Why Aberdeen for EMD?

Aberdeen’s strengths in emerging market debt:

• Independent thinking: We pay little attention to consensus as represented by either our peer group or the benchmark. We don’t rely on ratings agencies. Instead we trust our own research, and take a longterm view.
• Experienced team: Well-resourced and highly experienced team capable of rapid decision making and trade implementation.
• We invest across the entire emerging market debt universe: Sovereign and corporate, hard and local currency denominated debt, derivatives and foreign exchange.
• Focus on forward looking scenarios: We believe historic volatility and correlation are not good predictors of risk.
• Global resources: We have a strong emerging markets equity presence which gives us insight into companies on a micro level and how the collective performance of a number of corporates in a country can impact a country’s macroeconomic performance.
• Tried and tested investment process: A proven track record of investing in emerging market debt across a series of market cycles.