Rethinking the EM Corporate Bond Asset Class: Insights for Insurers

Despite macro headwinds in 2023, emerging market (EM) debt performance was strong. How do you explain it?

March 7, 2024
Brazil: Zero Deforestation Target for the Planet's Lungs

In a country where agribusiness has destroyed almost 50% of the vegetation cover, one of the main challenges of the new presidential term is to increase the agricultural area without cutting down trees.

December 19, 2023
Blended Emerging Markets Debt: A Paradigm Shift

Think differently about emerging markets (EM) debt investing.

September 6, 2023
Momentum in EMD: (re) structuring, (re) rating and climate related!

Ostrum explains why the context is in favour of Emerging Market Debt.

July 10, 2023
Emerging Market Opportunities Abound

Many high-quality companies can be unearthed if you are willing to turn over some rocks.

June 6, 2023
Considerations for Insurers Weighing an EM Corporate Debt Allocation

Are insurers missing an opportunity when it comes to their limited allocation to emerging market corporate debt?

February 9, 2023
How to Invest in Energy Transition in Emerging Markets and Improve Lives

A boutique investor, now part of Mirova, has become a market leader in financing solar power projects in emerging markets.

October 20, 2022
A Low Volatility Approach to Emerging Markets

Actively-managed, short-dated corporate bonds are a good fit for cautious EM investors.

October 14, 2022
2022 Sector Outlook

Loomis Sayles’ sector teams are composed of traders, analysts, strategists and portfolio managers immersed in their respective sectors of the market. They all answer three questions that are top-of-mind for many investors.

February 16, 2022
Three Considerations for Insurers Weighing an EM Corporate Debt Allocation

Are insurers making a mistake when it comes to their paltry allocation to emerging market (EM) Corporate Debt? Loomis Sayles thinks so.

August 27, 2021
Loomis Sayles: Blended Emerging Markets Debt a Paradigm Shift

Think differently about emerging markets (EM) debt investing.

September 9, 2020
Meaningful Distinctions: Emerging Market Corporate Bonds Versus Emerging Market Sovereigns

After several years of sovereign downgrades, there has been a decoupling of the corporate asset class from the sovereign space.

August 10, 2020
Five Perspectives on Emerging Market US Dollar Corporate Debt

Investors of many types were blindsided by the COVID-19 Crisis. Emerging Market (EM) debt investors, familiar with volatility and the opportunities market dislocations can provide, have been assessing portfolio allocations in light of shifting valuations.

May 4, 2020
Asia High Yield Credit: A Distinctive Emerging Markets Story

Investors may view emerging markets as particularly vulnerable to volatility, since the asset class typically sees outflows during times of market stress. However, emerging markets are not all one and the same.

August 15, 2019
Emerging or Submerging? For Investors, That is the Question

The developed economies of Europe, US and Japan no longer have a monopoly on invention and progress. The New World is being built on a stage far, far away. The world is not just changing, it is being reinvented.

October 8, 2018
Emerging Equities

Ostrum AM focuses on stockpicking and avoids market "noise".