For example, many investors drawn to
emerging market bond funds in recent years by payouts that were sometimes more than twice that of U.S. Treasuries have experienced double - digit losses over the past 12 months, as growth prospects for emerging market economies have begun to fade in the face of China's economic troubles and falling commodity prices.
Retail investors turned net redeemers
from Emerging Markets Bond Funds going into the final week of April, and Frontier Markets Bond Funds posted their first outflow since mid-December as fears of a more rapid pace for U.S. interest rate hikes cooled appetites for this asset class.
Vanguard responded by handing control of the fund to Daniel Shaykevich and Samuel Martinez, who have managed the
Vanguard Emerging Markets Bond Fund since 2016 and the Vanguard Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund since 2017, respectively, as it searches for a replacement.
Nomura Securities Siobhan Morden, head of Latin America fixed income strategy, notes that $ 25 billion has flowed
into emerging market bond funds this year as investors search for yield.
High Yield Bond Funds posted outflows for the 13th time in the past 15 weeks, with the latest redemptions the biggest since early March,
while Emerging Markets Bond Funds recorded their largest outflow since the second week of February.
The new categories are Infrastructure equity funds,
emerging markets bond funds denominated in local currency and long - short credit and option - writing categories, both under the alternatives umbrella.
The holdings
of emerging market bond funds typically range from relatively low risk BB + bonds (one notch lower than investment grade) to high - risk C issues.
For example, investors who bought high - yield and
emerging market bond funds in search of higher payouts suffered losses of 3 % to 4 % between mid-November and mid-December, as falling oil prices and currency jitters disrupted bond markets.
An emerging markets bond fund which combines fundamental, quantitative, technical, and sentiment analysis in an effort to take advantage of opportunities across a wide spectrum of emerging market countries, sectors, and currencies.
An emerging markets bond fund which combines fundamental, quantitative, technical, and sentiment analysis in an effort to take advantage of opportunities across a wide spectrum of emerging market countries, sectors, and currencies.
He's been running Fidelity New Market Income (FNMIX),
an emerging markets bond fund, since 1995.
And there are some tricky categories where active managers have an edge, like international small - cap funds and
emerging market bond funds.
An emerging markets bond fund that integrates sovereign hard currency debt, local currency debt, emerging market corporate debt, and emerging market currency rates within an actively managed, strategic asset - allocation framework.
To further keep volatility in check, the strategy also limits overall exposure to riskier areas of the bond market, like high - yield funds, strategic funds, world and
emerging market bond funds, and even intermediate - term funds.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We are intentionally adding foreign currency risk here; do not consider a high - yield (low credit grade), a dollar - hedged foreign, or
an emerging markets bond fund if BWX isn't available to you.