Dollars and Sense: Emerging Market Debt

About this episode

Mike Reed and Polina Kurdyavko discuss the implications of geopolitical risks and the weakened dollar on emerging market debt.

In our latest podcast Mike Reed, Head of Global Financial Institutions, is joined by Polina Kurdyavko, Head of EM Debt, where they discuss increased geopolitical risk in relation to recent events, the weakened dollar's positive impact on emerging market economies plus the opportunities and challenges for the asset class in the year ahead.

People in this episode

Host: Mike Reed

Guest: Polina Kurdyavko

Topics covered

• emerging market debt
• geopolitical risk
• weakened dollar
• asset class opportunities
• economic impact

Keywords

• emerging markets
• debt
• geopolitical risk
• dollar
• economic opportunities
• financial institutions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RBC BlueBay Asset Management

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