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Mr. Balcells is an executive vice president and portfolio manager in the Munich office. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2012, he was employed at Rogge Capital Partners where he was the head of emerging markets and worked at Harvard Management Company focusing on emerging markets local rate and currency investments. Mr. Balcells also worked at the International Monetary Fund between 2002 and 2006, during which time he spent a year at PIMCO on secondment from the Fund. He has 17 years of investment experience and holds a master's degree in international economics and European studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. He received his undergraduate degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

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​The potential for more capital flight in Spain remains significant even after all that has taken place so far.
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​Cyclical support for lower emerging market local interest rates is losing steam, but structural and global factors supporting lower rates will likely remain intact over the secular horizon.

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