In Alternative Views Hedgeweek®,goes behind closed doors with those in the know to get the latest on hedge funds. Today, we speak to Robert Koenigsberger, Founder and CIO of Gramercy Funds Management a global emerging markets alternative investment firm. 

How has the emerging market opportunity set evolved (0:22); keeping discipline across cycles and the makeup of a beta-agnostic approach (2:45); how a multi-asset approach works in practise (4:50); the 'special sauce' in emerging markets private credit (6:10); how the firm's local research function supports the central platform (10:02); why investors should think about emerging market active management over passive exposure (12:50); the 2026 macro environment on emerging market local debt (15:02); the role of geopolitics in emerging market investment decisions (17:02); the future of emerging markets and the possibility of external disruption (19:06).

Name -  Robert Koenigsberger 

Designation - Founder, Managing Partner and CIO 

Firm - Gramercy Funds Management 

Strategy - Alternative and long-only strategies across emerging markets asset classes, including multi-asset, private credit, EM debt and special situations.

Firm AUM: $7.5bn