The trick's in the tail

Asian currencies have been the poster-child for emerging market resilience during the tumult of the eurozone debt crisis. But with a worsening global economic outlook, the recent sell-off in the fundamentally strong currencies has acted as a staunch reminder of the need for an effective risk management policy when trading emerging markets.

With $150 million of assets under management in EM strategies, risk management is at the core of the investment approach at London-based asset manager, The