Greg Smith

Fund Manager, Emerging Markets Fixed Income
M&G Investments

Biography

Gregory Smith is an Emerging Markets Fund Manager at M&G Investments. He is focused on emerging market sovereign debt, with a particular interest in the Middle East and Africa. He has a PhD in quantitative economics, plus expertise in finance and assessing political risk. Prior to joining M&G he was a senior economist and sovereign debt advisor at the World Bank. His research includes investing with an Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) lens, what future sovereign debt restructuring might look like, and he is author of the book ‘Where Credit is Due: How African Debt Can be a Benefit Not a Burden’.

Speaker at these events:

ESG & Capital Markets Africa 2021 - Virtual

• To what extent is there a mispricing of African risk when it comes to ESG?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Francophone Africa 2021 Virtual

• Francophone Africa’s economic outlook for 2021 and beyond: Understanding the post-COVID recovery trajectory across the region

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Elections, trade, and post-COVID recovery: How are investors pricing African credit in the current climate?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk 24 2020

• How are African governments securing financing for their COVID-19 response?