PA ANALYSIS: Frontier markets – still an asset class?
With a string of countries having been promoted to emerging market status by index provider MSCI in recent years, are frontier markets still a viable asset class?
Frontier Markets
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OMGI poaches Nomura trio to run global EM fund
Old Mutual Global Investors has hired Nick Payne, Salman Siddiqui and Liz Fernandes of Nomura Asset Management team to oversee its Global Emerging Markets Equity Fund mandate.
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Franklin Templeton to reopen Frontier Markets fund
Franklin Templeton will reopen its Frontier Markets fund at the end of May after a four year closure.
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Jupiter launches EM income trust for Teverson
Jupiter has expanded its emerging market offering with the launch of an income-focused investment trust targeting the region’s small and mid-cap stocks.
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HSBC lands SHUAA’s Sidani for FM portfolio manager post
Ramzi Sidani will step into the role of senior portfolio manager of HSBC Global Asset Management’s Frontier Markets Equity strategy, the firm announced Friday.
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PA ANALYSIS: Argentina’s new dawn?
It has taken some time, but it appears that the Argentine electorate may finally be tiring of socialism.
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VAM launches frontier equities strategy
VAM has launched a Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS IV fund targeting the high growth potential of frontier market equities.
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Forgotten frontier markets on cusp of turnaround
Morocco and Tunisia, the ignored frontier markets of recent years,could be on the cusp of a turnaround.
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Barings says Nigeria is now top frontier market
Barings has said Nigeria is now the leading frontier market for investors to target
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silk launches footballers fund
The frontier market specialist is offering African footballers wealth management solutions.
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Barings Lim Philippines star through outsourcing
Barings’ SooHai Lim believes the Philippines could be one of the ASEAN region’s rising stars through higher infrastructure investment and foreign companies pushing their outsourcing requirements to the country.
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The hottest markets in the Next-11
A look outside the developed world brings huge opportunity for investment but also for innovative new collective terms and acronyms for various countries with shared characteristics, however tenuous.
