Read BPM's highlighted coverage of key topics from July
Every month, Benefits and Pensions Monitor will produce a series of articles on a theme affecting Canadian plan sponsors and institutional investors. For July, we explored Emerging Markets as an asset class. EM arguably plays a key role in pension fund portfolios, as global diversification is typically needed in a portfolio to withstand domestic volatility. As markets evolve, pension funds are adapting their strategies to meet the changing needs of their investors and the global economy.
Emerging markets offer AI exposure beyond hyperscalers: experts - The AI supply chain is putting emerging markets back on institutional investors’ radar
Is China still worth the risk for emerging market investors? - While many large global managers have trimmed their China positions in step with the index, some continue to see China’s potential. Investment managers share a bullish and bearish view
Emerging markets' AI story is 'underestimated’ as AI spending pours into EM Asia - Taiwan and South Korea now dominate the EM index as AI semiconductor capex reshapes opportunities for institutional investors
Why Latin America is emerging markets’ most overlooked region - Brazil, Chile, Peru and Indonesia get a second look among EM experts
India is down but not out as EM investors stay selective - 'If I had to place my bets, India is going to be one of the biggest winners [in EM],' says Michael Mortimore of NS Partners
China's AI independence creates an emerging markets growth case - China's AI self-sufficiency play is a decade-long bet, argues RBC GAM UK's Christoffer Enemaerke
