Emerging Markets Debt Team
Bottom-Up and Top-Down Analysis
We believe a combination of bottom-up and top-down expertise deepens our understanding of performance drivers, improving the decision-making process.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
We believe our robust, disciplined bottom-up and top-down research helps us better uncover mispricings in inefficient emerging markets debt. Our active approach is based on:
- Rigorous fundamental research
- Global macro analysis
- Diversification discipline
- Valuation focus
- Integrated risk management
- Integrated ESG analysis
The breadth of our team allows for specialization and regional focus, enhancing our ability to identify opportunities and to avoid unattractive risks.
WHY THIS MATTERS
The historical yield advantage of emerging markets debt over developed markets debt provides the potential for attractive risk-adjusted returns. We believe our disciplined bottom-up and top-down process helps us identify emerging markets debt with an attractive risk/reward profile, enabling us to deliver better outcomes for our portfolios and clients.
SEE WILLIAM BLAIR’S EMERGING MARKETS DEBT STRATEGIES
Emerging Markets Debt
Diversified portfolio of emerging markets debt with broad exposure to developing countries. LEARN MORE
Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency
Portfolio of local currencies and local interest rates of emerging markets. LEARN MORE
Emerging Markets Corporate Debt
Diversified portfolio of emerging markets corporate debt with broad exposure to developing countries. LEARN MORE
ESG analysis is fully integrated into our disciplined investment process. Based on multiple ESG factors, our portfolio managers and analysts develop a proprietary ESG score for each issuer, which helps inform our risk-management approach.

The William Blair Emerging Markets Debt team has portfolio managers and analysts located across the globe, which enables the team to cover global markets around the clock.
Pictured left to right (back row): Alexandra Symeonidi, Corporate Credit Analyst; Luis Olguin, CFA, Portfolio Manager (Corporate Debt); Jared Lou, CFA, Portfolio Manager (Sovereign Debt); Marcelo Assalin, CFA, Partner, Head Of Emerging Markets Debt Team; Mariana Villalba, CFA, Portfolio Manager/Analyst (Corporate Debt); Lewis Jones, CFA, FRM, Portfolio Manager (Local Currency); front row: Anezina Mytilinaiou, Corporate Credit Analyst; Marco Ruijer, CFA, Portfolio Manager; Daniel Wood, Portfolio Manager (Sovereign Debt); Yvette Babb, Portfolio Manager (Sovereign Debt); Johnny Chen, CFA, Portfolio Manager (Sovereign Debt). Not pictured: Clifford Chi-wai Lau, CFA, Portfolio Manager (Sovereign Debt).
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