We maintain our recommended overweight stance on emerging markets in a global equities portfolio on account of the following seven key reasons: (i) steadily improving absolute and relative margins and value creation; (ii) EM currencies remain particularly cheap on PPP versus history; (iii) a reacceleration in emerging market relative GDP growth momentum; (iv) rising earnings growth expectations with stabilising revisions; (v) payout ratios boosted by capex adjustments and rising free cash flow; (vi) absolute and DM relative valuations offering an attractive entry point; and (vii) global funds remain deeply underexposed to emerging equities.