A number of factors are driving institutional investor interest in emergin market equities, as reflected in fund flows and consultant search data.

Institutional Investor

May 20, 2013

By Robert Stowe England

In spite of a slowdown in China -- and the economies of nations like Brazil that rely heavily on the export of commodities to China -- institutional investors and their advisors remain bullish on emerging markets.

Enthusiasm for this market has pushed up net inflows into emerging market equities from institutional investors and propelled this market category to number one in investment database research, according to data from Marietta, Georgia-based financial data firm eVestment.

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