Rethinking EM Equities: Unlocking the Small-EM Diversification Engine - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

EM portfolios today often lean heavily on a small group of large, AI‑linked markets and mega‑cap stocks, despite the apparent index breadth. Yet many of the most compelling structural and reform‑driven opportunities now sit in smaller emerging markets, making a deliberate allocation to this segment an increasingly important complement to conventional EM exposure. Portfolio Concentration and Hidden Risks - EM benchmarks today embed significant country and stock concentration, with a few large markets and mega‑caps dominating performance. Allocating to smaller EMs can help dilute these concentrations and unlock genuinely diversified exposure beyond the usual index heavyweights. Distinct, Under‑Owned Growth Drivers - Smaller EMs are being reshaped by domestic reform cycles, supply‑chain realignment, and capital‑market deepening, not just the global AI trade. These differentiated and often less correlated drivers can potentially enhance risk‑adjusted outcomes and improve the resilience of investors’ overall EM exposure. Practical Implementation for Allocators - Exposure to these markets is incidental and diluted in conventional EM strategies, leaving much of their potential untapped. This session will explore how allocators can purposefully incorporate a dedicated sleeve focused on under‑represented emerging markets alongside their existing EM exposure Hear Ali Hussain, Head of Equities Research at FIM Partners, share his insights on why expanding beyond traditional EM benchmarks to include smaller emerging markets can offer a more resilient EM allocation.