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The emerging markets are countries with less developed but growing economies. They represent a very diverse group of countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. They range from large countries like China and Russia, with extensive resources, to much smaller, poorer countries.

And although emerging market countries may be diverse, they all need to raise capital to support their emerging economies. This has led to the development of their capital markets and the opening of these markets to international investors.

Financial professionals who specialise in the emerging markets look to providers who have global resources and the local presence and expertise to deliver the emerging market data, news and analysis they need.

Government, semi-government, corporate and Brady bonds are the most frequently traded emerging market debt instruments. Fixed income professionals focusing on emerging markets need services that provide comprehensive pricing, terms and conditions and ratings information for these instruments. They also want access to emerging market country reports that provide descriptions of local bond markets.

And because emerging markets can be volatile and subject to greater upheavals than developed markets, risk analysis is critical. Fixed income professionals need to assess the appropriate levels of risk against return in any emerging market debt instrument they are considering for investment.

They need risk analysis tools that cover the emerging markets and emerging market debt. They need to be able to identify the significant risks in their holdings and their underlying sources. They also need to test investment ideas by using ‘what if’ scenarios. They look for tools that let them tailor their risk analyses to their own holdings and to the different ways they look at their exposures.

Reuters products for the fixed income markets give users access to more than 1.9 million debt instruments from markets around the world. They supply real-time data from more than 1,800 contributing market-makers, inter-dealer brokers, electronic communication networks and exchanges combined with analytic and risk management tools.

They also provide news, including emerging markets coverage, from Reuters global team of 250 specialist treasury and fixed income correspondent as well as research, end-of-day and historical pricing, terms and conditions and ratings information. Bond indices, including leading emerging markets benchmark indices, are also available.

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