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Emerging Markets Debt

Emerging Markets Debt (EMD) has remained one of the best performing asset classes for over 10 years, despite high profile crises. As part of a broader portfolio, EMD has the potential to enhance returns, providing diversification benefits for investors. We believe that most investors should at least allocate a modest holding to emerging debt, while investors more tolerant of risk should consider a more significant holding.

Our philosophy and process are based on the following key beliefs:

Top quality research is the key to added value

• Independent proprietary research; detailed research notes completed for each credit
• Focus on country and corporate fundamentals, market structural analysis
• Analysis of entire emerging market universe; hard & local currency sovereign debt, foreign exchange, corporates and credit derivatives

Application of a rigorous, risk controlled investment process generates superior returns

• Focus on forward looking scenarios
• We believe historic volatility and correlation are not good predictors of risk

Leverage off wider fixed income platform

• Global macro teams; information advantage through regular interaction with Global Interest Rates and Currency specialist investment teams
• Global corporate teams; expansive investment universe researched by investment grade credit teams in London, Philadelphia and Singapore, and a specialist high yield team

Range of product types

• Core and Core Plus, closed end funds, long/short

Experienced and dedicated team

• Our EMD team has a total of over 35 years combined experience in the asset class across a series of functions in the industry including asset management, hedge fund management, research and trading.

Aberdeen Asset Management recently acquired a major part of Deutsche Bank's asset management businesses in the UK and their Philadelphia-based Active Fixed Income business. We are currently working towards finalising product information, at which point this website will be updated.

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Fund Ranges

For information on the vehicles available within this product please click on the links to Funds below