Another advantage of active management is the potential to avoid defaults. For its part, EMCB allocates about 57% of its roster to investment-grade.

“Corporate defaults have also been decreasing over the last couple of years. The outlook from credit rating agencies for emerging-market debt has become more positive than negative, with ratings upgrades on an improving trajectory,” added UBS.

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