Why African local-currency debt is the year’s best EM story - EnterpriseAM

Why African local-currency debt is the year’s best EM story - EnterpriseAM

Source: EnterpriseAM

DW NOTE

African local-currency debt has rallied because investors have decided a 15% yield in a currency that depreciates 18% annually is somehow different from a -3% real return. The "best EM story" is that fund managers can now book the carry as performance and let the next holder eat the devaluation.

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