Weekly View from the Desk
PGIM Fixed Income shares their weekly views and outlook for fixed income markets.
Debt opportunities beckon as emerging markets rebound.
While conditions in emerging markets (EM) suffered in a post-pandemic environment marked by inflation, U.S. dollar strength and geopolitical tension, EM debt warrants renewed allocation consideration amid current monetary policy trends. Rising fiscal discipline and growth potential versus developed markets are among the key factors underpinning an attractive long-term opportunity.
PGIM Fixed Income’s emerging market debt solutions seek to maximise risk-adjusted returns with a relative value approach designed to capitalise on inefficiencies in emerging market fixed income and currency markets.
With 25 years of investment experience on average, the PGIM Fixed Income EM team consists of 33 portfolio managers, economists, and sovereign and corporate credit analysts.
Category specialists based in the U.S., Europe and Asia conduct fundamental research and leverage firmwide insights to manage $55 billion in EM debt.
The team formally rates a universe of over 100 EM countries, 250 companies and 25 sovereigns/quasi-sovereigns, using a relative value framework to guide optimal trading decisions.
PGIM Fixed Income shares their weekly views and outlook for fixed income markets.
Cathy Hepworth, CFA, Head of Emerging Markets Debt, explores the emerging market debt outlook for Q1 2025.
In this latest whitepaper, PGIM Fixed Income takes a sequential approach to providing a perspective on achieving optimal EMD exposure.
Reasons to like emerging market debt are on the rise as cyclical headwinds turn to tailwinds.
Following years of under performance, we explore five structural factors that should support the emerging markets over the next five years and possibly beyond.
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