| ANNUALIZED SINCE INCEPTION | QUARTERLY | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1% | 3.6% | 19.6% |
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.6% | -5.1% | 13.9% | -9.1% | -10.4% | 3.8% |
The Invesco Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q4 2025, delivering 3.62% returns driven by interest rate positioning and foreign currency exposure. The fund benefited from broad-based rate cuts across emerging markets, reflecting confidence in disinflation trends and improved policy credibility. The managers increased foreign currency exposure in Hungarian forint, Chinese yuan, and Chilean peso while extending duration in South Africa and China. A weakening US dollar, weighed down by easier monetary policy and fiscal uncertainty, supported emerging market currencies. Looking ahead, the managers see compelling opportunities from diverging global growth patterns, continued monetary easing, and attractive valuations. Key risks include persistent core inflation, uncertain trade policy, and potential AI-driven equity corrections. The fund's positioning reflects confidence that narrowing growth differentials between developed and emerging markets, combined with disciplined policy frameworks, create a favorable environment for emerging market local debt heading into 2026.
Emerging market local debt offers attractive total return opportunities driven by narrowing growth differentials, a weakening US dollar, attractive valuations, and disciplined monetary policy easing across emerging markets.
The managers believe diverging global growth, traditional policy easing and a weakening US dollar create compelling total return opportunities for emerging market debt heading into 2026. They expect prudent monetary policy easing, capital inflows and a weaker US dollar should provide a supportive backdrop for emerging market debt.
| Date | Letter | Tickers | Keywords | Pitches | Quick Takes |
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| Jan 24 2026 | 2025 Q4 | - | currencies, Dollar, emerging markets, fixed income, inflation, Local Debt, monetary policy, rates | - | Monetary policy remained a key theme for emerging markets, with broad-based rate cuts across major economies reflecting confidence in disinflation trends and improved policy credibility. The Fed cut rates by 0.25% while signaling further cuts in 2026, and emerging market central banks continued disciplined rate reductions. The US dollar remained relatively weak, weighed down by easier monetary policy, fiscal and policy uncertainty, and debt concerns. This environment supported emerging market currencies, though performance increasingly reflected idiosyncratic, country-specific factors rather than broad dollar moves. Ongoing disinflation trends provided confidence for central banks to continue easing monetary policy. However, risks from inflation lingered in the US, with AI spending and fiscal measures adding to inflationary pressures while supporting economic expansion. |
| Oct 20 2025 | 2025 Q3 | - | emerging markets, inflation, Local Currency, monetary policy, Sovereign Bonds | - | The fund sees strong potential in emerging markets debt amid policy easing and currency resilience supported by a weaker U.S. dollar. Central banks across Asia and Latin America have resumed rate cuts, improving local bond performance. Managers highlight attractive yields, improving inflation trends, and diversification benefits across regions like Colombia, Indonesia, and Mexico. |
| Jul 18 2025 | 2025 Q2 | - | Currency, diversification, Emerging Market Debt, monetary policy, real yields | - | The letter highlights emerging market local debt as an attractive income and total return opportunity amid a weakening US dollar. Management points to divergent monetary policies, easing inflation, and attractive real yields across emerging economies. Currency dynamics are viewed as a key return driver over the medium term. |
| Apr 30 2025 | 2025 Q1 | - | - | - |
| QUARTER | THEMES | TAGS |
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| 2025 Q4 |
DollarDollar depreciated -9% against trading partners in 2025, worst year since 2017. De-dollarization trend accelerating as world shifts away from US. Reduced net dollar exposure from 25% to 8% following geopolitical tensions and superpower positioning concerns. |
Depreciation De-dollarization Reserves Geopolitical |
InflationInflation has continued to be a persistent feature in Japan and has prompted changes in both corporate and consumer behavior. Importantly, inflation has fed through to corporate earnings and equity performance. Companies that have successfully passed on higher costs to consumers have benefited from improved operating margins. |
Inflation Corporate Earnings Operating Margins Consumer Behavior Cost Pass-through | |
RatesFederal Reserve resumed rate-cutting cycle with first cut since December 2024, signaling resumption of easing. Expected three cuts of 25bps between now and first quarter 2026 as Fed responds to signs of weakness in US labor market. |
Fed Monetary Policy Labor Market Easing Liquidity | |
| 2025 Q3 |
HealthcareHealthcare was the strongest relative contributor in the quarter with holdings increasing nearly +16% compared to benchmark returns of roughly +12%. Exact Sciences was acquired for a significant premium by Abbott Laboratories resulting in an +86% return, while other strong performers included Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Glaukos following approval of a new product, Penumbra, and Repligen driven by strong earnings results. |
M&A Product Approval Earnings Biotech |
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