Chinese bond market 'too big to ignore'
Solid fundamentals provide fresh pickings
Technology and connectivity companies typically rate favourably on traditional sustainability metrics. While this is a good initial filter for investors, Fidelity Future Connectivity Fund co-managers Sumant Wahi and Jon Guinness outline why analysing digital ethics is arguably a more insightful way of assessing the potential risks facing the world’s most disruptive innovators.
The team running EM debt portfolios at Eaton Vance has taken a unusually bullish stance on the asset class. Across all risk factors – EM FX, EM local rates, EM sovereign credit and EM corporate debt – the team has constructive views. A key reason here is the supportive macro environment for the asset class and the belief that this supportive environment will continue. On a one-year view, EM local-currency-denominated debt is the team’s top pick.
Growing middle class a boon for market
Optimism high following change of guard
New projects put country in good stead with investors