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Asset managers and institutional investors debate the pros and cons of investing in emerging markets. A conservative approach often prevails.

Aberdeen's Donald Amstad says index funds expose investors to bad companies, with the risks more prevalent in emerging markets such as Asia. Vanguard sets out the opposing view.

AberdeenÆs Donald Amstad says, for years to come, people will debate why the global financial bubble was allowed to inflate for so long.

While rate cuts are good news for short-dated bonds, spreads on long-dated bonds will continue to widen, says Amstad at Aberdeen Asset Management.