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Investing in Emerging MarketSteven Yang Yu - Redington
02 December 2014
What should you consider before
designing investment strategy?
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Begin with the end in mind
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1,400
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2,000
2,200
2,400
GBP Millions
Assets:
£1.6bn
Assets:
£1.8bn
Required Return:7% per
year
Required Return: 5% per
year
Liabilities:
£2.3bn
Full Funding
(Assets =
Liabilities)
Return Requirement?
Risk budget?
Governance
structure?
Liquidity profile?
“All investment strategy starts with the clear
goals, objectives & constraints of the client,
including a defined and agreed risk budget”
- Redington Investment Principle
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Achieving your end gameMeeting the Gap
Assets with
Cash FlowsSmooth Volatility
Liability Driven
Investment /
Hedging
Property Leases
Corporate Bonds
Developed Market Equity
Emerging Market Equity
Emerging Market Debt
Risk Parity
Multi-Asset
Infrastructure
Why Emerging Market?
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Capital Markets Under Represented
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Source: Neuberger Berman
7.0%
15.0%
41.0%
49.0%
64.0%
75.1%
82.9%
93.0%
85.0%
59.0%
51.0%
36.0%
24.9%
17.1%
0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0% 120.0%
Debt Market Cap
Equity Market Cap (Float Adjusted)
GDP at Market Rates
GDP at PPP
Foreign Exchange Reserves
Land Mass
Population
Emerging Market Economies as % of Total World
Emerging Markets Developed Markets
Economic Contribution Continues to Increase
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Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2014
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Countribution of GDP by Country
others Latin America Rest of EM Asia China Japan Developed Europe North America
North America (35% to 24%)
Developed Europe (27% to 23%)
Japan (13% to 6%)
China (4% to15%)
Rest of EM Asia (3% to 7%)
Latin America (5% to 7%)
Others (12% to 18%)
Rising Domestic Consumption
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% of Households with Disposable Income > $25,000 USD in China
2634
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30
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50
60
70
2010 2025
in $
Trilli
on
World Consumption Growth
Developed Market Emerging Market
Compound
Growth 2.0%
Compound
Growth 8.4%
Source: FundSmith
Healthy Balance Sheets
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0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
General Government Gross Debt (% of GDP)
Developed Market Emerging Market
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2014
Growing Investment Universe
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EM Fixed Income Universe EM Equity Market Cap (USD Trillions)
Source: Ashmore
Which Asset Strategies?
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Passive Equity
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Source: MSCI
China20%
South Korea14%
Taiwan12%
Brazil10%
South Africa
8%
Other36%
MSCI EM – Sector Breakdown MSCI EM – Country Breakdown
Financials28%
Information Technology
17%
Energy10%
Consumer Discretionary
9%
Consumer Staples
8%
Materials8%
Telecom8%
Industrials6% Utilities
4%
Health Care2%
Passive Equity
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0
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150
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450
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Developed vs Emerging Markets
MSCI World MSCI EM
Source: Bloomberg
Passive Equity
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0
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150
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250
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FX carry explains some of EM Outperformance
MSCI World MSCI EM MSCI World + EM Currency
Equity
Outperformance
FX Carry
performance
Source: Bloomberg, MSCI
Active EquityHow do managers outperform?
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Top Down
Bottom Up
Macroeconomic
Thematic
Currency
Country
Sector
Stock-Specific-30.00%
-20.00%
-10.00%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
Russia Hungary MSCI EM Indonesia Egypt
MSCI EM Biggest Gainers and Losers,Q1-3 2014
Source: MSCI, JP Morgan, HSBC
Active EquityHigh variation in active returns
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%)
Last 5y Last 3y Last 1y
High 20.95 19.64 30.11
25th Percentile 3.91 4.43 3.73
75th Percentile 0.02 0.14 -1.52
Low -9.50 -7.94 -18.65
Index Return 10.43 7.63 11.05
Outperformance relative to MSCI EM
Source: eVestment Alliance, Returns are gross of fees
Emerging Market DebtFast growing market
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o Emerging market debt accounts for
c.25% of total global credit market size
($30trn total)
o 3 main types of investible debt:
JPMorgan EMBI: Hard currency
sovereign
JPMorgan GBI-EM: Local currency
sovereign
JPMorgan CEMBI: Corporates (hard
currency)
Mortgages/Securitised40%
Global IG Corporate
24%
Global High Yield11%
EM Debt25%
GLOBAL CREDIT MARKET
Source: Babson Capital, Bank of America, Barclays
Capital, Credit Suisse, SIFMA, as of end 2013
Emerging Market DebtGood diversification and credit quality
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Brazil, 27%
Mexico, 21%
Poland, 11%
Turkey, 8%
Malaysia, 8%
Russia, 6%
Africa, 10%
Other, 8%
REGIONAL SPLIT: GBI-EMAA6%
A19%
BBB48%
BB9%
B8%
C8%
NR2%
RATING SPLIT: EMBI GLOBAL
74%
Investment
Grade
Emerging Market DebtAttractive yields
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5.31%
6.54%
5.22%
3.67%
2.28%
0.00%
1.00%
2.00%
3.00%
4.00%
5.00%
6.00%
7.00%
EM HardCurrency
EM LocalCurrency
US High Yield US IG Credit USGovernment
Yields to maturity as June 2014
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400
500
600
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800
900
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
OA
S (
bp
s)
Credit Spreads of EMD vs. Major Bond Markets
EMBI Global BAML US Govt & Corp
BAML US Corp BAML US Corp BBB
Source: MSCI, JP Morgan, HSBC, Neuberger Berman
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Conclusions
• Structural economic growth
• Improving credit fundamentals and demographic trends
• Access to various source of returns
• Financial, geopolitical and currency risk remain
• Expanding investible universe for global investors
• Lack of research coverage
• Career opportunities in local markets