Fund houses have recently been beefing up their emerging market debt teams in what is still a relatively new asset class as investors look for attractively priced alternatives to equities and developed market bonds.
Eric le Coz runs through the current state of play in Brazil, India and China and concludes it is hard to be satisfied with any portfolio no matter how the assets are allocated.
JP Morgan is to launch an emerging market income fund that will be run by EM equities CIO Richard Titherington though will have the ability to invest in fixed income as well.
Emerging market equities have long been seen as riskier than their developed counterparts but, with long-only funds ruling the roost, Michael Leithead asks how an investor can manage volatility in developing markets.
db x-trackers has listed two new emerging Asian ETFS on the London Stock Exchange giving investors access to the Pakistan and Bangladesh equity markets.
Barings has announced plans to offer an Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Fund using a currency overlay to hedge US dollar exposure into emerging markets currencies.
Swiss asset manager Mirabaud has recruited former-BlackRock GEM co-head Daniel Tubbs to manage a new emerging markets Ucits fund.
Russell Investments has launched an emerging markets fund designed to give greater access to small cap and frontier markets, comprised of seven third-party mandates.
Outflows from emerging market equity funds showed no signs of slowing in the final week of May, taking total redemptions for the month over $4bn, according to latest statistics from EPFR Global.
Emerging markets have seen a huge sell-off since the end of Q1, with the eurozone and (lack of) pace of the global economy to blame. So should investors be looking elsewhere for returns on capital?
Despite a strong first quarter to the year, emerging markets have subsequently sold off thanks to continuing worries over the weakness of the global recovery. Philip Poole says now is a good buying time…
Eaton Vance is bringing an emerging market and a global fund into Europe through a Dublin-domiciled range.
