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By Laurent Saltiel, Sergey Davalchenko, & Naveen Jayasundaram Emerging market stocks are having a difficult time in the COVID-19 crisis, but not all industries - or countries - are struggling. And many businesses have the right qualities to benefit from structural changes now and long ...

Among this week's highlights indicating emerging market focus on accessing long-term debt are a 30-year issue for the Emirate of Sharjah and plans by Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem (BAK) to raise hybrid debt, following recent perpetual sales by Emirates NBD, Banorte (GBOOF) and DP Wor...

Historically, a combination of high yield and minimal default risk has led emerging markets debt ((EMD)) investors to enjoy strong returns-but the impact of COVID-19 has called into question the potential for such favorable returns in the future. Historically speaking, however, markets have ov...

Yields dropped across most sovereign debt markets in June, amid continued central bank stimulus actions to address the economic fallout from COVID-19. Greece and Italy's 10-year government bonds saw by far the biggest moves during the month. Both countries are eligible for the European Central...

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As mentioned by AON in their Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2019 Annual Report , last year brought $232 billion of economic losses from natural disasters, whereby only $71 billion was actually insured. It outlined that the world continues to face a fundamental issue of insuranc...

The coronavirus pandemic has brought about a new investment landscape in which some companies and sectors have fared better than others. Significant market dislocations have also created potential opportunities in the higher quality areas of the credit spectrum. Global credit markets have re...

By Shamaila Khan As the coronavirus crisis unfolded, prices tumbled and yields spiked to record highs across investment-grade emerging-market debt ((EMD)) - a sector widely considered to have healthy credit fundamentals and a low risk of defaults. Yield Gap Widens with US Corporates ...