Jan Dehn, head of research at emerging market specialist Ashmore, has said improving fundamentals are making Latin America "unambiguously" the most attractive part of the region for investors, in particular Brazilian fixed income markets.
He said improvements in Latin America were the result of greater political stability in some countries and the stabilisation of commodity prices. Brazilian real rallies as senate votes to impeach president Rousseff "Latin America is unambiguously the most attractive place in emerging markets right now," Dehn said. "The region's deep economic adjustment and reforms over the last couple of years will start to bear fruit and return the region to positive growth." Political stability has always been a major issue in Latin America, with the rise and fall of populist governments a threat...
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