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Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... countries, the outlook appears worse. India's GDP forecast is at -4.5%, Russia's -6.6%, Brazil's -9.1%, Mexico's 10.5% and South Africa's is -8.0%. "These countries, which typically grow at a decent rate, often define the general narrative for emerging ...

Banking crisis more likely in conflicted countries: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF economist Rasmane Ouedrago and senior resident representative in South Africa Montfort Mlachila found that while the economic effects of conflict and political instability have been analysed extensively ...

Morningstar creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... has announced the appointment of Hortense Bioy as director of sustainability research for the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions, effective immediately. Morningstar said the newly created role reflects its continued ...

Chief economist update: Extraordinarily uncertain outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has painted an optimistic picture of developments in the US economy while at the same time warning of extraordinary uncertainty. "As the economy reopens, incoming data are beginning to reflect a resumption of economic ...

Industry fund named top employer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... for our members and employer partners." Kincentric head of culture and engagement for Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa Stephen Hickey congratulated the fund for its achievement. "The Best Employers program recognises the outstanding achievements ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... industry and other sectors. Digital payments is an area of opportunity, Grana and Culley said, not only in China but also in Africa and the Middle East. While countries struggle to battle the coronavirus, the portfolio managers warned debt could end ...

ESG performing positively: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... "In the case of the MSCI EM SRI Index, the underweight in the China International market and the overweight in the South Africa market accounted for most of the negative country contribution."

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... very significant negative effects on the economic outlooks for EM, mostly leading to recessions." Countries like South Africa, Colombia, Hungary or Malaysia are more exposed to economic vulnerability, Amundi said. With the pandemic impacting oil demand ...

The catalysts for a rebound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... assets in Brazil and Mexico continue to underperform due to their weak COVID-19 policy responses. "In addition to South Africa, assets in Turkey, Russia and Qatar have all remained under stress for a variety of reasons specific to those countries," he ...

Bravura secures new mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... life insurance, and funds administration industries in 12 offices across Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Futurity is an independent and mutually structured financial institution and has paid around $2.8 billion to members ...