In the Margins

Bond funds up emerging markets exposure

August 15, 2016

By The Wall Street Journal

Bond funds are boosting their exposure to the developing world. International bond funds run by BlackRock, Legg Mason and OppenheimerFunds are among those that have been increasing their positions in emerging market debt in recent months, a shift that reflects how global bond funds are feeling the pinch from low U.S. interest rates and negative rates in Japan and much of Europe. Read the original story from The Wall Street Journal.

 

 

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