Aberdeen Standard Investment is the latest asset manager to sell a fixed maturity product (FMP), generating income through allocations to emerging market bonds.

Aberdeen Standard Investment is the latest asset manager to sell a fixed maturity product (FMP), generating income through allocations to emerging market bonds.
Ahead of its planned launch of a fixed maturity product, Aberdeen Standard Investments makes the case for emerging market corporate bonds.
Separately, the firm plans to expand its GEM fixed income team to include an Asia-focused analyst, according to Alejandro Arevalo, London-based emerging market fixed income fund manager at Jupiter Asset Management.
All of the firm’s EM fixed income products are expected to be ESG compliant this year, as the 2020 target for firm-wide integration continues.
High interest t-bills and overweights in Egypt and Nigeria aim to support a fund with a 7%-plus income distribution yield, according to Capital Group’s fixed income investment director.
Worsening US-China trade tensions have caused the firm to scale back holdings of risky assets including emerging market debt.
US interest rates on hold, a stabilised dollar and more synchronised global growth rates support emerging market debt prices, argues Merian fixed income director Huw Davies.
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