Emerging markets

Capital flight from the asset class

Raises number of holdings

Increase in corporate failures

Firm to launch EM debt total return strategy

Looking for entry points

Some managers still remain committed to asset class

After months of capital outflows and uncertainty, the Federal Reserve's decision to hold rates in September could provide emerging markets with some respite.

Hedi Ben Mlouka, CEO of Dubai-based Duet MENA, explores the prospects for Vietnam and Pakistan - two countries which are "very much the architects of their own fortunes".

Emerging market assets have seen another sharp summer sell-off and while this year's edition has been more violent than the past three, the causes are rather familiar.

Fund exposed to EM consumer growth