Stefan Keitel is managing director and global chief investment officer at Credit Suisse. He recently sat down with Executive to discuss how to best cash in on today’s investment trends, as well as a Credit Suisse fund that is raising some eyebrows. E What is the best way to take advantage of the upswing in emerging markets? There are many ways to invest in emerging markets, which are definitely a long-term trend. It completely makes sense to go for emerging market equities. It completely makes sense to go for emerging market bonds. In both asset classes, we strongly recommend investment in local currencies. Another way to invest in emerging markets that is quite interesting for some conservative United States or European investors is buying European or US firms which have a major stake of their business model dedicated to the emerging markets, let’s take Nestle for example. Nestle is a
