RBC Global Asset Management has launched the RBC Emerging Markets Bond Fund, the only pure emerging markets bond fund available to individual investors in Canada.

The fund is led by Jane Lesslie who is based in the RBC Global Asset Management London office.
 
The fund is a diversified portfolio of emerging market government and corporate bonds of countries such as Brazil, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Turkey and Venezuela.
 
“Currently representing about 35 per cent of global output, emerging markets have been the engine of growth, helping the world recover from the 2008 financial crisis,” says Lesslie. “Economic growth rates well above global averages, stable to falling debt loads and supportive demographics, including rapidly growing middle classes, continue to position many of these countries as great investments going forward.”

The fund is appropriate for investors seeking a combination of income and capital growth potential while looking to diversify the fixed income portions of their portfolios through exposure to emerging market debt securities.
 
It is available to individual investors through four options: series D (for clients who invest directly through PH&N Investment Services and RBC Direct Investing) and series A, adviser series and series F (available through financial advisers). The fund is also available to institutional investors through series O.