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"Invesco's emerging markets local debt fund navigated diverging global monetary policies in Q1 2025, reducing currency and duration exposure amid policy uncertainty. Central banks are pursuing independent approaches with the Fed on hold while others ease."
Invesco's emerging markets local debt fund delivered positive returns in Q1 2025 despite underperforming its benchmark, as the managers navigated diverging global monetary policies and rising economic uncertainties. The fund reduced foreign currency exposure and duration positioning in response to policy uncertainty that eroded sentiment and raised recession concerns. Central banks globally are pursuing increasingly independent monetary policies, with the Fed holding rates steady while most developed market peers continued easing. Emerging market central banks maintained cautious approaches, with Brazil hiking rates due to inflation concerns while Mexico, South Africa and India cut rates. The US dollar weakened during the quarter on slowing growth prospects. The managers believe economic and policy divergences across regions create compelling opportunities for active management, particularly as improving global growth differentials and normalizing financial conditions should benefit emerging markets fixed income. They remain optimistic about excess return opportunities in this environment of heightened dispersion.
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