Lazard Asset Management has appointed Alex Kozhemiakin as managing director and co‑head of emerging markets debt. Based in New York, Kozhemiankin will partner with Denise Simon to lead the firm’s EMD platform, and will report to Arnaud Brillois, chair of the firm’s fixed income management group. He moves from Macquarie Asset Management where he was head of emerging markets debt. Eric Van Nostrand, Lazard's global head of markets and chief economist, said, “Lazard’s EMD platfo

Loomis, Sayles & Company has announced that Dilawer Faraz has rejoined the firm as co-head and portfolio manager of the firm's emerging markets debt team. Based in London, he was previously senior credit research analyst at Loomis Sayles and then Royal London Asset Management as head of the emerging markets credit team. Faraz will be responsible for co-managing EMD strategies alongside Elisabeth Colleran, co-head of the EMD Team. David Waldman, chief investment officer of Loo

Total issuance of corporate and sovereign bonds in 17 emerging markets reached a record high of $286 billion year to date in September, according to S&P Global. This exceeds the previous high reached in 2021. S&P says a weaker US dollar and lower inflation has helped boost issuance. The 17 countries covered are: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and Vietn

The new desk will combine agency execution with principal risk-taking across sovereign and corporate debt. It will be headed by Aaron Fernandes, head of European and Asian emerging markets, with Matthew Vogel, Head of EM strategy and Paul Timmons, senior trader. Chief Strategist and CEO of Capital Markets, Paolo Tonucci, said, “Expanding in credit is central to building a full-service offering for our clients. EM credit rewards experience, speed and thoughtful use of balance

ISI Markets has launched REDD for Sovereign Debt, an AI-driven platform providing insights into sovereign and government-related risks for investors and analysts. The platform integrates data and intelligence to allow analysis of emerging markets issuers of hard currency bonds, along with detailed financial models and corporate structures for SOEs. The functionality of platform includes: ● Full universe of hard-currency sovereign bond issuers across emerging and frontier

FTSE Russell has reclassified Vietnam as a secondary emerging market from frontier, taking effect from 21 September 2026. With $18.1trn of funds benchmarked to its indices, FTSE says Vietnam had met all of its criteria for secondary emerging market status. The vendor does say that reclassification will depend on enough progress being made in providing access to global brokers needed to support index replication. David Sol, global head of policy at FTSE Russell, said, “FTSE R

Kuwait has raised $11.25 billion in its first global debt market issue since 2017. It included $3.25 billion of 3-year notes, $3 billion of 5-year bonds, and $5 billion of 10-year. They are priced at 40bp over Treasuries for the shorter maturities and 50bp for the 10-year. The transaction was led by Citi, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, and Mizuho as Joint Global Coordinators. The transaction was 2.5 times oversubscribed with 66% of allocations going to invest

JPMorgan Chase is to adjust the criteria for its emerging market bond index by lowering the issuer cap on its GBI-EM Global Diversified...

T. Rowe Price has launched the Emerging Markets Blue Economy Bond Strategy, a strategy aimed at preserving water resources. With initial...

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has launched an ETF targeting green and social bonds across emerging markets. The Goldman Sachs Emerging...

The former head of emerging market debt at asset manager BlackRock has warned of a Bolivia debt crisis with the October 19 runoff between...

19th June 2025, London: TT International (“TT”), an alpha-driven specialist investment manager, announces the appointment of Michael...

M&G today has announced the appointment of Charles de Quinsonas as Head of Emerging Markets Debt following the retirement of Claudia...

The Republic of Indonesia has issued its first Australian dollar dominated bonds: AUD500 million 4.400% Notes due 2030 and AUD300m 5.300%...