Katrina Butt
12 Years at AB|12 Years of Experience
Katrina Butt is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets Debt, where she is responsible for the management of hard-currency emerging-market sovereign portfolios. Previously, she was a senior Latin America economist in the Global Economic Research group for Fixed Income, focusing on macroeconomic analysis and fixed-income strategy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Earlier in her career, Butt was an economic research associate, supporting G10 and emerging-market economists at AB. She joined the firm in 2013 as a rotational associate for Fixed Income, serving in roles in quantitative research, credit research and portfolio management. Butt holds a BA (cum laude) in economics and mathematics from Bucknell University, an MPA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and is a CFA charterholder. Location: New York
Published Work
Fundamentals in Latin America's economies have been strengthening, though uncertainty surrounds the future path of government policies.
Emerging-market countries face many challenges, including the need to address environmental, social and governance issues on tight budgets. For those willing to engage with investors, creative funding opportunities are available.
In designing a sovereign ESG model that improves on the limitations of typical proxies, we demonstrated that ESG pillars are actually the foundation that's the starting point for assessing economic and financial performance in both the emerging and developed worlds.