In this report, Mihai Florian, Senior Portfolio Manager at BlueBay, explores how investors can capture the illiquidity premium in emerging market (EM) private credit amidst macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty.
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EM private credit offers an illiquidity premium of 5–9% over liquid alternatives by targeting high-quality, low-leverage corporates.
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Structural inefficiencies—shallow debt markets, overreliance on banks, and capital scarcity—create a strong risk-reward dynamic.
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Volatility and new tariffs have accelerated demand for non-traditional funding, especially in LatAm and CEEMEA regions.
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