Zambia included in J.P. Morgan GBI-EM Edge index, opening passive demand channel for kwacha bonds
On 15 September 2026 J.P. Morgan announced that Zambia has been included in its new GBI-EM Edge local-currency government bond index. Inclusion makes kwacha-denominated sovereign bonds eligible for index-tracking funds and could channel steady passive foreign demand into Zambian local-currency debt.
The desk brief
On 15 September 2026 J.P. Morgan announced that Zambia has been included in its new GBI-EM Edge local-currency government bond index. Inclusion makes kwacha-denominated sovereign bonds eligible for index-tracking funds and could channel steady passive foreign demand into Zambian local-currency debt.
Index inclusion typically draws passive and benchmark-driven flows into eligible on-the-run and liquid tenors, concentrating foreign demand and improving secondary-market liquidity conditional on actual fund allocations. This can support Zambian local yields and FX via increased foreign-currency inflows, but outcomes depend on fund adoption, index weightings, Zambias fiscal and macro performance, and global rate conditions.
J.P. Morgan to publish the final constituent list and country weightings for GBI-EM Edge; first index rebalancing date.
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- Zambia Joins J.P. Morgan's New Frontier Bond Index — Open Zambiaopenzambia.comSource published (opens in a new tab)
- JPMorgan’s new $330 billion bond index gives African countries almost half its weightreutersSource published (opens in a new tab)
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