Emerging markets have broadly outperformed advanced nations since the global financial crisis, with a rise of more than 5 percent per annum in several African and Asian nations. Many have put the wealthier nations to shame in improving key indicators of economic performance - public debt, inflation and balance of payments, for instance. Investors responded with inflows that surpassed $400 billion by the end of 2012. Our panel of global experts will discuss how they pick winners among countries, and whether the EM success story will hold. Indeed, we've already seen impressive volatility over the past year. Could higher interest rates in advanced nations expose EM policy shortcomings and other obstacles to fulfilling their potential? How will EMs fare in a world of Federal Reserve tapering, the Chinese slowdown and falling commodity prices?

Moderator

Komal Sri-Kumar

Senior Fellow, Milken Institute; President, Sri-Kumar Global Strategies, Inc.

Speakers

Ricardo Adrogue

Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets Debt, Babson Capital Management, LLC

Madelyn Antoncic

Vice President and Treasurer, World Bank

James McCaughan

CEO, Principal Global Investors

Jay Pelosky

Principal, J2Z Advisory LLC


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