Volatility may scare investors from EM. A minimum volatility strategy helps alleviate this concern while affording opportunities for enhanced returns.
Since the launch of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index in 20011, emerging market equities ((EM)) have rewarded investors with a per year excess return of over 4% above developed markets2. The thesis for investing in EM is really quite simple: riskier, less transparent, less mature, and less followed markets should reward long-term investors with increased growth prospects and diversified sources of return. So, if investing in EM provides benefits any rational