Goldman Sachs is wrong to tell its clients to cut their exposure to emerging markets, according to top developing world-focused hedge fund manager.
A recent report from the bank told its wealthy patrons to cut their emerging market exposure by a third. Goldman warned of "the strong possibility of significant under-performance and heightened volatility over the next five to 10 years" because of weak economic and governance structures.
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"The case for the structural reforms that need to be done in emerging markets—you could have made the same case 10 years ago. You would have missed a decade of outperformance," said Marko Dimitrijević, head of $2 billion Everest Capital, when asked about the Goldman report Tuesday. "If you reduce or ignore emerging markets, you're going to miss on literally hundreds of companies that are great."