Dazzling in the ring: how EM smaller companies produced knockout returns
In the latest episode of the Emerging Markets Equities Podcast, Nick is joined by Osamu Yamagata to explore the world of emerging market (EM) smaller companies.
Emerging Markets Equities
Invest to perform, engage to transform
Quality-focused research
Over four decades, Aberdeen Investments has built deep relationships throughout emerging market (EM) economies. Today, around 100 EM professionals* across the globe conduct extensive analysis, including over 1,500 meetings** a year. This allows us to gain insight into companies, trends and sectors.
By using technology to bring our global team together and improve our real-time insights, we believe we can keep pace with change, recognise mispricings and uncover high-quality companies.
*Both equity and debt, as at 28/02/2025
** as at 01/01/2025
Purpose
We analyse environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities in every company we cover. On-desk regional ESG specialists, supported by Aberdeen Investments’ central ESG team, provide insight on ESG themes and sectors in local markets.
Through constructive engagement, including voting, our EM professionals aim to drive positive corporate change. We believe this helps us to deliver EM solutions that target long-term positive outcomes for investors, society and the planet.
Connectivity
Our team-based, collaborative approach ensures insights and analysis are continuously shared, interrogated and debated. This allows us to invest with conviction in the best long-term investment ideas we can find in these complex, diverse and fast-moving markets.
Through forward-looking, active investment, we seek to drive positive change and put clients at the heart of some of the most compelling opportunities EMs offer.
Emerging Market Debt
Emerging market Debt is a compelling asset class, spanning a huge variety of countries, industries and companies.