Creating Value for Emerging Market Debt Investors

Aktia Asset Management has a laser focus on one area of emerging markets: sovereign debt.

‘We believe that focusing on a specific area is the best way to add value for our clients,’ says Henrik Paldynski, Head of Emerging Market Debt at Aktia Asset Management.

Aktia’s process uses in-depth quantitative and qualitative research. Their traffic-light system identifies countries as non-investible, partially investible, or fully investible. As an important part of the qualitative process, the team undertakes numerous research trips each year to build a comprehensive picture of potential risks and rewards. These trips include personal discussions with authorities, as well as neutral parties such as economists, journalists and academics.