All Emerging Market articles – Page 3
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Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, and Strategy - September 2023
Japan’s Q2 GDP significantly outperformed expectations, soaring to a 6% SAAR* from 3.7% in Q1. This robust performance was primarily driven by a surge in exports, while domestic demand indicators, such as private consumption and imports, contracted. We have revised our 2023 growth forecast up from 1% to 2%, to reflect the Q2 surprise.
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The Eurozone economy under scrutiny, as the policy support fades
The Eurozone economy has stagnated over the last three quarters, although growth in the second quarter was marginally positive due to strong idiosyncratic growth in one or two smaller countries.
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Investing in climate change: Private markets key to real impact
Finding the investment opportunities that can most meaningfully contribute to the fight against climate change means understanding the vital role of private markets.
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Emerging Markets Insights: From BRICS to BRICS+
BRICS expansion: The BRICS summit in South Africa in August announced the expansion of the group to include potentially six new members in early 2024.
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Is emerging market private equity the most effective way to invest for impact?
Kicking off a debate over how best to make meaningful change through investment, we explore private equity’s unmatched ability to deliver capital to the places it’s needed most.
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Navigating China’s economic turbulence
As China’s economic woes mount, we outline the GEMs Fund’s positioning and discuss our outlook for the country.
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The Heightened Risk of Passive in U.S. Large-Cap Growth
Think twice about passively going along for the ride in a concentrated market
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Emerging Markets: A Rare Window of Opportunity
High-quality businesses in some of the world’s fastest-growing nations currently trade at crisis-level discounts
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Getting better all the time?
With improving CPIs, the mood music for investors might be sounding sweeter
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Emerging Market Opportunities Abound
Many high-quality companies can be unearthed if you are willing to turn over some rocks
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Embracing Change in Chinese Equity Markets: Q&A with John Lin, Chief Investment Officer—China Equities
The AB China A Shares Equity Portfolio has been focusing on China onshore stock exchanges since the strategy was launched in 2009. In this brief interview, portfolio manager John Lin explains how the fund’s consistent, value-driven approach has helped the portfolio navigate this highly complex and fast-evolving market.
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Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, and Strategy - July/August 2023
The United Kingdom is the only advanced country with wage growth above core inflation, risking a wage-price spiral. Inflation is broad-based and expected to remain much higher than in the rest of the G7, above 6.0% in 2023 and well above 3.0% by end-2024. Growth will be flat at best, but all risks point to the downside.
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Is it time for neutral equity exposures?
We have become used to a fast-paced cycle after 2020. The pandemic compressed the entire business cycle into just a few quarters, but also produced a much slower and persistent phenomenon: an inflation wave that, to date, remains a vivid concern for central banks and markets.
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Amundi Pension Funds Letter n°18
Every June, Amundi welcomes clients from around the world to its investment forum in Paris to discuss the new trends shaping investment. That the world has been approaching a critical juncture has been a stable topic of the past few years. But this year, the consensus was clear: We have embarked on a new era.
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ESG Materiality H1 2023: Spotlight on India
In the latest issue we reflect on the 2023 corporate governance trends across emerging markets and put the spotlight on India, examining key ESG risks and opportunities in one of the world’s most exciting markets.
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Overlooked and underappreciated: The case for Korea
As contrarian investors, the Asia-ex Japan team seek unloved companies in unloved markets. James Cook, Investment Director of Emerging Markets, explains why Korea is one market that mustn’t be ignored.
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Emerging Markets: Navigating Opportunities From Generative AI
Emerging markets offer unique opportunities and challenges for investors seeking exposure to Generative AI.
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Mid-Year Outlook on 29 June
The second half of 2023 is likely to bring a further deceleration in global economic activity and see major policy interest rates reach their peak. A bright spot is the widening growth advantage that emerging economies look set to enjoy over their developed peers.
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Secular Outlook 2023 - Asset class return forecasts for the next five years
Securing single-digit annual returns from a diversified portfolio could prove an unusually complex task in the next five years, largely because of volatile inflation and more muscular state intervention.
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Emerging Markets from the Asset Allocator’s View
We’re tactically cautious on developed-market equities with a broadly risk-off stance, but we have a relative preference for emerging-market (EM) stocks over a 6- to 12-month horizon. Valuations aren’t demanding, while muted investor sentiment and generally low EM allocations versus recent history could be strong tactical catalysts—especially in light of China’s reopening.