Investing in Emerging Fixed Income Markets

An investor's guide to capitalizing on opportunities in the fixed income markets of emerging economies The fixed income market in emerging countries offers investors the opportunities to enhance investment returns. Investing in Emerging Fixed Income Markets shows you how to identify those opportunities, assess the risk associated with a strategy, and develop an investment discipline for investing in this market. Contributors to this book-experienced financial practitioners, including portfolio managers, traders, and credit analysts-share their insights, advice, and knowledge on a range of topics that will help you make the right investment decisions when operating within emerging fixed income markets. This comprehensive guide discusses and examines a variety of issues that are relevant to emerging fixed income markets, including: * Analytical issues in valuing emerging market assets such as the effect of swap spreads on the valuation of floating-rate bonds in emerging markets, the issue of pricing options on pegged currencies, and a methodology that quantifies the dollar differential between emerging market bonds in yield terms * Coverage of the CE3 European emerging markets and their developments as they adopt new policies in order to join the European Union and adopt the euro * In-depth discussions of the Brazilian local markets with a detailed analytical account for complex instruments * And much more For the financial professional who needs to understand the complex characteristics of emerging fixed income markets, Investing in Emerging Fixed Income Markets offers the most current thinking and best guidance in this area. Take the advice of seasoned professionals and start uncovering the investment opportunities available in emerging fixed income markets today.Fabozzi, Frank J. is the author of 'Investing in Emerging Fixed Income Markets' with ISBN 9780471218364 and ISBN 0471218367.