-- Top-performing emerging-market bond managers are recalibrating positions as the most anticipated US interest rate cut in decades brings fresh impetus to an asset class buffeted by nearly $15 billion in outflows this year.Turkey Plans Istanbul Taxi Surge to Tackle Complaints
Emerging markets have been mired by volatility as global economic uncertainty and regional conflicts roil buoyant forecasts. A gauge of EM equities has gained about 11% in the past 12 months, lagging a 26% rally for the S&P 500 Index. Most recently, investors have been left scrambling following aplunge in Mexico’s peso and wild swings in Brazil’s real amid a mix of local woes and the unwinding of global carry trade positions.
Local markets have been “quite a strong performing trade strategy even against the backdrop of an appreciating dollar,” said Dhawan, who favors local bonds and currencies in Turkey and South Africa, as well as receiving long-term rates in Latin America. “If you’re well diversified within EMFX, it’s been quite a profitable trade.”
“As long as things are going in the right direction in terms of reforms by the government,” he said. “There’s still a lot of scope for returns and for spreads to compress.” “EM is just one of those places which I think is rich with opportunities, but you don’t want to be last to the game,” Dhawan said. “You have to move a little bit ahead of the Fed on this and start reallocating your portfolios.”In Brazil, the market is watching for a second-quarter GDP print that should confirm robust expansion of the economy.
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