between consecutive funds is 4 months.
  • No earlier fund launch by this sponsor appears on EDGAR.

Computed from every Form D fund launch on EDGAR since late 2024, not sampled. Amounts are the stated offering size; indefinite offerings are excluded.

Raise progress

FiledFormSoldInvestorsChange
2024-10-11D/A$1.43B83
2025-10-10D/A$1.43B83$0
2026-10-09D/A$1.43B83$0

Amount sold and investor count as restated on each of the issuer's Form D filings. A rise since the previous filing is capital closed in between.

Lazard on EDGAR

Earlier and related filings by the same issuer and sponsor. All Lazard Emerging Markets vehicles →

People on the filing

of New Hampshire State Street Bank and Trust CompanyExecutive Officer

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Signed by Mark Anderson, Managing Director.

Placement agents / sales compensation: Lazard Asset Management Securities LLC

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