TIAA-CREF Emerging Markets Debt Fund Marks 3-Year Anniversary with 5-Star Inaugural Morningstar Rating
With nearly
“We have developed tremendous versatility and scope over the 10 years since we started this investment strategy. We now manage more than
The portfolio management team has more than four decades combined experience investing in emerging markets and is supported by a dedicated team of research analysts and traders specializing in emerging markets corporates and sovereign debt. The strategy uses a combination of top-down macroeconomic and bottom-up credit analysis to identify and execute compelling investment opportunities.
“Our investment approach focuses on sourcing the best investment opportunities across the various segments of emerging markets in order to generate consistent long-term favorable returns and is driven by our team’s research-intensive investment process,” said
Analysis and outlook for the asset class is available in a new white paper, entitled Emerging Markets Debt: A
- After several years of struggles, emerging economies are back on the rise and expected to outgrow their developed-markets counterparts by more than 3% per year over the balance of this decade.
- Major reforms since the financial crisis have resulted in stronger national balance sheets, lower inflation, and appreciating currencies. The debt-to-GDP ratio is far lower in emerging markets (69%) than in developed markets (172%).
- Emerging markets represent a
$20 trillion dollar bond market and debt is issued in dozens of currencies by both sovereign governments and corporations, giving it a built-in diversification benefit. - Key benefits of emerging markets debt include higher yields than most conventional bond categories and lower sensitivity to rising interest rates.
- Emerging markets debt tends to be underrepresented in
U.S. investors’ portfolios and can provide significant diversification to long-term fixed income portfolios.
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