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EM Fixed Income universe grows bigger and stronger

Weekly investor research

14 July 2014

The Emerging Markets (EM) fixed income universe increased by 3% in 2013 to reach USD 14.5trn. This compares to USD 103trn for developed economies. EM is now more than 50% of global GDP, so EM’s credit fundamentals improved further relative to developed economies last year. This means that investors have a safer alternative to developed market fixed income as the world slowly heads towards global monetary policy normalisation. Seen in this light it is unsurprising that developed market central banks continue to err on the side of dovishness.

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Uzbekistan looks set to become the 73rd EMBI GD member

Weekly investor research

18 February 2019

Uzbekistan issued its inaugural sovereign Dollar-denominated bond last week. This means that Uzbekistan will likely become the 73rd EM country in the JP Morgan EMBI GD index. The enormous diversity of...

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Declining inflation re-injects value into EM local bonds

Weekly investor research

11 February 2019

Despite strong performance in January, Emerging Markets (EM) local currency bonds retain their attractiveness due to the continuing decline in inflation in EM countries. Fears of pass-through from last...

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