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Frontier markets: A high yield credit opportunity?

While attractive yields remain, we discuss why asset selection and awareness of upcoming global events are crucial within emerging market debt.

Authors

Brett Diment

Head of Global Emerging Market Debt

Karen Bater

Senior Fixed Income Specialist

Date: Apr 11, 2024

While some investors may view the limiting factors of frontier markets as obstacles, these markets also offer fertile ground for innovation, social impact, exponential growth, and strong returns for the optimistic.

On the latest Emerging Market Debt Quarterly Podcast – the show that looks at what happened in the recent quarter and provides our outlook for emerging markets (EMs) as an asset class going forward – Global Head of Emerging Market Debt Brett Diment joins host Karen Bater to discuss the higher yielding space, particularly in frontier markets, along with covering the following in EM fixed income:

A brief recap of the first quarter
A glance at the progress of major sovereign debt restructurings
Insight on the strength of the US dollar against local currency dynamics
And finally, a look ahead at what’s to come in Q2 and beyond

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