EM Sovereign Debt: The yields are all-right
Join Gustavo Medeiros (Global Head of Research) and Christian Schniewind (Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets Debt) for a discussion on EM sovereign debt dynamics and share their views.
Tuesday, 7th July 2026
8:00am EDT | 1:00pm BST | 2:00pm CEST
Key discussion topics
- Global macro dynamics
- Key risk for the asset class
- Healthy yields despite tight credit spreads
- Improving EM fundamentals
- Valuations and technicals
This webinar is intended for Investment Professionals only. The content is provided for informational purposes only and should not be used as the basis for any decision to purchase or redeem investments in any Ashmore fund. Not to be shown or distributed to the public. Investors should consider certain risk factors specific to investing in Emerging Markets (EM), before taking any investment decision. EM carry risks as well as rewards. Capital at risk.
Speaker biographies
Gustavo Medeiros
Gustavo is responsible for following macroeconomic and political developments across developed economies and emerging markets. He is responsible for providing a review and forward-looking views of macro top-down developments on a weekly basis to the Investment Committee and, where required, works with the investment teams to translate these views in actionable investment ideas.
Before joining Ashmore, Gustavo worked for ten years at HSBC in São Paulo and London, where he traded Latin American local rates and currencies. After joining Ashmore in 2011, Gustavo worked for six years with the local currency team covering Latin America before joining the sovereign external debt team as portfolio manager responsible for Eastern European and African markets.
Gustavo was appointed to Deputy Head of Research in October 2019 and became Head of Research in October 2021. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado in São Paulo and is a CFA charterholder.
Christian Schniewind
Christian joined the investment team in November 2015. He has been with Ashmore since July 2012, as a member of the Institutional Account Management team looking after its German-speaking and Nordic clients. Christian started his career as a Credit Analyst at HypoVereinsbank in Berlin in 1997. Following his graduate studies in the US, he worked at McKinsey in New York as a Management Consultant focusing on financial institutions from 2001 to 2004. He then joined BlackRock’s Global Financial Institutions Group (FIG) where he left as Co-Head of the EMEA FIG in 2012. Christian holds a degree in Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) from the University of Passau, Germany, and an MBA from Duke University, USA.