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Finance chiefs eye value in bonds and emerging markets

Bonds, emerging markets and global equities all have hopes resting on them to deliver returns in 2016

Enthusiasm for emerging markets is bold after a year in which the MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell around 17%
Enthusiasm for emerging markets is bold after a year in which the MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell around 17% Photo: iStock

Emerging market equities are staging a comeback alongside global equity markets as one of the best value asset classes for 2016, according to chief executives in European finance. There are also high hopes for bonds, particularly high yield, over the next 12 months.

The responses from more than 70 business leaders tell a different story to a year ago, when bonds and emerging markets barely got a mention from CEOs.

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