Emerging Market Debt is one of the most talked about asset classes in fixed income today.  Tom Smith brings his decades of experience and gives us a master class on the current state of the market as well as its evolution over the past 25 years.  He also talks about MIM’s long-term commitment to having boots on the ground in the regions where they invest.  

 

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