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Emerging Markets - Rethinking The Investment Playbook
How should investors assess country risk, portfolio exposure and investment opportunities in a rapidly changing emerging-market landscape?
Geopolitical realignment, technological disruption and demographic shifts are changing the economic outlook across emerging markets. For investors allocating capital across markets and asset classes, understanding these structural changes is essential to making informed investment decisions.
Join Philipp Waeber, Chief Economist and co-author of The Emerging Markets Investor’s Guide to Country Risk, for an in-depth discussion on how investors can reassess conventional approaches to emerging markets and translate macroeconomic developments into investment decisions.
The discussion will explore:
Rethinking country risk: Which traditional assumptions remain relevant, and where might established approaches fall short?
Assessing investment opportunities: How are structural economic changes affecting the outlook across emerging markets?
From macroeconomic analysis to portfolio decisions: What do these developments mean for investors evaluating risk, diversification and investment opportunities?
Bringing together macroeconomic analysis and practical investment perspectives, this session is designed for professionals responsible for investment strategy, asset allocation and portfolio decisions.
Who should attend?
This event is exclusively intended for institutional investors, family offices, foundations and wealth managers .
Attendance is subject to qualification.
Event Details
Event Program
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| 17:30 | Registration opens |
| 18:00 | Structural Shifts Reshaping Emerging Markets |
| 18:30 | From Theory to Practice: Investment Implications |
| 18:40 | Investor vs. Economist: Challenging Conventional Thinking |
| 19:00 | Q&A |
| 19:15 | Apéro |
| 20:00 | End of program |
Meet the Speakers
Philipp Waeber
Chief Economist, responsAbility
Philipp Waeber is responsAbility's Chief Economist. With over 17 years of experience in macroeconomic analysis and country risk assessment, he advises on investment decisions across emerging and frontier markets. His work focuses on understanding how global trends and country-specific developments affect sectors, businesses and investment outcomes. Philipp holds a bilingual Master's degree in Economics and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. In 2026, he co-authored The Emerging Markets Investor's Guide to Country Risk: Systematic Risks and the Threats to Investment Performance.
Martin Heimes
Head of Private Debt, responsAbility
Member of the Executive Management. Active in development investments since 2005 (and with responsAbility since 2009), with experience in fund management and consulting in microfinance and small business lending. Studied Economics and Social Anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin and London School of Economics. Prior to responsAbility, Martin worked for the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management on consultancy projects related to SME lending and Microfinance Fund Management, as well as in Investment Management for the European Fund for Southeast Europe.
Admir Trnjanin
Director, Investor Relations & Business Development, responsAbility
Experienced in investor relations, capital formation, and strategic partnership development across institutional and founder-led investment firms since 2017. Previously held investor relations roles at BlueOrchard (Schroders Capital) and Innoterra. Board Member of Young SECA since 2017, a chapter of the Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association. Executive Education from London Business School and a BSc in Controlling & Accounting from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.