Emerging Star is an asset management advisory firm focusing on emerging markets. The firm provides advisory services and managed accounts, utilizing a total return approach across multiple sources of alpha including sovereign spreads, foreign exchange, and credit. The investment team has extensive experience in emerging markets and is led by Chandima Mendis, a top emerging debt fund manager. Emerging Star differentiates itself through selectivity, capital preservation, quantitative models, and a non-indexed approach. The firm offers advisory solutions, a research platform, managed accounts, and diversified emerging market strategies.

1. Emerging Star Bonds
Company Brief & Advisory
The Company & Team
Sovereign Spreads
20%
> Emerging Star is an asset management advisory firm focusing exclusively on
emerging markets.
Foreign Exchange
15%
Relative Value CDS
10%
> The Team has managed emerging bonds and currencies over several market
cycles and crises.
Volatility
5%
Source of
Returns
Local Rates
25%
> The company provides Advisory services and Managed Accounts.
> Chandima Mendis has over 15 years of experience in emerging markets and has
been listed as a leading emerging debt fund manager by Citywire UK.
Special Situations
10%
Credit Spreads
10%
> The investment team consists of portfolio managers and credit who have previ
ously credit analysts based in Emerging Markets.
> The investment team is supported by an operations and marketing team
providing risk management, administration and marketing.
Primary Issues
5%
What we offer
> Advisory Solutions
What makes us different?
> Selectivity - impossible to follow the entire emerging universe and we screen
our universe through liquidity and economic filters
> Capital Preservation - through a process detecting defaults and the best
investment opportunities.
> Quantitative Models and Analysis for evaluating sovereigns and corporates.
> Tailor made advisory service to help manage your assets
> Research Platform - Macro and Credit
> Managed Accounts - Bonds and Currency
> Network of local contacts
> Client focus and transparency
> Investment Solutions
> Non-Indexed Approach - do not follow a particular index due to the inherent bias
of selecting issuers with the biggest finanacing needs.
Diversified Strategies
How we can work together
> Advisory Partnership
> The approach is total return using a top down and bottom up process.
> Our experience shows emerging fixed income adds greatest value with multiple
sources of alpha from external debt, local debt, currencies and corporates.
> Project financing solutions in Agriculture, Land and Mining
> Sub-advisory mandates and Managed Accounts
> Manage and advice on Emerging Portfolios
> Develop MENA and Emerging Products under client label
> Asset gathering using Swiss licensing agreement
> Investment style includes directional, relative value and short strategies.
> Joint Venture
> Balancing Risks and Rewards - each strategy is assessed in terms of potential
gains and losses - through beta, correlation and volatility management.
Email contact@em-star.com
T + 41225087003
www.em-star.com
> Synergies for distribution and asset management in Africa, Asia
Latin America and Middle East.
Emerging Star Asset Management, Rue du Port 8-10,
CH-1204, Geneva, Switzerland. Regulated - OAR-G No. 709.