Senate 2010: EM debt attracts masses

Investec's Eerdmans wants to address risk/reward profile of emerging market debt

While the overwhelming majority of investors have embraced the concept of emerging market equities, many have yet to take advantage of the risk/reward profile of debt markets in the developing world. This is something Peter Eerdmans is trying to address. Eerdmans, head of emerging market debt at Investec Asset Management, has seen his Emerging Markets Debt fund grow to well over £600m this year as the merits of the asset class begins to attract the masses. “The key reason why local currency emerging market debt should be a part of an investor’s portfolio is it has fantastic risk/retur...