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Global investors continue to buy emerging market bonds despite sell-off

They are betting that the retreat will be short-lived as economic forecasts for developing nations improve

London

TUMBLING bond prices are doing little to dull the clamour for emerging market bonds among global investors.

Amundi Asset Management and Carmignac Gestion, together overseeing US$32 billion in funds with remits to invest anywhere in the world, have been adding developing nation notes to their portfolios since the sell-off started on Sept 8. AllianceBernstein LP, which has increased allocations to 12 per cent from 7 per cent in its US$5.7 billion fund since March, is keen to buy more if prices fall further from six-week lows.

This month's rout pushed average yields on emerging market bonds to 4.4 per cent, the cheapest relative to more advanced peers since early August, according to a Bloomberg...

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