<div>Defaults among fragile emerging market firms set to rise - Moody's</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Defaults by weaker emerging market companies will rise in 2020 and 2021 as the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic hampers business activity, Moody's forecast on Thursday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=klEACtQnmto:PJiPRqsn3-Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=klEACtQnmto:PJiPRqsn3-Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=klEACtQnmto:PJiPRqsn3-Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=klEACtQnmto:PJiPRqsn3-Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=klEACtQnmto:PJiPRqsn3-Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/klEACtQnmto" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters