Emerging market success tested, but still strong

Bill Rudman, James Syme and Alec Young discuss the overall picture of global emerging markets' success, and indicate future growth areas

This week's Conjecture debate focuses on emerging markets. Joining Investment Week are Bill Rudman, a director of the global emerging markets team at WestLB Asset Management, James Syme, head of the global emerging equity team at Baring Asset Management and Alec Young, global equity strategist at Standard & Poor's. IW: How have your funds stood up to the recent market volatility? JS: Overall, our performance has held up very well year to date. Many of the emerging markets with strong economic underpinning, for example China, fared well in August. The volatility we have seen in the pas...