emerging markets

What if you could buy a company with world leading driverless car technology, a partnership with Uber to provide ride sharing services, and a 65% market share in...

According to McKinsey & Co, by 2025, annual consumption in emerging markets will reach $30trn, a milestone they described as “the biggest growth opportunity in the...

There is an old saying that you should “never let a good crisis go to waste”, the idea being that every crisis also brings the opportunity for a creative response. ...

Low rates have received plenty of attention in developed markets as they’ve driven asset prices higher and bond yields lower. But it’s not just developed markets that...

Westfield is a name all Australians know well. The company originated in 1959 and was floated in 1960 and now has operations in the US, UK and New Zealand as well as...

There are a few misconceptions about the global economic outlook that I want to set straight. Between historical realities, current trends, and leading indicators...

Mobile payment penetration in China is over 80%, well ahead of the West. So ubiquitous is the technology that beggars on the street often use QR codes rather than...

Investors face a range of challenges as well as opportunities in 2020. Markets are near all‑time highs, and while bull markets tend to die of extremes or crisis,...

On the surface, emerging markets appear to be significantly cheaper than developed markets. Emerging markets trade at a forward PE of ~12x, compared to ~18x for...

Emerging markets have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons; slowing growth, trade tensions and political risks. However, they can also offer deep value,...

In recent years, a big part of Amazon’s share price gains have been attributable to the massive success of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing...

In today’s low-growth world, companies that can grow their earnings attract a premium. Whether it’s emerging Australian companies like Afterpay and Appen, big US tech...

The December release of the “Global Waves of Debt: Causes and Consequences” report by the World Bank mostly slipped under the radar as people were focussed on...

With developing economies struggling and western central banks lacking firepower to charge up growth, Donald Amstad of Aberdeen Standard Investments says investors...

The Indian Government announced a target GDP of US$5 trillion by 2024-25 last year post a landslide election win. This would propel the economy into the top five...

You would usually think that long-term share investing and playing roulette are at the complete opposite ends of the spectrum as far as making money goes. Yet these...

Credit Suisse believes global growth will be a sluggish 2.5% in 2020 with a mild recovery in industrial production. A de-escalation of the trade war should lead to a...

EL&C Baillieu Chief Investment Officer Malcolm Wood expects improved investment returns for global emerging markets over the next 12 months, driven by:a likely...

Rishi Patel was born and raised in Bombay, which is also home of the oldest stock exchange in Asia. The college that he attended is located across a field from the...

India’s equity markets are represented by numerous indices as a yardstick to measure generic investment returns from investing in the region. However, there are some...