Fixed Income

Emerging Market Debt

Emerging Market Debt (EMD) is a rapidly evolving asset class that aims to offer investors diversification benefits, enhanced yield and return potential. The increasing importance of emerging market countries to global trade and GDP elevates the attraction of EMD and we believe it should be an integral part of investor portfolios.

Leader in EMD Investing

2005

Our experienced team began managing indexed EMD portfolios.

$41bn

In assets under management. ¹

17

Global team members including dedicated portfolio managers, traders and investment specialists. ¹

Latest Insights

Emerging Market Debt Outlook: The Return of ‘Goldilocks’

EM debt retains attractive prospects, with local currency favored amid rate cuts, a weak USD, and robust issuance; risks linger, but the outlook is positive.

JP Morgan Announces Changes to EMD Benchmarks

JP Morgan is set to add more countries to its flagship local currency EMD index. In addition, the maximum country weight will gradually drop from 10% to 9%.

Emerging Market Debt Outlook: All Roads Lead to the US

Emerging market debt had a solid start to 2025 despite uncertainty. Our outlook for EMD remains constructive, although US-driven developments will require close attention.

EMD Quarterly Commentaries

Q3 2025

EMD gathers momentum.

Q2 2025

Weak USD offered tailwind for EMD.

Q1 2025

EMD navigates difficult quarter.

Our Capabilities

Our Emerging Market Debt strategies aim to deliver the performance of all the major EMD benchmark indices through the use of sophisticated investment techniques.

Through our long-standing track record, across the full EMD spectrum, we have accumulated deep market insights and expertise of how these markets operate and perform.

We manage a variety of funds and ETFs as well as separately managed accounts that track the performance of the established institutional EMD benchmarks, as well as customised versions of these. We have considerable experience partnering with our clients to design the specific EMD exposure and strategy they want, one that is consistent with their own investment objectives and beliefs.

Established Track Records Against The Following EMD Exposures

EMD Local Currency Sovereigns

EM local currency debt provides investors with yield enhancement and diversification benefits and is increasingly considered an integral part of an investors’ overall asset portfolio.

EMD Hard Currency Sovereigns

EM hard currency debt offers investors a diversified source of yield enhancement for a mixture of investment grade and high yield emerging market sovereigns and is increasingly considered an integral part of an investors’ overall credit portfolio.

Emerging Market Hard Currency Corporate Debt

Hard currency corporate debt is a younger and fast-growing part of the EMD investment universe, offering investors significant diversification benefits and yield enhancement with a lower duration compared to hard currency sovereign debt. Hard currency corporate debt also provides the most diversified exposure in the asset class.

Our Team

Jennifer Taylor

Head of EMD, Beta Solutions

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David Patrick Furey

Global Head of Portfolio Strategists, Fixed Income, Cash and Currency

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Jacob Brown, CFA

Client Portfolio Manager

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Lyubka Dushanova

Portfolio Strategist - Emerging Market Debt

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James George Cavanagh, FSA

Senior Fixed Income Trader

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