Russia: Record Overweight, But Old Guard Losing Ground.
EM active managers are running their largest ever overweight in Russian equities. Buying in out-of-benchmark Yandex has been the key driver, but a...
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Emerging Market Banks: Measuring Their Response and Resilience to the Tougher Credit Quality Outlook
Banks in EM need to be prepared for the deteriorating credit quality outlook, as the Covid-19 driven contraction in GDP growth and economic...
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GEM Fund Q1 2020 Performance Review: Active Funds Suffer as China Outperforms
The first quarter of 2020 was a challenging one for Global Emerging Market active managers. Active GEM fund Q1 Returns -25.05% on average vs...
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Echoes of 2008? Cyclicals Vs Defensives. Most Favoured Sectors Among EM Active Funds.
In this analysis, we highlight the activity of Active managers around the period of the GFC between 2008 and 2009. We find that managers...
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GEM Fund 2019 Performance Review: Active Funds Make Big Gains in 2019
2019 was an excellent year for GEM active managers, the 4th best in the last 17 years. Aggressive Growth funds came out on top, Value funds...
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