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Investor 1-Year 5-Year 10-Year Since Inception Inception Date
Return before taxes 11.03% 9.71% 4.15% 10.10% December 21, 2001
Return after taxes on distributions 11.03% 9.53% 2.16% 8.46%
Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares 6.53% 7.72% 2.69% 8.28%
MSCI ACWI ex USA SMID Index(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 15.79% 7.07% 4.38% 8.01%
MSCI EAFE Small Cap Growth Index1(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 10.98% 6.37% 5.02% 7.93%
MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 15.66% 7.89% 4.88% 8.80%
Advisor
Return before taxes 11.18% 9.89% N/A 8.57% December 04, 2018
MSCI ACWI ex USA SMID Index(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 15.79% 7.07% N/A 5.81%
MSCI EAFE Small Cap Growth Index1(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 10.98% 6.37% N/A 4.76%
MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 15.66% 7.89% N/A 6.56%
Institutional
Return before taxes 11.25% 9.98% N/A 6.87% April 12, 2016
MSCI ACWI ex USA SMID Index(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 15.79% 7.07% N/A 5.97%
MSCI EAFE Small Cap Growth Index1 (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 10.98% 6.37% N/A 5.62%
MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 15.66% 7.89% N/A 6.48%

1 Effective 28 June 2024, the Fund's secondary benchmark was changed from MSCI ACWI ex USA Small Cap Index to MSCI EAFE Small Cap Growth Index, which will provide an appropriate comparison in light of the Fund's investment strategy.

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PROSPECTUS
Artisan Partners Funds
 
Share Class
 
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
Artisan Developing World Fund
ARTYX
APDYX
APHYX
Artisan Emerging Markets Debt Opportunities Fund
APFOX
APDOX
APHOX
Artisan Floating Rate Fund
ARTUX
APDUX
APHUX
Artisan Focus Fund
ARTTX
APDTX
APHTX
Artisan Global Discovery Fund
APFDX
APDDX
APHDX
Artisan Global Equity Fund
ARTHX
APDHX
APHHX
Artisan Global Opportunities Fund
ARTRX
APDRX
APHRX
Artisan Global Unconstrained Fund
APFPX
APDPX
APHPX
Artisan Global Value Fund
ARTGX
APDGX
APHGX
Artisan High Income Fund
ARTFX
APDFX
APHFX
Artisan International Fund
ARTIX
APDIX
APHIX
Artisan International Explorer Fund
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ARDBX
ARHBX
Artisan International Small-Mid Fund
ARTJX
APDJX
APHJX
Artisan International Value Fund
ARTKX
APDKX
APHKX
Artisan Mid Cap Fund
ARTMX
APDMX
APHMX
Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund
ARTQX
APDQX
APHQX
Artisan Select Equity Fund
ARTNX
APDNX
APHNX
Artisan Small Cap Fund
ARTSX
APDSX
APHSX
Artisan Sustainable Emerging Markets Fund
ARTZX
APDEX
APHEX
Artisan Value Fund
ARTLX
APDLX
APHLX
Artisan Value Income Fund
APFWX
APDWX
APHWX
 
If you have any questions about any part of the prospectus or wish to obtain additional information about Artisan Partners Funds, please call 800.344.1770 or visit www.artisanpartners.com.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved or disapproved of the Funds’ shares or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the disclosure in this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Artisan Partners Funds • P.O. Box 219322 • Kansas City, MO 64121-9322
As currently permitted by regulations previously adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports are not currently being sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Funds or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available online at www.artisanpartners.com/prospectus, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report
If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from a Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary or, if you invest directly with a Fund, by calling 800.344.1770 or by enrolling on the Funds’ website at www.artisanpartners.com.
You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with a Fund, you can call 800.344.1770 to let the Fund know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all Funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all Funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with a Fund.
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Artisan Developing World Fund
Investor: ARTYX |  Advisor: APDYX |  Institutional: APHYX
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. The table and expense example do not reflect any transaction fees or commissions that may be charged by a shareholder’s financial intermediary when buying or selling shares.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) 
 
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Exchange Fee
None
None
None
Redemption Fee
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 
 
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
Management Fees
1.02%
1.02%
1.02%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
None
None
None
Total Other Expenses
0.28
0.11
0.03
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
1.30
1.13
1.05
Expense Example
The example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes a 5% return each year, and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 
 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Investor
$132
$412
$713
$1,568
Advisor
$115
$359
$622
$1,375
Institutional
$107
$334
$579
$1,283
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 67.53% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund’s investment team employs a fundamental investment process to construct a diversified portfolio of securities that offers exposure to developing world economies. In pursuit of this goal, the team generally invests substantially in equity securities of issuers domiciled in or economically tied to countries the team considers to have characteristics typical of the developing world, including companies based in developed markets. The team believes a portfolio of companies with these characteristics will be well positioned to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns over the long term.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests substantially in equity securities of issuers domiciled in or economically tied to one or more markets in the developing world. The team generally considers developing world to include countries that are included in any one of the Morgan Stanley Capital Index (“MSCI”) emerging or frontier markets indices, or that are classified under a similar corresponding classification, by organizations such as the World Bank, United Nations, International Finance Corporation or the International Monetary Fund. For purposes of the Fund’s investments, a determination that an issuer is economically tied to one or more countries in the developing world is based on factors including, but not limited to: domicile or principal office location, sources of its revenues or customers, countries in which a product is used, and/or whether the issuer is indirectly exposed to the risks or economic fortunes of a developing market.
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The Fund may invest in US and non-US companies of all market capitalizations.
The Fund may invest in equity-linked securities that provide economic exposure to a security of one or more non-US companies without direct investment in the underlying securities (called “participation certificates” in the Fund‘s prospectus, but may be called different names by issuers).
Principal Risks
Like all mutual funds, the Fund takes investment risks and it is possible for you to lose money by investing in the Fund. Investors in the Fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. The Fund’s principal risks include:
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Market Risks—Markets may perform poorly and the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform the general securities markets. Securities markets may experience periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity in response to governmental actions, intervention and/or policies, economic or market developments, or other external factors. The value of a company’s securities may rise or fall in response to company, market, economic, political, regulatory or other news.
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Active Management Risks—The success of the Fund is dependent on the team’s investment decisions, which are based, in part, on the research process employed by the team. The portfolio securities selected by the team may decline in value or not increase in value when the market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, are rising, in which case the Fund could experience losses regardless of the performance of the market indices.
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Foreign Investing Risks—Foreign securities may underperform US securities and may be more volatile than US securities. Risks relating to investments in foreign securities (including, but not limited to, depositary receipts and participation certificates) and to securities of issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets include currency exchange rate fluctuation; less available public information about the issuers of securities; less stringent regulatory standards; lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; and country risks, including less liquidity, high inflation rates and unfavorable economic practices; and political instability and expropriation and nationalization risks.
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Developing Markets Risks—Investment risks typically are greater in developing markets. For example, in addition to the risks associated with investments in any foreign country, political, legal and economic structures in these less developed countries may be new and changing rapidly, which may cause instability and greater risk of loss. Their securities markets may be less developed, and securities in those markets are generally more volatile and less liquid than those in the developed markets. Investing in developing market countries may involve substantial risk due to, among other reasons, limited information; higher brokerage costs; different accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; less developed legal systems and thinner trading markets as compared to those in developed countries; different clearing and settlement procedures and custodial services; and currency blockages or transfer restrictions. Developing market countries also are more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. Certain developing markets also may face other significant internal or external risks, including a heightened risk of war or ethnic, religious or racial conflicts. In addition, governments in many developing market countries participate to a significant degree in their economies and securities markets, which may impair investment and economic growth of companies in those markets. Such markets may also be heavily reliant on foreign capital and, therefore, vulnerable to capital flight.
China-Related Risks: Because the Fund typically invests a significant portion of its assets in equity securities of Chinese companies, it is particularly affected by events or factors related to China, which may increase risk and volatility.
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Geopolitical Risks—Geopolitical events adversely affect global economies and securities markets, subjecting the Fund's investments to related risks. War, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, sanctions, tariffs, the imposition of exchange controls or other cross-border trade barriers and other geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on the US and world economies and markets generally. For example, military action by Russia in Ukraine and the escalated conflict in the Middle East could adversely affect global markets and, therefore, could affect the value of the Fund's investments, including beyond the Fund's direct exposure to issuers in the relevant countries or nearby geographic regions. In addition, the US has in the past imposed economic sanctions on certain countries, which may consist of asset freezes, restrictions on dealings in debt and equity, and certain industry-specific restrictions. Sanctions impair the ability of the Fund to buy, sell, receive or deliver those securities and/or assets that are subject to the sanctions, and the extent and duration of sanctions, and resulting market disruptions, are impossible to predict and could be substantial.
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Currency Risks—Foreign securities usually are denominated and traded in foreign currencies and the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the US dollar fluctuate continuously. The Fund’s performance will be affected by its direct or indirect exposure, which may include exposure through US dollar denominated depositary receipts and participation certificates, to a particular currency due to favorable or unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates relative to the US dollar. The Fund’s direct or indirect exposure to a particular currency may be hedged to mitigate currency volatility or because the Fund believes a currency is overvalued. There can be no guarantee that any hedging activity will be successful. Hedging activity and/or use of forward foreign currency contracts may reduce or limit the opportunity for gain and involves counterparty risk, which is the risk that the contracting party will not fulfill its contractual obligation to deliver the currency contracted for at the agreed upon price to the Fund.
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Small and Medium-Sized Company Risks—Securities of small and medium-sized companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than securities of large companies. Compared to large companies, small and medium-sized companies typically may have analyst coverage by
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fewer brokerage firms – meaning they may trade at prices that reflect incomplete or inaccurate information. Smaller companies may have a shorter history of operations, less access to financing and a less diversified product line – making them more susceptible to market pressures and more likely to have volatile security prices. During some periods, securities of small and medium-sized companies, as an asset class, have underperformed the securities of larger companies.
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Growth Investing Risks—Growth stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform other asset types during given periods. A company may never achieve the earnings growth the team anticipated.
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Risks of Emphasizing a Region, Country, Sector or Industry—If the Fund has invested a higher percentage of its total assets in a particular region, country, sector or industry, changes affecting that region, country, sector or industry may have a significant impact on the performance of the Fund’s overall portfolio.
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Participation Certificate Risks—Investing in a participation certificate subjects the Fund to the risks associated with an investment in the underlying equity security and also exposes the Fund to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the bank or broker-dealer that issues the certificate will not fulfill its contractual obligation to timely pay the Fund the amount owed under the certificate.
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High Portfolio Turnover Risks —The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities. High portfolio turnover may result in increased transaction costs to the Fund, including brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of the securities and on reinvestment in other securities. The sale of Fund portfolio securities may result in the realization and/or distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains or losses as compared to a fund with a less active trading strategy. These effects of higher than normal portfolio turnover may adversely affect Fund performance.
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Impact of Actions by Other Shareholders—The Fund, like all mutual funds, pools the investments of many investors. Actions by one investor or multiple investors in the Fund may have an adverse effect on the Fund and on other investors. For example, shareholder purchase and redemption activity may affect the per share amount of the Fund’s distributions of its net income and net realized gains, if any, thereby increasing or reducing the tax burden on the Fund’s shareholders subject to income tax who receive Fund distributions.
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Operational and Cybersecurity Risks—Operational failures, cyber-attacks or other disruptions that affect the Fund’s service providers, the Fund’s counterparties, other market participants or the issuers of securities held by the Fund may adversely affect the Fund and its shareholders, including by causing losses for the Fund or impairing Fund operations.
Performance
This section provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund’s Investor Shares has varied over time.
Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how any class of the Fund will perform in the future.
Calendar Year by Year Total Returns (%)
 
Highest/Lowest Quarter Returns (%)
During the time period shown in the bar chart. 
Highest Quarter
38.34
June 30, 2020
Lowest Quarter
-24.50
June 30, 2022
Average Annual Total Returns—(For Periods Ended 31 December 2023)
The following table shows the average annual total returns (before and after taxes) and the change in value of a broad-based market index over various periods ended 31 December 2023. The index information is intended to permit you to compare the Fund’s performance to market performance.
After-tax returns are shown only for Investor Shares, and the after-tax returns for Advisor Shares and Institutional Shares will vary from Investor Shares. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Your actual after-tax returns depend on your own tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares in a tax-advantaged account, or to investors who are tax-exempt.
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For Periods Ended 31 December 2023 (%)  
Investor
1-Year
5-Year
Since Inception
Inception Date
Return before taxes
29.51%
11.93%
8.25%
June 29, 2015
Return after taxes on distributions
29.51%
11.06%
7.59%
Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
17.47%
9.51%
6.59%
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes)
9.83%
3.68%
3.22%
Advisor
Return before taxes
29.72%
12.12%
8.44%
June 29, 2015
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes)
9.83%
3.68%
3.22%
Institutional
Return before taxes
29.69%
12.20%
8.54%
June 29, 2015
MSCI Emerging Markets Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or
taxes)
9.83%
3.68%
3.22%
Updated performance information, including current NAV per share, may be obtained by calling 800.344.1770 or visiting www.artisanpartners.com.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser: Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (“Artisan Partners”) 
Portfolio Manager
Title
Length of Service
Lewis S. Kaufman
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners
Since June 2015 (inception)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
 
Minimum Investments
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
To open an account
$1,000
$250,000
$1,000,000
To add to an account
No minimum
No minimum
No minimum
Minimum balance required
$1,000
$250,000
$1,000,000
The Fund will waive the minimum investment requirements for certain employee benefit plans and certain financial intermediaries that submit orders on behalf of their customers, although the intermediaries may impose their own minimum investment requirements. The Fund may also reduce or waive the minimum investment requirements under certain circumstances.
You may purchase, exchange or redeem shares of the Fund each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular session trading at the Fund’s net asset value next calculated after receipt and acceptance of your request in good order. To purchase, exchange or redeem shares you should contact your financial intermediary, or, if you hold your shares or plan to purchase shares directly through the Fund, you should contact the Fund by phone at 800.344.1770, by regular mail at Artisan Partners Funds, P.O. Box 219322, Kansas City, MO 64121-9322, or by express, certified or registered mail at Artisan Partners Funds, 430 W. 7th Street, Suite 219322, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407. Some redemptions require Medallion signature guarantees.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. If you invest through such tax-advantaged arrangements, you may be subject to tax upon withdrawal from those arrangements.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or financial advisor), the Fund, the investment adviser and/or the distributor may pay the financial intermediary for the services provided to the Fund and its shareholders. The investment adviser and/or the distributor may also pay the financial intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Artisan Emerging Markets Debt Opportunities Fund
Investor: APFOX |  Advisor: APDOX |  Institutional: APHOX
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to provide total return through a combination of current income and long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. The table and expense example do not reflect any transaction fees or commissions that may be charged by a shareholder’s financial intermediary when buying or selling shares.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) 
 
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Exchange Fee
None
None
None
Redemption Fee
2.00%
2.00%
2.00%
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 
 
 
Investor
 
Advisor
 
Institutional
Management Fees
0.75%
0.75%
0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
None
None
None
Total Other Expenses1
7.30
2.24
1.22
      Other Operating Expenses
7.27
2.21
1.19
      Interest Expenses
0.03
0.03
0.03
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
8.05
2.99
1.97
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement2
6.74
1.79
0.84
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and
Expense Reimbursement
1.31
1.20
1.13
1 “Other Expenses” include  “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses,” which were less than 0.01% of the average net assets of the Fund. “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” are indirect expenses the Fund incurred from the Fund’s investment in one or more money market funds (acquired funds). To the extent that the Fund invests in acquired funds, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement in the table above may not match the ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the “Financial Highlights” in the Fund’s prospectus, since the Financial Highlights reflect the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include fees and expenses of acquired funds.
2 Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, the Fund’s investment adviser (“Artisan Partners”), has contractually agreed to bear certain expenses and waive its management fees to the extent necessary to cause total annual fund operating expenses (excluding taxes, interest, all commissions and other normal charges incident to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, acquired fund fees and expenses, borrowing costs such as dividends on securities sold short, and extraordinary charges such as litigation costs, but including management fees paid to Artisan Partners) not to exceed 1.25% of the average daily net assets of Investor Shares, 1.15% of the average daily net assets of Advisor Shares and 1.10% of the average daily net assets of Institutional Shares. This contract continues through 31 January 2025.
Expense Example
The example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes a 5% return each year, and that the Fund’s operating expenses are equal to Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement in the first year and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses thereafter. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 
 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Investor
$133
$1,752
$3,274
$6,690
Advisor
$122
$756
$1,415
$3,181
Institutional
$115
$537
$985
$2,228
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 147.67% of the average value of its portfolio.
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Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund’s investment team employs a fundamental investment process to construct a differentiated portfolio of securities, derivatives and other instruments that offer long and short exposures to emerging markets. The team seeks to identify emerging market countries that are undergoing or poised for strong economic growth or structural changes, such as political, legislative and/or economic reforms. The team seeks to invest in corporate and sovereign debt instruments that offer exposures to those emerging market countries at attractive absolute and relative credit risk premium. As part of the investment process, the team considers financially material environmental, social and governance factors alongside other fundamental research.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests no less than 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes at market value at the time of purchase in emerging market debt securities or instruments that have similar economic characteristics. These securities and other instruments include instruments issued or guaranteed by companies, financial institutions and government entities and/or their agencies and instrumentalities domiciled in or with exposure to emerging market countries, as well as derivatives or similar instruments used to gain or manage exposure to emerging market debt securities and/or manage related risk factors. The Fund considers emerging market countries to include any country other than Canada, Luxembourg, the US and the countries comprising the MSCI EAFE Index (currently, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom).
The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a greater portion of its assets in a more limited number of issuers than a diversified fund. The Fund may have significant investment in a particular geographic region or country.  
The Fund may invest in debt instruments of all types, including, without limitation, sovereign issues, treasury obligations, bonds, loans, commercial paper, credit linked notes, covered bonds, convertible bonds and other fixed-, variable- and floating-rate securities that are either secured or unsecured, and, either senior or subordinated. The Fund may invest, without limitation, in debt instruments of any credit rating, including instruments that are rated below investment grade (below BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Rating Service or Fitch, Inc. or below Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.), or comparably rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or unrated but determined by Artisan Partners to be of comparable quality, commonly known as “junk bonds.”  The Fund may invest in debt instruments that are non-performing at the time of purchase. The Fund may invest in debt securities of any maturity. The Fund’s investments are not subject to any restrictions with respect to duration.
The Fund expects to achieve certain exposures primarily through derivative transactions. These derivatives include, without limitation, forward foreign currency exchange contracts; futures on securities, indices, currencies, commodities, swaps and other investments; options; and swaps, including interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps, total return swaps and credit default swaps, which may have the effect of creating investment leverage. The Fund may use derivatives to seek to enhance total return, to hedge against fluctuations in securities prices, interest rates or currency exchange rates, to change the effective duration of its portfolio, to manage certain investment risks, for speculation purposes to gain certain types of exposures and/or as a substitute for the purchase or sale of securities, currencies or commodities. The Fund may also utilize derivatives to take short positions in underlying assets and non-USD currencies to hedge certain risk factors. The Fund intends to use all or a portion of the proceeds from its short positions to take additional long positions or otherwise use in a manner consistent with its investment guidelines. The Fund may engage in repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements and forward commitments.
The Fund expects to hold US Treasury, government agency securities and agency mortgage-backed securities (and derivatives thereon), and stripped securities to use as collateral for its derivatives positions and to help manage duration.
The Fund is permitted to invest in equity securities and exchange-traded funds. The Fund may invest in private placements and other restricted securities (i.e., securities that are purchased in private placements and, accordingly, are subject to restrictions on resale as matter of contract or under federal securities laws).
The Fund may have investment exposure to the commodities markets and/or Regulation S securities primarily through investments in a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Subsidiary”). The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in its Subsidiary.
The Fund may borrow up to the amount allowed by applicable law to enhance total return, fund redemptions, post collateral for hedges, or to purchase investments prior to settlement of pending sale transactions.
In addition to instruments issued by emerging market issuers, the Fund may also invest in securities and other instruments of US and other non-emerging market issuers, and securities denominated in currencies other than emerging market currency.
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Principal Risks
Like all mutual funds, the Fund takes investment risks and it is possible for you to lose money by investing in the Fund. Investors in the Fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. The Fund’s principal risks include:
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Market Risks—Markets may perform poorly and the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform the general securities markets. Securities markets may experience periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity in response to governmental actions, intervention and/or policies, economic or market developments, or other external factors. The value of a company’s securities may rise or fall in response to company, market, economic, political, regulatory or other news.
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Active Management Risks—The success of the Fund is dependent on the team’s investment decisions, which are based, in part, on the research process employed by the team. The portfolio securities selected by the team may decline in value or not increase in value when the market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, are rising, in which case the Fund could experience losses regardless of the performance of the market indices. When the team considers environmental, social and governance factors in its research process, the Fund may forgo certain investment opportunities and underperform funds that do not consider environmental, social and governance factors.
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Geopolitical Risks—Geopolitical events adversely affect global economies and securities markets, subjecting the Fund's investments to related risks. War, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, sanctions, tariffs, the imposition of exchange controls or other cross-border trade barriers and other geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on the US and world economies and markets generally. For example, military action by Russia in Ukraine and the escalated conflict in the Middle East could adversely affect global markets and, therefore, could affect the value of the Fund's investments, including beyond the Fund's direct exposure to issuers in the relevant countries or nearby geographic regions. In addition, the US has in the past imposed economic sanctions on certain countries, which may consist of asset freezes, restrictions on dealings in debt and equity, and certain industry-specific restrictions. Sanctions impair the ability of the Fund to buy, sell, receive or deliver those securities and/or assets that are subject to the sanctions, and the extent and duration of sanctions, and resulting market disruptions, are impossible to predict and could be substantial.
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Foreign Investing Risks—Foreign securities may underperform US securities and may be more volatile than US securities. Risks relating to investments in foreign securities and to securities of issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets include currency exchange rate fluctuation; less available public information about the issuers of securities; less stringent regulatory standards; lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; and country risks, including less liquidity, high inflation rates, unfavorable economic practices, political instability and expropriation and nationalization risks.
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Emerging and Developing Markets Risks—Investment risks typically are greater in emerging and less developed markets, including “frontier markets”, which are a subset of emerging markets and less developed markets that, generally, have smaller economies and less mature capital markets. For example, in addition to the risks associated with investments in any foreign country, political, legal and economic structures in these less developed countries may be new and changing rapidly, which may cause instability and greater risk of loss. Their securities markets may be less developed, and securities in those markets are generally more volatile and less liquid than those in the developed markets. Investing in emerging market countries may involve substantial risk due to, among other reasons, limited information; higher brokerage costs; different accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; less developed legal systems and thinner trading markets as compared to those in developed countries; different clearing and settlement procedures and custodial services; and currency blockages or transfer restrictions. Emerging market countries also are more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. Certain emerging markets also may face other significant internal or external risks, including a heightened risk of war or ethnic, religious or racial conflicts. In addition, governments in many emerging market countries participate to a significant degree in their economies and securities markets, which may impair investment and economic growth of companies in those markets. Such markets may also be heavily reliant on foreign capital and, therefore, vulnerable to capital flight. Such risks may be greater in frontier markets.
China-Related Risks: Because the Fund may have a significant exposure to China, it is particularly affected by events or factors relating to China, which may increase risk and volatility.
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Debt Securities Risks—The value of a debt security changes in response to various factors, including, for example, market-related factors, such as changes in interest rates or changes in the actual or perceived ability of an issuer to meet its obligations. In general, the value of a debt security will fall in response to increases in interest rates. The Fund may invest in debt securities without considering the maturity of the instrument. The value of a security with a longer duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar security with a shorter duration. As a result, changes in interest rates in the US and outside the US may affect the Fund’s debt investments unfavorably.
Debt securities in which the Fund invests may be rated below investment grade or unrated securities that are determined by Artisan Partners to be of comparable quality. Debt securities of below investment grade quality are high yield, high risk bonds, commonly known as “junk bonds.”  These bonds are predominantly speculative. They are usually issued by companies without long track records of sales and earnings, or by companies with questionable credit strength. These bonds have a higher degree of default risk, may be less liquid and may be subject to greater price volatility than higher-rated bonds.
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Currency Risks—Foreign securities usually are denominated and traded in foreign currencies and the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the US dollar fluctuate continuously. The Fund’s performance will be affected by its direct or indirect exposure to a particular currency due to favorable or unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates relative to the US dollar. The Fund’s direct or indirect exposure
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to a particular currency may be hedged to mitigate currency volatility or because the Fund believes a currency is overvalued. There can be no guarantee that any hedging activity will be successful. Hedging activity and/or use of forward foreign currency contracts may reduce or limit the opportunity for gain and involves counterparty risk, which is the risk that the contracting party will not fulfill its contractual obligation to deliver the currency contracted for at the agreed upon price to the Fund.
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Credit Risks—An issuer or counterparty may fail to pay its obligations to the Fund when they are due. Financial strength and solvency (or the perceived financial strength or solvency) of an issuer are the primary factors influencing credit risk. Changes in the financial condition of an issuer or counterparty, changes in specific economic, social or political conditions that affect a particular type of security or other instrument or an issuer, and changes in economic, social or political conditions generally can increase the risk of default by an issuer or counterparty, which can affect a security’s or other instrument’s credit quality or value and an issuer’s or counterparty’s ability to pay interest and principal when due. The values of lower quality debt, including loans, tend to be particularly sensitive to these changes.
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Interest Rate Risks—The values of debt instruments held by the Fund generally will fall in response to increases in interest rates. The value of a security with a longer duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar security with a shorter duration. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the recent period of historically low interest rates. If interest rates rise, repayments of principal on certain debt securities, including loans, may occur at a slower rate than expected and the expected length of repayment of those securities could increase as a result.
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Derivatives Risks—A derivative is a financial contract whose value depends on changes in the value of one or more underlying assets, reference rates or indexes. These instruments include, among others, forward foreign currency exchange contracts; futures on securities, indices, currencies, commodities, swaps and other investments; options; swaps, including interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps, total return swaps and credit default swaps and similar instruments. The Fund’s use of derivatives may involve risks different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in more traditional investments, such as stocks and bonds. Derivatives can be highly complex and may perform in ways unanticipated by Artisan Partners.
In addition to the risks of an adverse change in the value of the underlying reference asset, the Fund’s use of derivatives, including, but not limited to, over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives, involves the risk that the other party to the derivative contract will fail to make required payments or otherwise to comply with the terms of the contract. Derivatives transactions can create investment leverage and may be highly volatile, and the Fund could lose more than the amount it invests, especially in unusual or extreme market conditions. Derivatives may be difficult to value and highly illiquid, and the Fund may not be able to close out or sell a derivative position at a particular time or at an anticipated price.
US and non-US legislative and regulatory reforms, including those related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), have resulted in, and may in the future result in, new regulation of derivative instruments and the Fund’s use of such instruments. New regulations could, among other things, restrict the Fund’s ability to engage in derivative transactions (for example, by making certain types of derivative instruments or transactions no longer available to the Fund) and/or increase the costs of such transactions, and the Fund may as a result be unable to execute its investment strategies in a manner Artisan Partners might otherwise choose.
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Risks of Emphasizing a Region, Country, Sector or Industry—If the Fund has invested a higher percentage of its total assets in a particular region, country, sector or industry, changes affecting that region, country, sector or industry may have a significant impact on the performance of the Fund’s overall portfolio.
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Foreign Sovereign Debt Risks—The Fund's investments in debt obligations of sovereign governments may lose value due to the government entity’s unwillingness or inability to repay principal and interest when due in accordance with the terms of the debt or otherwise in a timely manner. Sovereign governments may default on their debt obligations for a number of reasons, including social, political, economic and diplomatic changes in countries issuing sovereign debt.
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Futures Contract Risks—The Fund may enter into futures contracts, in which the Fund agrees to buy or sell a security or other asset on a specified future date at a specified price or rate. There are risks associated with futures contracts, including that the success of such an investment strategy may depend on an ability to predict movements in the prices of individual securities, fluctuations in markets and movements in interest rates; there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in market value of the securities held by the Fund and the prices of futures; there may not be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract; trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange; and government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts.
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Credit Default Swaps Risks—A credit default swap enables an investor to buy or sell protection against a credit event with respect to an issuer. Credit default swaps may have as reference obligations one or more securities that are not currently held by the Fund. The protection “buyer” may be obligated to pay the protections “seller” an up-front payment or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract, provided generally that no credit event on a reference obligation has occurred. When the Fund acts as a buyer of a credit default swap, it may lose its investment and recover nothing should no credit event occur and the swap is held to its termination date. When the Fund acts as a seller of a credit default swap, it must pay a buyer the full notional value of the reference obligation, and the Fund may not be profitable if no secondary market exists or the Fund is otherwise unable to close out these transactions at advantageous time. Credit default swaps involve special risks because they are difficult to value, are highly susceptible to liquidity and credit risk, and generally pay a return to the party that has paid the premium only in the event of an actual default by the issuer of the underlying obligation (as opposed to a credit downgrade or other indication of financial difficulty).
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Short Position Risks—The risk that an increase in the value of an instrument with respect to which the Fund has established a short position for investment and/or risk management purposes will result in a loss to the Fund.
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Leverage Risks—Certain transactions, including, for example, the use of certain derivatives and borrowing money, can result in leverage. Leverage generally has the effect of increasing the amounts of loss or gain the Fund might realize and creates the likelihood of greater volatility of the value of the Fund’s investments. There is risk of loss in excess of invested capital.
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High Yield Securities (“Junk Bond”) Risks—Fixed income instruments rated below investment grade, or unrated securities that are determined by Artisan Partners to be of comparable quality, are high yield, high risk bonds, commonly known as “junk bonds.”  These bonds are predominantly speculative. They are usually issued by companies without long track records of sales and earnings, or by companies with questionable credit strength. These bonds have a higher degree of default risk and may be less liquid than higher-rated bonds. These securities may be subject to greater price volatility due to such factors as specific corporate developments, interest rate sensitivity, negative perceptions of junk bonds generally and less secondary market liquidity. This potential lack of liquidity may make it more difficult for the Fund to accurately value these securities.
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Mortgage-Related and Other Asset-Backed Instruments Risks—Mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities typically provide a monthly payment which consists of both principal and interest. In times of declining interest rates, there is a greater likelihood that a Fund’s higher yielding securities will be pre-paid with the Fund being unable to reinvest the proceeds in an investment with as great a yield. Pools created and guaranteed by non-governmental issuers, including government-sponsored corporations, may be supported by various forms of insurance or guarantees, but there can be no assurance that private insurers or guarantors can meet their obligations under the insurance policies or guarantee arrangements. Many of the risks of investing in mortgage-related securities secured by commercial mortgage loans (“CMBS”) reflect the effects of local and other economic conditions on real estate markets, the ability of tenants to make lease payments, and the ability of a property to attract and retain tenants. These securities may be less liquid and may exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage-related or other asset-backed securities.
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Government Securities Risks—The Fund invests in securities issued or guaranteed by the US Government or its agencies and instrumentalities (such as the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”)). Unlike Ginnie Mae securities, securities issued or guaranteed by US Government-related organizations, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are not backed by the full faith and credit of the US Government and no assurance can be given that the US Government would provide financial support.
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Counterparty Risks—The Fund will be subject to credit risk with respect to the counterparties to the derivative contracts and other instruments entered into by the Fund. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or insolvent or otherwise fails to perform its obligations to the Fund due to financial difficulties, the Fund may experience significant losses or delays in obtaining any recovery (including recovery of any collateral it has provided to the counterparty) from the counterparty.
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Loan Risks—Investments in loans, including floating or adjustable rate loans, are generally subject to the same risks as investments in other types of debt obligations, including, among others, the credit risk of nonpayment of principal and interest. In addition, in many cases loans are subject to the risks associated with below investment grade securities. The Fund may invest in loans made in connection with highly leveraged transactions, which are subject to greater credit and liquidity risks than other types of loans. Although the loans in which the Fund invests may be secured by specific collateral, there can be no assurance that liquidation of such collateral would satisfy the borrower’s obligation in the event of nonpayment of scheduled interest or principal, or that such collateral could be readily liquidated. In the event of the bankruptcy of a borrower, the Fund could experience delays or limitations with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of the collateral securing a loan or could recover nothing of what it is owed on the loan. Uncollateralized (i.e., non-secured) loans are subject to greater risk of loss (i.e., nonpayment) in the event of default than secured loans since they do not afford the Fund recourse to collateral. Investments in loans may be difficult to value and may be illiquid, including due to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. Transactions in many loans settle on a delayed basis, and the Fund may not receive the proceeds from the sale of a loan for a substantial period after the sale. As a result, sale proceeds related to the sale of loans may not be available to make additional investments or meet redemption obligations until a substantial period after the sale of the loans.
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Convertible Securities Risks—Investing in convertible securities subjects the Fund to the risks of debt, but also the risks associated with an investment in the underlying equity security. Convertible securities are frequently issued with a call feature that allows the issuer to choose when to redeem the security, which could result in the Fund being forced to redeem, convert, or sell the convertible security under circumstances unfavorable to the Fund.
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Stressed and Distressed Instruments Risks—Investments in the securities of financially stressed or distressed issuers involve substantial risks, including the risk that all or a portion of principal will not be repaid. These securities may present a substantial risk of default or may be in default at the time of investment. The Fund may incur additional expenses to the extent it is required to seek recovery upon a default in the payment of principal or interest on its portfolio holdings. As with any issuer, the team’s judgments about the credit quality of a financially stressed or distressed issuer and the relative value of its securities may prove to be wrong.
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Liquidity Risks—Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund may be unable to sell a portfolio investment at a desirable time or at the value the Fund has placed on the investment. It may be more difficult for the Fund to determine a fair value of an illiquid investment than that of a more liquid comparable investment.
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Non-Diversification Risks—As a non-diversified fund, the Fund may invest a larger portion of its assets in securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund, which means a single issuer’s performance may affect Fund performance more than if the Fund were invested in a larger number of issuers.
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LIBOR Replacement Risks—The coupons on variable and floating rate investments in which the Fund may invest are not fixed and may fluctuate based upon changes in market rates. The coupon on a floating rate investment is generally based on an interest rate such as a money-market index, an alternative near risk-free rate (“RFRs”) such as SOFR (as defined below) or a Treasury bill rate. In addition, certain floating and variable rate obligations have an interest rate floor feature, which prevents the interest rate payable by the security from dropping below a specified level as compared to an RFR, such as SOFR. Although the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is no longer published as of 30 June 2023, LIBOR and other inter-bank lending rates and indices (together with LIBOR, the “IBORs”) are the subject of ongoing national and international regulatory reform. Most, but not all, LIBOR settings are now transitioned to alternative near RFRs. It is expected that the financing arrangements entered into by the Fund will therefore likely reference an RFR as the applicable interest rate. The RFRs are conceptually and operationally different from LIBOR. For example, overnight rate RFRs may only be determinable on a “backward” looking basis and therefore are only known at the end of an interest period, whereas LIBOR was a “forward” looking rate. Moreover, certain RFRs (such as Secured Overnight Financing Rate or “SOFR” for U.S. dollar debt) are not well established in the market, and all RFRs remain novel in comparison to LIBOR. There consequently remains some uncertainty as to what the economic, accounting, commercial, tax and legal implications of the use of RFRs will be and how they will perform over significant time periods, particularly as market participants are still becoming accustomed to the use of such benchmarks. Given the relative novelty of the use of RFRs in financial markets, the exact impact of the use of the RFRs remains to be seen. All of the aforementioned may adversely affect the Fund’s investments (including in respect of its volatility, value and liquidity) and, as a result, its performance and/or NAV.
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ETF Risks—ETFs generally expose their shareholders to the risks associated with the assets in which the ETF invests. Additionally, as exchange-traded investment vehicles, ETFs may involve market risk, management risk and (for index funds) tracking risk. If the Fund acquires shares of an ETF, shareholders bear both their proportionate share of expenses in the Fund (including management and advisory fees) and, indirectly, the expenses of the ETF.
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Private Placement and Restricted Securities Risks—In addition to the general risks to which all securities are subject, securities acquired in a private placement generally are subject to strict restrictions on resale, and there may be no liquid secondary market or ready purchaser for such securities, and a liquid secondary market may never develop. Therefore, the Fund may be unable to dispose of such securities when it desires to do so or at a favorable time or price. This potential lack of liquidity may make it more difficult for the Fund to accurately value these securities. Issuers of private placements or other restricted securities may include special purpose vehicles (“SPVs”) that hold underlying assets to which the Fund wants to gain exposure. The Fund may have the right to receive payments only from the SPV, and may not have direct rights against the issuer of the underlying assets. Investors in such SPVs generally pay their share of the SPV’s administrative and other expenses, including management fees.
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Small and Medium-Sized Company Risks—Securities of small and medium-sized companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than securities of large companies. Compared to large companies, small and medium-sized companies typically may have analyst coverage by fewer brokerage firms – meaning they may trade at prices that reflect incomplete or inaccurate information. Smaller companies may have a shorter history of operations, less access to financing and a less diversified product line – making them more susceptible to market pressures and more likely to have volatile security prices. During some periods, securities of small and medium-sized companies, as an asset class, have underperformed the securities of larger companies.
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Valuation Risks—The Fund’s investments are valued in accordance with Artisan Partners’ valuation policies. The valuation of any investment involves inherent uncertainty. The value of a security determined in accordance with the valuation policies may differ materially from the value that could have been realized in an actual sale or transfer for a variety of reasons, including the timing of the transaction and liquidity in the market.
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Impact of Actions by Other Shareholders—The Fund, like all mutual funds, pools the investments of many investors. Actions by one investor or multiple investors in the Fund may have an adverse effect on the Fund and on other investors. For example, shareholder purchase and redemption activity may affect the per share amount of the Fund’s distributions of its net income and net realized gains, if any, thereby increasing or reducing the tax burden on the Fund’s shareholders subject to income tax who receive Fund distributions.
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Operational and Cybersecurity Risks—Operational failures, cyber-attacks or other disruptions that affect the Fund’s service providers, the Fund’s counterparties, other market participants or the issuers of securities held by the Fund may adversely affect the Fund and its shareholders, including by causing losses for the Fund or impairing Fund operations.
Performance
This section provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund’s Investor Shares has varied over time.
Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how any class of the Fund will perform in the future.
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Calendar Year by Year Total Returns (%)
 
Highest/Lowest Quarter Returns (%)
During the time period shown in the bar chart. 
Highest Quarter
5.47
December 31, 2023
Lowest Quarter
-0.80
September 30, 2023
Average Annual Total Returns—(For Periods Ended 31 December 2023)
The following table shows the average annual total returns (before and after taxes) and the change in value of a broad-based market index over various periods ended 31 December 2023. The index information is intended to permit you to compare the Fund’s performance to market performance.
After-tax returns are shown only for Investor Shares, and the after-tax returns for Advisor Shares and Institutional Shares will vary from Investor Shares. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Your actual after-tax returns depend on your own tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares in a tax-advantaged account, or to investors who are tax-exempt.
For Periods Ended 31 December 2023 (%)  
Investor
1-Year
Since Inception
Inception Date
Return before taxes
12.88%
11.22%
April 7, 2022
Return after taxes on distributions
8.50%
7.04%
Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
7.63%
6.86%
JP Morgan EMB Hard Currency / Local Currency 50/50 Index (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
11.43%
3.47%
Advisor
Return before taxes
12.91%
11.28%
April 7, 2022
JP Morgan EMB Hard Currency / Local Currency 50/50 Index (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
11.43%
3.47%
Institutional
Return before taxes
13.16%
11.44%
April 7, 2022
JP Morgan EMB Hard Currency / Local Currency 50/50 Index (reflects no
deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
11.43%
3.47%
Updated performance information, including current NAV per share, may be obtained by calling 800.344.1770 or visiting www.artisanpartners.com.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser: Artisan Partners 
Portfolio Managers
Title
Length of Service
Michael A. Cirami
Managing Director and Lead Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners
Since April 2022 (inception)
Sarah C. Orvin, CFA
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners
Since April 2022 (inception)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
 
Minimum Investments
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
To open an account
$1,000
$250,000
$1,000,000
To add to an account
No minimum
No minimum
No minimum
Minimum balance required
$1,000
$250,000
$1,000,000
The Fund will waive the minimum investment requirements for certain employee benefit plans and certain financial intermediaries that submit orders on behalf of their customers, although the intermediaries may impose their own minimum investment requirements. The Fund may also reduce or waive the minimum investment requirements under certain circumstances.
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You may purchase, exchange or redeem shares of the Fund each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular session trading at the Fund’s net asset value next calculated after receipt and acceptance of your request in good order. To purchase, exchange or redeem shares you should contact your financial intermediary, or, if you hold your shares or plan to purchase shares directly through the Fund, you should contact the Fund by phone at 800.344.1770, by regular mail at Artisan Partners Funds, P.O. Box 219322, Kansas City, MO 64121-9322, or by express, certified or registered mail at Artisan Partners Funds, 430 W. 7th Street, Suite 219322, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407. Some redemptions require Medallion signature guarantees.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. If you invest through such tax-advantaged arrangements, you may be subject to tax upon withdrawal from those arrangements.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or financial advisor), the Fund, the investment adviser and/or the distributor may pay the financial intermediary for the services provided to the Fund and its shareholders. The investment adviser and/or the distributor may also pay the financial intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Artisan Floating Rate Fund
Investor: ARTUX |  Advisor: APDUX |  Institutional: APHUX
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to provide total return through a combination of current income and long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. The table and expense example do not reflect any transaction fees or commissions that may be charged by a shareholder’s financial intermediary when buying or selling shares.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) 
 
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Exchange Fee
None
None
None
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed or
exchanged within 90 days or less)
2.00%
2.00%
2.00%
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 
 
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
Management Fees
0.68%
0.68%
0.68%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
None
None
None
Total Other Expenses
2.06
0.89
0.68
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses1
0.02
0.02
0.02
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
2.76
1.59
1.38
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement2
1.54
0.47
0.31
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and
Expense Reimbursement
1.22
1.12
1.07
1 “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” shown are for the fiscal year ended 30 September 2023 and are indirect expenses the Fund incurred from the Fund’s investment in one or more money market funds (acquired funds). To the extent that the Fund invests in acquired funds, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement in the table above may not match the ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the “Financial Highlights” in the Fund’s prospectus, since the Financial Highlights reflect the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include fees and expenses of acquired funds.
2 Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, the Fund’s investment adviser (“Artisan Partners”), has contractually agreed to bear certain expenses and waive its management fees to the extent necessary to cause total annual fund operating expenses (excluding taxes, interest, all commissions and other normal charges incident to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, acquired fund fees and expenses, borrowing costs such as dividends on securities sold short, and extraordinary charges such as litigation costs, but including management fees paid to Artisan Partners) not to exceed 1.20% of the average daily net assets of Investor Shares, 1.10% of the average daily net assets of Advisor Shares and 1.05% of the average daily net assets of Institutional Shares. This contract continues through 31 January 2025.
Expense Example
The example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes a 5% return each year, and that the Fund’s operating expenses are equal to Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement in the first year and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses thereafter. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 
 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Investor
$124
$710
$1,322
$2,977
Advisor
$114
$456
$821
$1,850
Institutional
$109
$406
$726
$1,631
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 76.50% of the average value of its portfolio.
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Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund seeks to invest in issuers with high quality business models that have compelling risk-adjusted return characteristics. The Fund employs a fundamental investment process to construct a diversified portfolio comprised primarily of floating rate debt instruments that are attractively valued, including, without limitation, floating rate leveraged loans, which could include, among other types of loans, senior secured loans, unsecured loans, second lien loans, bridge loans and junior loans.
The Fund’s investment team’s research process has four primary pillars:
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Business Quality—The team uses a variety of sources to understand the resiliency of an issuer’s business model. The team analyzes the general health of the industry in which an issuer operates, the issuer’s competitive position, barriers to entry, the dynamics of industry participants, and the decision-making history of the issuer’s management and, when applicable, financial equity sponsor. As part of the team’s analysis of a company’s business quality, among other factors, the team considers certain environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors relating to the company. These ESG factors may include the impact of environmental regulatory change, the use of human, natural and physical resources and corporate governance structures and practices. When the team deems a factor material to the value of a company, the team incorporates it into its decision-making process.
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Financial Strength and Flexibility—The team believes that analyzing the history and trend of free cash flow generation is critical to understanding an issuer’s financial health. The team’s financial analysis also considers an issuer’s capital structure, refinancing options, asset or collateral coverage, financial covenants, amortization schedules and overall financial transparency.
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Downside Analysis—The team believes that credit instruments by their nature have an asymmetric risk profile. The risk of loss is often greater than the potential for gain, particularly when looking at below investment grade issuers. The team seeks to manage this risk with what it believes to be conservative financial projections that account for industry position, competitive dynamics and positioning within the capital structure.
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Value Identification—The team uses multiple metrics to determine the value of an investment opportunity. The team looks for credit improvement potential, relative value within an issuer’s capital structure and against industry peers, catalysts for business improvement and potential value stemming from market or industry dislocations and/or mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”).
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest no less than 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes at market value at the time of purchase in floating rate debt instruments and other investments that are the economic equivalent of floating rate debt instruments or enable the Fund to achieve a floating rate of income. Floating rate debt instruments for this purpose are those debt obligations of companies or other entities that have (a) interest at rates that adjust periodically, often, though not necessarily, based on a benchmark rate plus a premium or spread over the benchmark rate, or (b) maturities of six months or less even if the interest rates do not adjust periodically. The benchmark rate usually is the Prime Rate, London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), Secured Overnight Funding Rate (“SOFR”), the Federal Reserve federal funds rate, or other base lending rates used by commercial lenders. In addition, fixed-rate investments with respect to which the Fund has entered into derivative instruments, such as, for example, interest rate swaps, to effectively convert the fixed-rate interest payments into floating or adjustable rate interest payments; exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) or notes that provide exposure to floating or adjustable rate loans or obligations; and cash and cash equivalents (for example, money market funds) are examples of other investments considered by the Fund to be eligible for the purpose of satisfying the 80% policy.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest primarily in instruments that are rated, at the time of purchase, below investment grade (below BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”) or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”) or below Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”)), or comparably rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), or unrated but determined by Artisan Partners to be of comparable quality, commonly known as “junk bonds.”  Although the Fund expects to primarily invest in instruments that are rated below investment grade (or unrated but determined by Artisan Partners to be of comparable quality) at the time of purchase, the Fund may invest without limit in instruments of any credit quality, including investment grade instruments and securities of stressed or distressed issuers. The Fund may invest in debt securities of any maturity.
The Fund may invest without limit in securities and other instruments of US and non-US issuers, including issuers economically tied to “emerging market” countries, securities traded principally outside of the United States, and securities denominated in currencies other than the US dollar. The Fund usually seeks (but is not required) to hedge against the risk of loss resulting from currency fluctuation.
In addition to floating rate debt instruments, the Fund also may invest in other corporate fixed income instruments of varying maturities, including fixed-rate instruments, debentures, notes, commercial paper and other types of corporate debt instruments across the credit quality spectrum, such as stressed and distressed debt securities. The Fund may invest in private placements and other restricted securities (i.e., securities that are purchased in private placements and, accordingly, are subject to restrictions on resale as a matter of contract or under federal securities laws). The Fund also may invest in ETFs.
The Fund may use derivatives for investment, duration management or hedging purposes, or with the purpose or effect of creating investment leverage. The Fund may also use derivatives to manage liquidity risk. The Fund’s investments in derivative instruments may include investments in, among other instruments, futures contracts, swap contracts and certain currency instruments such as currency forward contracts and currency swap contracts.
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Principal Risks
Like all mutual funds, the Fund takes investment risks and it is possible for you to lose money by investing in the Fund. Investors in the Fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. The Fund’s principal risks include:
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Market Risks—Markets may perform poorly and the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform the general securities markets. Securities markets may experience periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity in response to governmental actions, intervention and/or policies, economic or market developments, or other external factors. The value of a company’s securities may rise or fall in response to company, market, economic, political, regulatory or other news.
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Active Management Risks—The success of the Fund is dependent on the team’s investment decisions, which are based, in part, on the research process employed by the team. The portfolio securities selected by the team may decline in value or not increase in value when the market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, are rising, in which case the Fund could experience losses regardless of the performance of the market indices. When the team considers ESG factors in its research process, the Fund may forgo certain investment opportunities and underperform funds that do not consider ESG factors.
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Loan Risks—Investments in loans, including floating or adjustable rate loans, are generally subject to the same risks as investments in other types of debt obligations, including, among others, the credit risk of nonpayment of principal and interest. In addition, in many cases loans are subject to the risks associated with below investment grade securities. The Fund may invest in loans made in connection with highly leveraged transactions, which are subject to greater credit and liquidity risks than other types of loans. Although the loans in which the Fund invests may be secured by specific collateral, there can be no assurance that liquidation of such collateral would satisfy the borrower’s obligation in the event of nonpayment of scheduled interest or principal, or that such collateral could be readily liquidated. In the event of the bankruptcy of a borrower, the Fund could experience delays or limitations with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of the collateral securing a loan or could recover nothing of what it is owed on the loan. Uncollateralized (i.e., non-secured) loans are subject to greater risk of loss (i.e., nonpayment) in the event of default than secured loans since they do not afford the Fund recourse to collateral. Investments in loans may be difficult to value and may be illiquid, including due to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. Transactions in many loans settle on a delayed basis, and the Fund may not receive the proceeds from the sale of a loan for a substantial period after the sale. As a result, sale proceeds related to the sale of loans may not be available to make additional investments or meet redemption obligations until a substantial period after the sale of the loans.
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Credit Risks—An issuer or counterparty may fail to pay its obligations to the Fund when they are due. Financial strength and solvency (or the perceived financial strength or solvency) of an issuer are the primary factors influencing credit risk. Changes in the financial condition of an issuer or counterparty, changes in specific economic, social or political conditions that affect a particular type of security or other instrument or an issuer, and changes in economic, social or political conditions generally can increase the risk of default by an issuer or counterparty, which can affect a security’s or other instrument’s credit quality or value and an issuer’s or counterparty’s ability to pay interest and principal when due. The values of lower quality debt, including loans, tend to be particularly sensitive to these changes.
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High Yield Securities (“Junk Bond”) Risks—Fixed income instruments rated below investment grade, or unrated securities that are determined by Artisan Partners to be of comparable quality, are high yield, high risk bonds, commonly known as “junk bonds.”  These bonds are predominantly speculative. They are usually issued by companies without long track records of sales and earnings, or by companies with questionable credit strength. These bonds have a higher degree of default risk and may be less liquid than higher-rated bonds. These securities may be subject to greater price volatility due to such factors as specific corporate developments, interest rate sensitivity, negative perceptions of junk bonds generally and less secondary market liquidity. This potential lack of liquidity may make it more difficult for the Fund to accurately value these securities.
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Interest Rate Risks—The values of debt instruments held by the Fund generally will fall in response to increases in interest rates. The value of a security with a longer duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar security with a shorter duration. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the recent period of historically low interest rates. If interest rates rise, repayments of principal on certain debt securities, including loans, may occur at a slower rate than expected and the expected length of repayment of those securities could increase as a result.
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Debt Securities Risks—The value of a debt security changes in response to various factors, including, for example, market-related factors, such as changes in interest rates or changes in the actual or perceived ability of an issuer to meet its obligations. Investments in debt securities are subject to, among other risks, credit risk, interest rate risk and high yield securities (“junk bond”) risk, as described above.
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Liquidity Risks—Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund may be unable to sell a portfolio investment at a desirable time or at the value the Fund has placed on the investment. It may be more difficult for the Fund to determine a fair value of an illiquid investment than that of a more liquid comparable investment.
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Valuation Risks—The Fund’s investments are valued in accordance with Artisan Partners’ valuation policies. The valuation of any investment involves inherent uncertainty. The value of a security determined in accordance with the valuation policies may differ materially from the value that could have been realized in an actual sale or transfer for a variety of reasons, including the timing of the transaction and liquidity in the market.
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Stressed and Distressed Instruments Risks—Investments in the securities of financially stressed or distressed issuers involve substantial risks, including the risk that all or a portion of principal will not be repaid. These securities may present a substantial risk of default or may be
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in default at the time of investment. The Fund may incur additional expenses to the extent it is required to seek recovery upon a default in the payment of principal or interest on its portfolio holdings. As with any issuer, the team’s judgments about the credit quality of a financially stressed or distressed issuer and the relative value of its securities may prove to be wrong.
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Futures Contract Risks—The Fund may enter into futures contracts, in which the Fund agrees to buy or sell a security or other asset on a specified future date at a specified price or rate. There are risks associated with futures contracts, including that the success of such an investment strategy may depend on an ability to predict movements in the prices of individual securities, fluctuations in markets and movements in interest rates; there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in market value of the securities held by the Fund and the prices of futures; there may not be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract; trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange; and government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts.
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Counterparty Risks—The Fund will be subject to credit risk with respect to the counterparties to the derivative contracts and other instruments entered into by the Fund. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or insolvent or otherwise fails to perform its obligations to the Fund due to financial difficulties, the Fund may experience significant losses or delays in obtaining any recovery (including recovery of any collateral it has provided to the counterparty) from the counterparty.
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Foreign Investing Risks—Foreign securities may underperform US securities and may be more volatile than US securities. Risks relating to investments in foreign securities and to securities of issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets include currency exchange rate fluctuation; less available public information about the issuers of securities; less stringent regulatory standards; lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; and country risks, including less liquidity, high inflation rates, unfavorable economic practices, political instability and expropriation and nationalization risks.
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Emerging and Developing Markets Risks—Investment risks typically are greater in emerging and less developed markets, including “frontier markets”, which are a subset of emerging markets and less developed markets that, generally, have smaller economies and less mature capital markets. For example, in addition to the risks associated with investments in any foreign country, political, legal and economic structures in these less developed countries may be new and changing rapidly, which may cause instability and greater risk of loss. Their securities markets may be less developed, and securities in those markets are generally more volatile and less liquid than those in the developed markets. Investing in emerging market countries may involve substantial risk due to, among other reasons, limited information; higher brokerage costs; different accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; less developed legal systems and thinner trading markets as compared to those in developed countries; different clearing and settlement procedures and custodial services; and currency blockages or transfer restrictions. Emerging market countries also are more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. Certain emerging markets also may face other significant internal or external risks, including a heightened risk of war or ethnic, religious or racial conflicts. In addition, governments in many emerging market countries participate to a significant degree in their economies and securities markets, which may impair investment and economic growth of companies in those markets. Such markets may also be heavily reliant on foreign capital and, therefore, vulnerable to capital flight. Such risks may be greater in frontier markets.
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Currency Risks—Foreign securities usually are denominated and traded in foreign currencies and the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the US dollar fluctuate continuously. The Fund’s performance will be affected by its direct or indirect exposure to a particular currency due to favorable or unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates relative to the US dollar. The Fund’s direct or indirect exposure to a particular currency may be hedged to mitigate currency volatility or because the Fund believes a currency is overvalued. There can be no guarantee that any hedging activity will be successful. Hedging activity and/or use of forward foreign currency contracts may reduce or limit the opportunity for gain and involves counterparty risk, which is the risk that the contracting party will not fulfill its contractual obligation to deliver the currency contracted for at the agreed upon price to the Fund.
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Private Placement and Restricted Securities Risks—In addition to the general risks to which all securities are subject, securities acquired in a private placement generally are subject to strict restrictions on resale, and there may be no liquid secondary market or ready purchaser for such securities, and a liquid secondary market may never develop. Therefore, the Fund may be unable to dispose of such securities when it desires to do so or at a favorable time or price. This potential lack of liquidity may make it more difficult for the Fund to accurately value these securities. Issuers of private placements or other restricted securities may include special purpose vehicles (“SPVs”) that hold underlying assets to which the Fund wants to gain exposure. The Fund may have the right to receive payments only from the SPV, and may not have direct rights against the issuer of the underlying assets. Investors in such SPVs generally pay their share of the SPV’s administrative and other expenses, including management fees.
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Leverage Risks—Certain transactions, including, for example, the use of certain derivatives and borrowing money, can result in leverage. Leverage generally has the effect of increasing the amounts of loss or gain the Fund might realize and creates the likelihood of greater volatility of the value of the Fund’s investments. There is risk of loss in excess of invested capital.
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LIBOR Replacement Risks—The coupons on variable and floating rate investments in which the Fund may invest are not fixed and may fluctuate based upon changes in market rates. The coupon on a floating rate investment is generally based on an interest rate such as a money-market index, an alternative near risk-free rate (“RFRs”) such as SOFR (as defined below) or a Treasury bill rate. In addition, certain floating and variable rate obligations have an interest rate floor feature, which prevents the interest rate payable by the security from dropping below a specified level as compared to an RFR, such as SOFR. Although the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is no longer published as of 30 June 2023, LIBOR and other inter-bank lending rates and indices (together with LIBOR, the “IBORs”) are the subject of ongoing national and international regulatory reform. Most, but not all, LIBOR settings are now transitioned to alternative near RFRs. It is
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expected that the financing arrangements entered into by the Fund will therefore likely reference an RFR as the applicable interest rate. The RFRs are conceptually and operationally different from LIBOR. For example, overnight rate RFRs may only be determinable on a “backward” looking basis and therefore are only known at the end of an interest period, whereas LIBOR was a “forward” looking rate. Moreover, certain RFRs (such as Secured Overnight Financing Rate or “SOFR” for U.S. dollar debt) are not well established in the market, and all RFRs remain novel in comparison to LIBOR. There consequently remains some uncertainty as to what the economic, accounting, commercial, tax and legal implications of the use of RFRs will be and how they will perform over significant time periods, particularly as market participants are still becoming accustomed to the use of such benchmarks. Given the relative novelty of the use of RFRs in financial markets, the exact impact of the use of the RFRs remains to be seen. All of the aforementioned may adversely affect the Fund’s investments (including in respect of its volatility, value and liquidity) and, as a result, its performance and/or NAV.
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ETF Risks—ETFs generally expose their shareholders to the risks associated with the assets in which the ETF invests. Additionally, as exchange-traded investment vehicles, ETFs may involve market risk, management risk and (for index funds) tracking risk. If the Fund acquires shares of an ETF, shareholders bear both their proportionate share of expenses in the Fund (including management and advisory fees) and, indirectly, the expenses of the ETF.
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Convertible Securities Risks—Investing in convertible securities subjects the Fund to the risks of debt, but also the risks associated with an investment in the underlying equity security. Convertible securities are frequently issued with a call feature that allows the issuer to choose when to redeem the security, which could result in the Fund being forced to redeem, convert, or sell the convertible security under circumstances unfavorable to the Fund.
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Derivatives Risks—A derivative is a financial contract whose value depends on changes in the value of one or more underlying assets, reference rates or indexes. These instruments include, among others, participation certificates, credit default swaps, currency forward contracts, currency swap contracts and other swap agreements and similar instruments. The Fund’s use of derivatives may involve risks different from, or greater than, the risks associated with investing in more traditional investments, such as stocks and bonds. Derivatives can be highly complex and may perform in ways unanticipated by Artisan Partners.
In addition to the risks of an adverse change in the value of the underlying reference asset, the Fund’s use of derivatives, including, but not limited to, over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives, involves the risk that the other party to the derivative contract will fail to make required payments or otherwise to comply with the terms of the contract. Derivatives transactions can create investment leverage and may be highly volatile, and the Fund could lose more than the amount it invests, especially in unusual or extreme market conditions. Derivatives may be difficult to value and highly illiquid, and the Fund may not be able to close out or sell a derivative position at a particular time or at an anticipated price.
US and non-US legislative and regulatory reforms, including those related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), have resulted in, and may in the future result in, new regulation of derivative instruments and the Fund’s use of such instruments. New regulations could, among other things, restrict the Fund’s ability to engage in derivative transactions (for example, by making certain types of derivative instruments or transactions no longer available to the Fund) and/or increase the costs of such transactions, and the Fund may as a result be unable to execute its investment strategies in a manner Artisan Partners might otherwise choose.
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Government Securities Risks—The Fund invests in securities issued or guaranteed by the US Government or its agencies and instrumentalities (such as the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”)). Unlike Ginnie Mae securities, securities issued or guaranteed by US Government-related organizations, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are not backed by the full faith and credit of the US Government and no assurance can be given that the US Government would provide financial support.
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Risks of Emphasizing a Region, Country, Sector or Industry—If the Fund has invested a higher percentage of its total assets in a particular region, country, sector or industry, changes affecting that region, country, sector or industry may have a significant impact on the performance of the Fund’s overall portfolio.
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Impact of Actions by Other Shareholders—The Fund, like all mutual funds, pools the investments of many investors. Actions by one investor or multiple investors in the Fund may have an adverse effect on the Fund and on other investors. For example, shareholder purchase and redemption activity may affect the per share amount of the Fund’s distributions of its net income and net realized gains, if any, thereby increasing or reducing the tax burden on the Fund’s shareholders subject to income tax who receive Fund distributions.
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Operational and Cybersecurity Risks—Operational failures, cyber-attacks or other disruptions that affect the Fund’s service providers, the Fund’s counterparties, other market participants or the issuers of securities held by the Fund may adversely affect the Fund and its shareholders, including by causing losses for the Fund or impairing Fund operations.
Performance
This section provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund’s Investor Shares has varied over time.
Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how any class of the Fund will perform in the future.
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Calendar Year by Year Total Returns (%)
 
Highest/Lowest Quarter Returns (%)
During the time period shown in the bar chart. 
Highest Quarter
4.23
September 30, 2023
Lowest Quarter
-4.28
June 30, 2022
Average Annual Total Returns—(For Periods Ended 31 December 2023)
The following table shows the average annual total returns (before and after taxes) and the change in value of a broad-based market index over various periods ended 31 December 2023. The index information is intended to permit you to compare the Fund’s performance to market performance.
After-tax returns are shown only for Investor Shares, and the after-tax returns for Advisor Shares and Institutional Shares will vary from Investor Shares. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Your actual after-tax returns depend on your own tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares in a tax-advantaged account, or to investors who are tax-exempt.
For Periods Ended 31 December 2023 (%)  
Investor
1-Year
Since Inception
Inception Date
Return before taxes
13.57%
5.11%
December 1, 2021
Return after taxes on distributions
9.52%
2.33%
Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
7.91%
2.68%
Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses or taxes)
13.04%
5.83%
Advisor
Return before taxes
13.69%
5.22%
December 1, 2021
Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses or taxes)
13.04%
5.83%
Institutional
Return before taxes
13.63%
5.21%
December 1, 2021
Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Total Return Index (reflects no deduction for
fees, expenses or taxes)
13.04%
5.83%
Updated performance information, including current NAV per share, may be obtained by calling 800.344.1770 or visiting www.artisanpartners.com.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser: Artisan Partners  
Portfolio Managers
Title
Length of Service
Bryan C. Krug
Managing Director and Lead Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners
Since December 2021 (inception)
Seth B. Yeager
Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners
Since December 2021 (inception)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
 
Minimum Investments
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
To open an account
$1,000
$250,000
$1,000,000
To add to an account
No minimum
No minimum
No minimum
Minimum balance required
$1,000
$250,000
$1,000,000
The Fund will waive the minimum investment requirements for certain employee benefit plans and certain financial intermediaries that submit orders on behalf of their customers, although the intermediaries may impose their own minimum investment requirements. The Fund may also reduce or waive the minimum investment requirements under certain circumstances.
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You may purchase, exchange or redeem shares of the Fund each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular session trading at the Fund’s net asset value next calculated after receipt and acceptance of your request in good order. To purchase, exchange or redeem shares you should contact your financial intermediary, or, if you hold your shares or plan to purchase shares directly through the Fund, you should contact the Fund by phone at 800.344.1770, by regular mail at Artisan Partners Funds, P.O. Box 219322, Kansas City, MO 64121-9322, or by express, certified or registered mail at Artisan Partners Funds, 430 W. 7th Street, Suite 219322, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407. Some redemptions require Medallion signature guarantees.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. If you invest through such tax-advantaged arrangements, you may be subject to tax upon withdrawal from those arrangements.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or financial advisor), the Fund, the investment adviser and/or the distributor may pay the financial intermediary for the services provided to the Fund and its shareholders. The investment adviser and/or the distributor may also pay the financial intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Artisan Focus Fund
Investor: ARTTX |  Advisor: APDTX |  Institutional: APHTX
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. The table and expense example do not reflect any transaction fees or commissions that may be charged by a shareholder’s financial intermediary when buying or selling shares.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) 
 
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Exchange Fee
None
None
None
Redemption Fee
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 
 
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
Management Fees
0.99%
0.99%
0.99%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
None
None
None
Total Other Expenses1
0.32
0.14
0.05
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
1.31
1.13
1.04
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement2
0.00
N/A
N/A
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and
Expense Reimbursement
1.31
1.13
1.04
1 “Other Expenses” include  “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses,” which were less than 0.01% of the average net assets of the Fund. “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” are indirect expenses the Fund incurred from the Fund’s investment in one or more money market funds (acquired funds). To the extent that the Fund invests in acquired funds, Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses in the table above may not match the ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the “Financial Highlights” in the Fund’s prospectus, since the Financial Highlights reflect the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include fees and expenses of acquired funds.
2 Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, the Fund’s investment adviser (“Artisan Partners”), has contractually agreed to bear certain expenses and waive its management fees to the extent necessary to cause total annual fund operating expenses (excluding taxes, interest, all commissions and other normal charges incident to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, acquired fund fees and expenses, borrowing costs such as dividends on securities sold short, and extraordinary charges such as litigation costs, but including management fees paid to Artisan Partners) not to exceed 1.50% of the average daily net assets of Investor Shares. This contract continues through 31 January 2026.
Expense Example
The example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes a 5% return each year, and that the Fund’s operating expenses are equal to Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement in the first year and Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses thereafter. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 
 
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Investor
$133
$415
$718
$1,579
Advisor
$115
$359
$622
$1,375
Institutional
$106
$331
$574
$1,271
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 271.28% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
The Fund’s investment approach is based on idea generation, a systematic framework for analyzing companies and proactive risk management. Utilizing this approach, the team seeks to construct a focused portfolio designed to maximize alpha while limiting downside risk over the long term.
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Idea Generation—The team believes a key element in alpha generation is finding areas where the team’s views on industry fundamentals differ from consensus estimates. In this pursuit, the team seeks to identify inflections in multi-year trends which may be caused by changes in supply/demand dynamics, societal behavior, market conditions, technology, laws/regulations and business models, among other variables. The team believes these inflections are often misunderstood by market participants, and can lead to meaningful re-evaluations of industries and companies. Identifying themes helps the team develop a focused universe of companies to analyze more thoroughly. The team will also consider compelling idiosyncratic positions that are a good fit based on the team’s rigorous fundamental analysis.
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Systematic Analytical Framework—The team applies a systematic framework for analyzing companies across sectors and themes, creating a repeatable and methodical decision-making process. The team’s proprietary company models focus on multi-year earnings power differentiation, expected outcome scenario analysis, return on invested capital and discounted cash flow valuations. Visual outputs are then produced through the firm's internally developed technology solutions, allowing the team to consistently evaluate positions across the portfolio.
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Proactive Risk Management—The team incorporates risk management into all stages of its investment process. Metrics evaluated include crowding, correlation, volatility, stress tests, liquidity, factor analysis and macro drivers, all of which inform portfolio construction and position sizing. The team also uses various instruments, such as options, in an effort to magnify alpha and minimize downside.
The Fund invests in common stocks and other equity securities of companies across a broad capitalization range. There are no restrictions on the market capitalizations of the companies in which the Fund may invest. The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a greater portion of its assets in a more limited number of issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, a high percentage of the Fund’s total assets may be invested in a particular company, sector or industry. As part of the investment process, the team considers financially material environmental, social and governance factors alongside other fundamental research.
The Fund may invest up to 50% of its total assets at market value at the time of purchase in securities of non-US companies (including depositary receipts). The Fund’s investments in non-US securities may include investments in developed markets, as well as emerging and less developed markets. The Fund usually seeks (but is not required) to hedge against the risk of loss resulting from currency fluctuation. The Fund may invest in equity-linked securities that provide economic exposure to a security of one or more non-US companies without direct investment in the underlying securities (called “participation certificates” in the Fund’s prospectus, but may be called different names). The Fund also invests in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”).
The Fund also uses derivatives, such as options. The Fund may use derivatives for any purpose consistent with its investment objective, including, without limitation, to improve expected risk-adjusted returns and to obtain economic exposure to certain issuers. The Fund may implement short positions, including through the use of derivative instruments, or through short sales of instruments that are eligible investments for the Fund and generally intends to use short positions to reduce exposure to certain risks and for hedging purposes. The Fund intends to use all or a portion of the proceeds from its short positions to take additional long positions or otherwise use in a manner consistent with its investment guidelines. The Fund also may borrow money for investment purposes, including to purchase additional securities.
The Fund may invest in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). The Fund may also invest to a limited extent in debt securities (including securities rated below investment grade (below BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings Inc. (“Fitch”) or below Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”)), or comparably rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), or unrated but determined by Artisan Partners to be of comparable quality), commonly known as “junk bonds,” and convertible debt securities of US or non-US issuers that meet the Fund’s investment criteria. The Fund may invest in debt securities of any maturity or duration.
As a result of the Fund's use of derivatives, the Fund may hold significant amounts of short-term investments, including cash and cash equivalents. The Fund may also maintain a significant portion of its total assets in cash from time to time in response to adverse market, economic, political or other conditions. In addition, cash flows, including from shareholder investments and redemptions and purchases and sales of portfolio securities, may cause the Fund's cash position to be larger or smaller. If the Fund holds a significant portion of its assets in cash, its ability to meet its investment objective and/or the Fund's performance may be adversely affected.
Principal Risks
Like all mutual funds, the Fund takes investment risks and it is possible for you to lose money by investing in the Fund. Investors in the Fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. The Fund’s principal risks include:
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Market Risks—Markets may perform poorly and the securities in which the Fund invests may underperform the general securities markets. Securities markets may experience periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity in response to governmental actions, intervention and/or policies, economic or market developments, or other external factors. The value of a company’s securities may rise or fall in response to company, market, economic, political, regulatory or other news.
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Active Management Risks—The success of the Fund is dependent on the team’s investment decisions, which are based, in part, on the research process employed by the team. The portfolio securities selected by the team may decline in value or not increase in value when the market indices, including relevant benchmark indices, are rising, in which case the Fund could experience losses regardless of the performance of the market indices. When the team considers environmental, social and governance factors in its research process, the Fund may forgo certain investment opportunities and underperform funds that do not consider environmental, social and governance factors.
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Non-Diversification Risks—As a non-diversified fund, the Fund may invest a larger portion of its assets in securities of a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund, which means a single issuer’s performance may affect Fund performance more than if the Fund were invested in a larger number of issuers.
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Risks of Emphasizing a Region, Country, Sector or Industry—If the Fund has invested a higher percentage of its total assets in a particular region, country, sector or industry, changes affecting that region, country, sector or industry may have a significant impact on the performance of the Fund’s overall portfolio.
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Growth Investing Risks—Growth stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform other asset types during given periods. A company may never achieve the earnings growth the team anticipated.
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Value Investing Risks—Value stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform other asset types during given periods. The price of a company’s stock may never reach the level that the team considers its intrinsic value.
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Options Risks—An option is an agreement that, for a premium payment or fee, gives the option holder (the purchaser) the right but not the obligation to buy (in the case of a “call option”) or sell (in the case of a “put option”) the underlying asset (or settle for cash an amount based on an underlying asset, rate, or index) at a specified price during a period of time or on a specified date. Investments in options are considered speculative. When the Fund purchases an option, it may lose the premium paid for it if the price of the underlying security or other assets decreased or remained the same (in the case of a call option) or increased or remained the same (in the case of a put option). Investments in options may also have the effect of creating leverage, in that they may expose the Fund to greater gains and losses than the amount of associated capital invested. Options held by the Fund may be more volatile than other types of assets. If a put or call option purchased by the Fund were to expire without being sold or exercised, its premium paid would represent a loss to the Fund. To the extent that the Fund writes or sells an option, it will be exposed to the risk that it may be required to buy or sell the underlying security at a disadvantageous price on or before the option’s expiration date. The Fund may face substantial losses in connection with any options that it writes.
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High Portfolio Turnover Risks —The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities. High portfolio turnover may result in increased transaction costs to the Fund, including brokerage commissions, dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of the securities and on reinvestment in other securities. The sale of Fund portfolio securities may result in the realization and/or distribution to shareholders of higher capital gains or losses as compared to a fund with a less active trading strategy. These effects of higher than normal portfolio turnover may adversely affect Fund performance.
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Foreign Investing Risks—Foreign securities may underperform US securities and may be more volatile than US securities. Risks relating to investments in foreign securities (including, but not limited to, depositary receipts and participation certificates) and to securities of issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets include currency exchange rate fluctuation; less available public information about the issuers of securities; less stringent regulatory standards; lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; and country risks, including less liquidity, high inflation rates and unfavorable economic practices; and political instability and expropriation and nationalization risks.
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Emerging and Developing Markets Risks—Investment risks typically are greater in emerging and less developed markets, including “frontier markets”, which are a subset of emerging markets and less developed markets that, generally, have smaller economies and less mature capital markets. For example, in addition to the risks associated with investments in any foreign country, political, legal and economic structures in these less developed countries may be new and changing rapidly, which may cause instability and greater risk of loss. Their securities markets may be less developed, and securities in those markets are generally more volatile and less liquid than those in the developed markets. Investing in emerging market countries may involve substantial risk due to, among other reasons, limited information; higher brokerage costs; different accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; less developed legal systems and thinner trading markets as compared to those in developed countries; different clearing and settlement procedures and custodial services; and currency blockages or transfer restrictions. Emerging market countries also are more likely to experience high levels of inflation, deflation or currency devaluations, which could hurt their economies and securities markets. Certain emerging markets also may face other significant internal or external risks, including a heightened risk of war or ethnic, religious or racial conflicts. In addition, governments in many emerging market countries participate to a significant degree in their economies and securities markets, which may impair investment and economic growth of companies in those markets. Such markets may also be heavily reliant on foreign capital and, therefore, vulnerable to capital flight. Such risks may be greater in frontier markets.
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Leverage Risks—Certain transactions, including, for example, the use of certain derivatives and borrowing money, can result in leverage. Leverage generally has the effect of increasing the amounts of loss or gain the Fund might realize and creates the likelihood of greater volatility of the value of the Fund’s investments. There is risk of loss in excess of invested capital.
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Currency Risks—Foreign securities usually are denominated and traded in foreign currencies and the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the US dollar fluctuate continuously. The Fund’s performance will be affected by its direct or indirect exposure, which may include exposure through US dollar denominated depositary receipts and participation certificates, to a particular currency due to favorable or unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates relative to the US dollar. The Fund’s direct or indirect exposure to a particular currency may be hedged to mitigate currency volatility or because the Fund believes a currency is overvalued. There can be no guarantee that any hedging activity will be successful. Hedging activity and/or use of forward foreign currency contracts may reduce or limit the opportunity for gain and involves counterparty risk, which is the risk that the contracting party will not fulfill its contractual obligation to deliver the currency contracted for at the agreed upon price to the Fund.
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Small and Medium-Sized Company Risks—Securities of small and medium-sized companies tend to be more volatile and less liquid than securities of large companies. Compared to large companies, small and medium-sized companies typically may have analyst coverage by fewer brokerage firms – meaning they may trade at prices that reflect incomplete or inaccurate information. Smaller companies may have a shorter history of operations, less access to financing and a less diversified product line – making them more susceptible to market pressures and more likely to have volatile security prices. During some periods, securities of small and medium-sized companies, as an asset class, have underperformed the securities of larger companies.
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Participation Certificate Risks—Investing in a participation certificate subjects the Fund to the risks associated with an investment in the underlying equity security and also exposes the Fund to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the bank or broker-dealer that issues the certificate will not fulfill its contractual obligation to timely pay the Fund the amount owed under the certificate.
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ETF Risks—ETFs generally expose their shareholders to the risks associated with the assets in which the ETF invests. Additionally, as exchange-traded investment vehicles, ETFs may involve market risk, management risk and (for index funds) tracking risk. If the Fund acquires shares of an ETF, shareholders bear both their proportionate share of expenses in the Fund (including management and advisory fees) and, indirectly, the expenses of the ETF.
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REIT Risks—Investing in REITs may subject the Fund to certain risks associated with a REIT’s direct investment in real property and real-estate related loans. A REIT that invests in real estate-related loans may be affected by the quality of the credit extended and interest rate risk, is dependent on specialized management skills, is subject to risks inherent in financing a limited number of properties, and may be subject to defaults by borrowers and to self-liquidations.
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Short Position Risks—The risk that an increase in the value of an instrument with respect to which the Fund has established a short position for investment and/or risk management purposes will result in a loss to the Fund.
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Debt Securities Risks—The value of a debt security changes in response to various factors, including, for example, market-related factors, such as changes in interest rates or changes in the actual or perceived ability of an issuer to meet its obligations. In general, the value of a debt security will fall in response to increases in interest rates. The Fund may invest in debt securities without considering the maturity of the instrument. The value of a security with a longer duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a similar security with a shorter duration. As a result, changes in interest rates in the US and outside the US may affect the Fund’s debt investments unfavorably.
Debt securities in which the Fund invests may be rated below investment grade or unrated securities that are determined by Artisan Partners to be of comparable quality. Debt securities of below investment grade quality are high yield, high risk bonds, commonly known as “junk bonds.”  These bonds are predominantly speculative. They are usually issued by companies without long track records of sales and earnings, or by companies with questionable credit strength. These bonds have a higher degree of default risk, may be less liquid and may be subject to greater price volatility than higher-rated bonds.
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Convertible Securities Risks—Investing in convertible securities subjects the Fund to the risks of debt, but also the risks associated with an investment in the underlying equity security. Convertible securities are frequently issued with a call feature that allows the issuer to choose when to redeem the security, which could result in the Fund being forced to redeem, convert, or sell the convertible security under circumstances unfavorable to the Fund.
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Impact of Actions by Other Shareholders—The Fund, like all mutual funds, pools the investments of many investors. Actions by one investor or multiple investors in the Fund may have an adverse effect on the Fund and on other investors. For example, shareholder purchase and redemption activity may affect the per share amount of the Fund’s distributions of its net income and net realized gains, if any, thereby increasing or reducing the tax burden on the Fund’s shareholders subject to income tax who receive Fund distributions.
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Operational and Cybersecurity Risks—Operational failures, cyber-attacks or other disruptions that affect the Fund’s service providers, the Fund’s counterparties, other market participants or the issuers of securities held by the Fund may adversely affect the Fund and its shareholders, including by causing losses for the Fund or impairing Fund operations.
Performance
This section provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The following bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund’s Investor Shares has varied over time.
Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how any class of the Fund will perform in the future.
Calendar Year by Year Total Returns (%)
 
Highest/Lowest Quarter Returns (%)
During the time period shown in the bar chart. 
Highest Quarter
20.24
June 30, 2020
Lowest Quarter
-15.87
June 30, 2022
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Average Annual Total Returns—(For Periods Ended 31 December 2023)
The following table shows the average annual total returns (before and after taxes) and the change in value of a broad-based market index over various periods ended 31 December 2023. The index information is intended to permit you to compare the Fund’s performance to market performance.
After-tax returns are shown only for Investor Shares, and the after-tax returns for Advisor Shares and Institutional Shares will vary from Investor Shares. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Your actual after-tax returns depend on your own tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares in a tax-advantaged account, or to investors who are tax-exempt.
For Periods Ended 31 December 2023 (%)  
Investor
1-Year
5-Year
Since Inception
Inception Date
Return before taxes
15.63%
12.60%
15.48%
April 24, 2017
Return after taxes on distributions
15.63%
10.69%
13.12%
Return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares
9.25%
9.30%
11.54%
S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
26.29%
15.69%
12.98%
Advisor
Return before taxes
16.02%
12.83%
10.72%
July 31, 2018
S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
26.29%
15.69%
12.14%
Institutional
Return before taxes
16.10%
N/A
8.37%
February 3, 2020
S&P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
26.29%
N/A
12.14%
Updated performance information, including current NAV per share, may be obtained by calling 800.344.1770 or visiting www.artisanpartners.com.
Portfolio Management
Investment Adviser: Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (“Artisan Partners”)  
Portfolio Manager
Title
Length of Service
Christopher P. Smith
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners
Since April 2017 (inception)
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
 
Minimum Investments
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
To open an account
$1,000
$250,000
$1,000,000
To add to an account
No minimum
No minimum
No minimum
Minimum balance required
$1,000
$250,000
$1,000,000
The Fund will waive the minimum investment requirements for certain employee benefit plans and certain financial intermediaries that submit orders on behalf of their customers, although the intermediaries may impose their own minimum investment requirements. The Fund may also reduce or waive the minimum investment requirements under certain circumstances.
You may purchase, exchange or redeem shares of the Fund each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular session trading at the Fund’s net asset value next calculated after receipt and acceptance of your request in good order. To purchase, exchange or redeem shares you should contact your financial intermediary, or, if you hold your shares or plan to purchase shares directly through the Fund, you should contact the Fund by phone at 800.344.1770, by regular mail at Artisan Partners Funds, P.O. Box 219322, Kansas City, MO 64121-9322, or by express, certified or registered mail at Artisan Partners Funds, 430 W. 7th Street, Suite 219322, Kansas City, MO 64105-1407. Some redemptions require Medallion signature guarantees.
Tax Information
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, or capital gains, except when you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. If you invest through such tax-advantaged arrangements, you may be subject to tax upon withdrawal from those arrangements.
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Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase Fund shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or financial advisor), the Fund, the investment adviser and/or the distributor may pay the financial intermediary for the services provided to the Fund and its shareholders. The investment adviser and/or the distributor may also pay the financial intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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Artisan Global Discovery Fund
Investor: APFDX |  Advisor: APDDX |  Institutional: APHDX
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks long-term capital growth.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. The table and expense example do not reflect any transaction fees or commissions that may be charged by a shareholder’s financial intermediary when buying or selling shares.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) 
 
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a
percentage of offering price)
None
None
None
Exchange Fee
None
None
None
Redemption Fee
None
None
None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 
 
Investor
Advisor
Institutional
Management Fees
0.98%
0.98%
0.98%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
None
None
None
Total Other Expenses1
0.46
0.44
0.11
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
1.44
1.42
1.09
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement2
0.03
0.11