All Emerging Market articles – Page 11
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White papersThe emerging markets hurdles
While not envisaging any systemic risk propagating across emerging markets, the macro financial outlook remains challenging amid growth concerns, still-high inflation and tighter global financial conditions. The current geopolitical environment, with its impact on macro and financial conditions, is making an idiosyncratic crisis more likely.
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White papersEmerging market debt: an active approach
Emerging market debt (EMD) has already broadened and deepened significantly in the last few decades and as the asset class has developed, it has become more appealing to a broader investor base. Issuance has increased, thereby improving liquidity.
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White papersWhat links impact investing and private equity?
In impact investing, investments can contribute to a measurable positive social and/or environmental impact alongside earning financial returns. In our view, impact investing strategies work particularly well in private equity.
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White papersInvestors turn to residential opportunities in emerging markets
Emerging markets have been less of a focus for US and European residential investors of late, but there are pockets of opportunities in Brazil and China sparking interest again, writes Stephanie Baxter
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - June 2022
The second quarter of the year is becoming increasingly painful for tech stocks, recalling memories of the 2000s tech bubble bursting. The repricing of a more aggressive Fed stance has been brutal, real yields rose – the rate on 10-year TIPS has turned positive for the first time since 2020 – and on the nominal yields front, the US 10-year Treasury yield temporarily reached the 3% threshold, falling close to 2.75% on economic growth concerns.
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White papersApproaching uncertainty with confidence in emerging markets fixed income
The war in Ukraine has added continued volatility to emerging markets fixed income assets. According to our latest study, institutional investors around the world are wary of the war’s market and economic impacts but remain optimistic for the months ahead.
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White papersHeadwinds and tailwinds: Who stands to benefit from the new investment landscape?
Recent market events have shaken us all and, although the long-term investment outlook for emerging market equities remains positive, Martin Currie thought it pertinent to revise their outlook in the shorter term.
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White papersRelative value in EM local markets
Emerging market (EM) core inflation has risen by less than US inflation, in part due to weak economic conditions within EM and proactive EM central banks. The acceleration of interest rate hikes by EM central banks has driven up real interest rate differentials between EM and the US, making ...
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White papersMacroeconomic Picture - May 2022
United States: the surge in inflation to a multi-decade high is compressing real incomes and could negatively impact consumer confidence, spending and saving behaviour, as some surveys seem to expect. At the same time, companies’ capex intentions remain high, suggesting that, while US consumption may be decelerating, capex should ...
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White papersSustainable Asian cities: A compelling – and urgent – investment opportunity
In their white paper, “Sustainable Asian cities – preparing now for the future”, our Emerging Markets Debt team and Sustainability Centre detail the rationale underpinning a new investment strategy which targets companies that can help Asian cities achieve the sustainable changes they need to make to deal with an over-stretched infrastructure, migration and climate change.
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White papersDoes the EM debt repricing present a good entry point?
The Russia-Ukraine conflict, a spike in commodity prices and rising global inflation have raised fresh questions about the outlook for emerging markets (EM) debt. Recent forecasts from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank suggest global growth is slowing. And the U.S. Federal Reserve appears set to front-load rate hikes in this tightening cycle, heightening the risk of a recession.
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White papers‘People can focus so much on risk they can overlook opportunities’
Federated Hermes Asia and Emerging Markets Investing Forum in London on 28 April took the pulse of the sector in the face of slowing growth and volatility.
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White papersESG integration in emerging markets investments
Some EM countries are making strides in addressing ESG considerations which can help mitigate risk but also offer improved earnings and stock appreciation. In recent months, the Russian war, and regulatory changes in China have reminded investors that EM companies may still be subject to external macro governance risk.
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White papersEM equities: evolving and transforming
Emerging markets are undergoing a seismic shift. While they have traditionally been perceived as dominated by ‘old economy’ industries, many EM economies have transitioned from ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ industries toward more ‘tertiary’ or service-based industries over the past decade.
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White papersBroader Investment Horizons for an Aging World
In a deeply uncertain world, there is one certainty. Young, booming populations in emerging markets (EM) have started outpacing those in aging, rich countries and might provide just the opportunity needed to fill job openings and support growth.
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White papersEmerging Markets in a World of Higher Long-Term U.S. Inflation
In an effort to stave off disinflationary impulses in the economy, the Federal Reserve’s Flexible Average Inflation Targeting (FAIT) framework announced in 2020 was one of the most important shifts in monetary policy strategy in years.
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Research ReportWhy demand for ESG bonds is increasing among emerging market investors?
ESG integration in emerging market bonds has accelerated in 2021. At around USD 300 billion, ESG-labelled bonds represent 1 per cent of the market (vs 1.5 per cent for developed markets). Since the end of 2012, over half of ESG-labelled emerging market bonds have been issued by Chinese sovereign and corporate borrowers. Issuers from Chile, India, and Brazil are also well represented.
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White papersStrategic impetus for sustainable energy in Europe
Energy security has climbed the European political agenda recently, supporting the low-carbon transition. High metals prices act as a short-term headwind but authorities remain committed to a cleaner future, with the region’s central bank working towards “greening” its monetary policy framework.
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White papersHow to think about investing in China today
Despite well-publicised moves to restructure its economy over the past few years, China remains a key investment destination due to the attraction of its enormous domestic market. And as the world’s second-largest economy, China is also deeply interconnected with the global economy in manufacturing supply chains and is increasingly a large portion of multinational corporate revenues. Consequently, understanding and navigating the complexities of China for both domestic and international investing has never been more important.
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White papersESG Materiality Newsletter, Q1 2022
In this edition of our ESG Materiality Newsletter, we provide an overview of our engagement activities, as well as case studies demonstrating the progress we have made with portfolio companies. We also delve into an environmental, social and governance (ESG) theme, and its implications for the Emerging Markets asset class.
