All Emerging Market articles – Page 15
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White papersLiquidity Stress Testing in Asset Management - Part 4. A Step-by-step Practical Guide
This article is part of a comprehensive research project on liquidity risk in asset management, which can be divided into three dimensions.
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White papersEconomic Outlook Roundtable
The global economic recovery looks set to continue in 2022, but a number of risks remain—from tangled supply chains to lingering price pressures. Join our panel of experts as they explore these issues from both the “top-down” and “bottom-up.”
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White papersMarket Scenarios and Risks - December 2021
We change the narrative and the probabilities of the scenarios in line with our 2022 Outlook. The central scenario assumes that Covid becomes endemic with multiple waves albeit manageable, fiscal levers remain significant and tied to monetary policy and growth comes back to potential in 2023.a
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White papersReal Rates Are the Key to This Cycle
Most of the consensus trades for 2021 failed in the second half of the year, and we think understanding why could be critical to unlocking the rest of this unique cycle.
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WebinarThe Meeting Room Webcast: Global Emerging Markets SMID, November 2021
Listen to the latest Federated Hermes Meeting Room: Virtual Portfolio Briefing on Global Emerging Markets SMID.
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White papersOur Worst Fears Realized or Another Variant We May Be Able to Handle?
While too early to tell, the markets are taking this seriously as should we all. Unfortunately, this is not the post-Thanksgiving COVID note we had hoped to write, though spikes in U.S. cases were highly anticipated post family gatherings. We now have a new emerging variant to discuss, the concern that has kept us up at night may now be realized…
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White papersLessons from COP26: Deforestation pledge a ‘pivotal moment’
Despite landmark deals, work must be done to ensure emerging markets get back on track with climate fixing efforts after pandemic hurdle.
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White papersEM inflation elevated but still relatively contained; local markets could offer relative value
The gap between emerging market (EM) inflation over developed market (DM) inflation has remained contained this time, in part due to weak economic conditions, muted domestic credit creation and proactive EM central banks. Tighter EM financial conditions should anchor longer term EM inflation expectations.
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VideoUnderstanding China Market Dynamics
We believe having on the ground insight is key to understanding local market dynamics. Listen to the latest insights from Ning Meng, China A-Share Strategy Leader based in Shanghai, as he talks to Joe Amato, President and Chief Investment Officer—Equities, about the recent dynamics in China markets.
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Podcast2022 Economic Outlook
Barings experts across public and private markets explore the outlook for the year ahead from both the “top-down” and “bottom-up,” and weigh in on the key trends likely to shape opportunities in 2022 and beyond.
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White papersEurope is poised to surprise
Over the past year, European equity markets have more than held their own relative to global equity markets. To the surprise of many, Europe has only marginally trailed the U.S. market while outperforming the broader MSCI World ex-U.S. Index. We believe Europe is poised for further positive surprise looking ahead.
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White papersWhat I learned on a trip through China
Amid heightened risk in China’s equity markets, portfolio manager Winnie Kwan shares first-hand experiences from her first post- COVID trip to China. She shines a light on:
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White papersEmerging market debt outlook for 2022
Inflation remains elevated in emerging markets (EM) with ongoing but manageable risks. A significant proportion of the shock to EM inflation can be attributed to volatile food and energy prices. Normalisation of supply chains and base effects should help.
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White papersFrom Mission Accomplished to Mission Impossible
Central banks will be rewarded for their crucial crisis response with more missions that threaten their effectiveness and independence.
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White papersIs China’s regulatory reform stifling ‘animal spirits’?
Some investors worry that regulatory tightening in China could strangle growth in its private sector, which is now dominated by technology companies and e-commerce platforms.
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White papersLong-term perspective on markets and economies - 2022 Outlook
As we head into a new year, it’s clear in hindsight that the market downturn of 2020 was short-lived and entirely related to the COVID-19 outbreak. In my view, that means the powerful upswing in equity prices since then is simply a continuation of the bull market we’ve seen over the past decade. Market leadership today is essentially the same as it was before the pandemic.
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White papersEquities: Six Factors Behind Divergence in China-U.S. Markets
Since 2004, the FTSE China H50 Index has largely kept pace with the FTSE Emerging Markets Index as well as U.S. indices such as the S&P 500® and Russell 2000
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White papersFixed Income Perspectives - October 2021
The global economy maintained its positive overall trajectory, though economic indicators grew more mixed. Returns across fixed income were mostly flat to negative for the quarter as an array of developments unsettled the stock market.
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White papersThe Brave New World
Supply chain disruptions persist, making the global reopening much less smooth. Contagious variants still weigh on activity, and vaccination levels in major emerging markets have progressed marginally. An energy price shock has added to the unpleasant mix.
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White papersThe Recent Performance of ESG Investing, the Covid-19 Catalyst and the Biden Effect
The purpose of this paper is to appraise recent ESG trends in global equity markets. It contributes to a broader research project started at Amundi in 2014 on the relevance of ESG. Since the latest update in 2019, we have lived through a global pandemic that profoundly reshaped the global economy and society, and an eventful change of leadership in the United States.
