World’s Top Money Managers Favor Emerging Markets, Citi Says

Global asset managers who collectively oversee more than $20 trillion of assets have grown more bullish across emerging-market equities, currencies, domestic bonds and credit, potentially offering fresh momentum to the sector’s record-busting rally.

Citigroup Inc., which reviewed the published outlooks of some of the world’s biggest asset managers, found that funds had added to long positions in markets across Asia, Latin America, as well as Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The findings came as MSCI’s main emerging equity index trades close to record highs. The gauge rose 0.2% on Thursday and nearly 15% year to date, helped by tech-heavy bourses in Seoul and Taipei.