12.10.201500:58:15UTC+00JPMorgan’s Chang Says Fed Rate Hike Would Help Emerging Markets

Joyce Chang, global head of research at JPMorgan Chase & Co., said a U.S. Fed rate hike would help emerging markets by lowering uncertainty that has kept investors from taking on risk there. Last month, official kept the rate near zero to see if slower growth in China undermines their forecast that U.S. inflation will move back to the Fed's 2% target.

David Fernandez, head of fixed-income, currencies and commodities research for the Asia Pacific region at Barclays Plc, said during the panel discussion that emerging markets would benefit if the U.S. Federal Reserve increased rates.