Di Zhou’s international ESG fund is beating 98% of its peers this year. The investor breaks down her process for selecting winning stocks and explains why Alibaba is the biggest holding in her…

Thornburg Investment Management Di Zhou is the portfolio manager of the $122.9 million Thornburg Better World International fund, which has returned 20.99% year-to-date and is ranked in the 2nd percentile of all 779 funds in the same category, according to Morningstar data.