Country risk is the biggest source of risk for an emerging markets investor, and the nature of benchmarks often leads to an over-concentration of country risk which would make many investors uncomfortable. Mathieu Negre More Quotes by Mathieu Negre More Quotes From Mathieu Negre Structurally it will be underweight the biggest countries and overweight the smallest countries. Over time this should deliver lower volatility versus the benchmark, thanks to better diversification. Mathieu Negre company-news