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FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... managers or ETFs, that we can hold through the cycle," he says. The remaining 10% to 30% are more actively managed. Frontier markets fall into this category. Banyantree typically holds a 12 to 15-month view on these allocations, which provide the ability ...

Institutional investors eye increased exposure to Vietnam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... dramatic rise. Moreover, the research found that 99% of professional equity investors interviewed agree that frontier markets can offer attractive diversification benefits compared to emerging and developed markets. Vietnam Enterprise Investment Limited ...

MSCI ponders reclassifying Nigeria, Egypt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... Nigerian equity market, resulting from lack of liquidity on the FX market, would warrant its removal from the MSCI Frontier Markets Index," MSCI said. The other Standalone Markets are Argentina, Jamaica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

MSCI reclassifies Pakistan to frontier market

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... criteria within its market classification framework. MSCI expects four new securities to be included in the MSCI Frontier Markets Index with an estimated weight of 1.90% based on August end pro-forma data. MSCI classifies markets as: developed, emerging ...

Mantis to take over Copper Rock fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... Investment Management (equities and recently appointed by Commonwealth Super ), Global Evolution (emerging and frontier markets debt) and Shenkman (credit manager).

Ares bids for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... Ferrari on the other hand spent 17 years at the Swiss firm, working as the chief executive of South East Asia and frontier markets before taking the helm at AMP in 2018. David Murray was appointed as a senior adviser at Credit Suisse in 2011 before joining ...

QIC appoints executive director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... based in Hong Kong. Last year, he was also appointed the chief executive of LGM Investments, an emerging and frontier markets boutique under BMO's banner. Prior to joining BMO in 2013, he headed BlackRock's Australian institutional business as a managing ...

AXA Investment Managers expands impact investing options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... which will launch at the end of this year, focused on addressing the basic needs of consumers in emerging and frontier markets. The aim is to expand its investment portfolios by launching a private market strategy aimed at emerging consumers in Latin ...

Schroders acquires majority stake in impact investor

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... "Schroders has a strong belief in the value that investment can create in society, particularly within emerging and frontier markets. BlueOrchard's expertise in this area is exceptional." "They share our values; recognising that, through our combined ...

Aussie instos among most responsible investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... funds could not rest on their laurels, pointing out significant areas of improvement remain, such as investing in frontier markets and following responsible investing practices while doing so. "The leaders and finalists, with average scores of 60% and ...
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