MSD News and Press, Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. From 05/26/23

2023-05-26 03:30:00 ET Summary Borrowing by the Asian region’s governments, companies, consumers, and financial firms is well above levels prior to the global financial crisis. In particular, industries that rapidly increased leverage while interest rates were low are now a...

2023-04-14 01:35:00 ET Summary Shorter securities with appealing characteristics are available across fixed income markets. Recent market volatility aside, we believe central banks will have to maintain current policy for longer, with inflation likely not getting back to the 2% ta...

2023-04-13 08:29:26 ET Summary MS Emerging Markets Debt is a fixed income closed end fund. The vehicle focuses on emerging markets, more specifically on hard currency EM debt. The CEF is now trading with a -14% discount to net asset value. As a cyclical fund MSD will post ...

2023-04-01 04:12:48 ET Summary We review CEF market valuation and performance through the fourth week of March and highlight recent market action. CEFs were relatively flat on the week; however, discounts continued to mostly push wider, offsetting NAV gains. With the Fed widel...

2023-03-31 08:45:00 ET Summary Given the constantly evolving nature of ESG investing, Syntax believes gaining clarity is of the utmost importance to the growing number of investors in this space. An ESG standard is a set of criteria that identifies a company's alignment or adheren...

2023-03-30 12:51:00 ET Summary EM fixed income has been hit by an increase in risk aversion led by concerns about the health of the U.S. banking sector. We believe the overall global macro backdrop should remain supportive of EM debt fundamentals. We believe recent development...

2023-03-22 10:52:13 ET Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund ( NYSE: MSD ) declares $0.1575/share quarterly dividend , 31.3% increase from prior dividend of $0.1200. Forward yield 9.63% Payable April 14; for shareholders of record March 31; ex-div March 30....

2023-03-20 17:44:08 ET Summary Investors are desperately in need of income as the high inflation has made it ever more difficult for us to sustain our standard of living. High Income Securities Fund invests in a portfolio of business development companies, closed-end funds, and pr...

2023-03-06 08:05:00 ET Summary Investors need to rethink how they approach ESG investing and which strategies they will implement, especially when we are thinking about the "E". Under the current framework, investors favor companies which have well-documented ESG strategies and ar...

Summary Events of 2022 could have a lasting effect on emerging markets debt investing. In a rare event since the emergence of EMs as an asset class, a meaningful market was severed from global financial markets through the sanctioning of sovereign debt. At the same time, innovative ...