From industrial estates to lifestyle consumables, the country is open to foreign investors looking for opportunities in an emerging market.
Tag : emerging market
In partnership with PineBridge Investments
EM corporate debt offers positive real yields while Japan stocks are increasingly attractive as a proxy for global growth. Moreover, Asia is set to benefit from the global upturn in the next phase of the cycle.
The pension fund manager is looking to add to a small allocation in the country's fixed income assets, while it is staying neutral in equities over concerns of high volatility.
In partnership with PGIM Fixed Income
Most current valuations have already accounted for the uncertainty regarding the length of the recovery.
Moody’s and Fitch Ratings say that emerging market defaults are increasingly likely to hit record highs, with Asia-Pacific corporates looking particularly vulnerable.
Cathay Life and Shin Kong Life have been upping their exposure to emerging market bonds. They and Fubon Life have also generated strong returns from high-dividend stocks.
Emerging-market equities still have room to rise, but EM bonds face potential problems that could scupper their rally, says Tai Hui, the fund house’s chief market strategist for Asia.
Emerging markets-focused private equity funds strongly outperformed the public markets in the fourth quarter and last year, according to Cambridge Associates.
Distressed, event-driven and India strategies have been standout performers this year, according to eVestment's May report on hedge fund performance.
US asset manager Neuberger Berman plans to launch a range of global emerging market and Asian bond strategies after hiring a new team from ING Investment Management.
Instead, they are increasingly bullish on bonds, particularly emerging-market and high-yield instruments, according to the UK bank's quarterly investor survey.
The product provides an interest rate hedging alternative in certain Asian markets where there is little else available.