Morgan Stanley Says Go Local in Emerging Debt After Rupiah Win
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Indonesia, India bonds favored on prospects for rate cuts
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Malaysian notes to see demand when oil bottoms: Jens Nystedt
Six months after picking winners in Indonesia’s rupiah and Malaysia’s ringgit, Morgan Stanley’s asset management arm is becoming bullish on the local-currency debt of developing nations.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management expects domestic sovereign bonds to outperform their dollar-denominated counterparts as a likely bottoming out of oil prices in the second quarter boosts demand for higher-yielding assets, said Jens Nystedt, the New York-based portfolio manager of emerging-market debt at the firm that oversees $406 billion. Indonesian and Indian notes offer the highest interest rates among Asia’s major economies and are attractive because their central banks have room to cut borrowing costs, he said…
Morgan Stanley Says Go Local in Emerging Debt After Rupiah Win
