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Feb 11, 2021 in Africa // MSCI Frontier Markets Index February 2021 Review: Three Additions, Two Deletions
Feb 10, 2021 in MENA // MSCI: Lebanon Officially Downgraded From Frontier To Standalone Market
Feb 10, 2021 in Europe // Iceland Becomes Eligible For Inclusion In The MSCI Frontier Markets 100 Index
Feb 7, 2021 in Africa // Frontier Markets Monthly Review: January 2021
Feb 1, 2021 in Africa // “Breaking from the Pack”: 2021 Emerging Market Outlook
Jan 27, 2021 in Uncategorized // 2020’s Worst Performing Frontier Markets
Jan 27, 2021 in Africa // 2020’s Best Performing Frontier Markets
Dec 23, 2020 in MENA // MSCI Confirms Lebanon Will Lose Its Frontier Market Status In February 2021
Dec 23, 2020 in Asia // Kazakhstan’s Kaspi and Lithuania’s Ignitis added to FTSE IOB Index
Dec 21, 2020 in Asia // An Phat Holdings Added To FTSE Vietnam Index

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Aberdeen Frontier Markets: Company Leaves AIM as Members Approve Liquidation

Aug 20, 2020 // 1 Comment

Aberdeen Frontier Markets Investment Company (AIM: AFMC) has confirmed that its shareholders have voted in favour of delisting the company’s shares from trading on AIM, [...]

MSCI Frontier Markets Index August 2020 Review: No Additions Or Deletions

Aug 13, 2020 // 4 Comments

Leading index compiler Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) announced no changes to the MSCI Frontier Market Index in its August 2020 Quarterly Review. This is the [...]

Vietnam: New Coronavirus Cases Recorded, First Since April

Jul 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

Vietnam is back on high alert after four new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the central city of Danang over the weekend, the first community infections since April [...]

Vietnam: Siemens Gamesa Secures Contract For Largest Nearshore Wind Farm

Jul 23, 2020 // 2 Comments

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA, a Spanish wind-turbine maker, announced on Thursday that it has secured a contract for the construction of a 78-megawatt (MW) nearshore [...]

Vote To Delist Aberdeen Frontier Markets Set For August 18th

Jul 17, 2020 // 2 Comments

Aberdeen Frontier Markets Investment Company Limited (AIM: AFMC), a UK AIM-listed closed-end investment company, has confirmed that a shareholder vote on voluntary de-listing [...]

Lebanon in Contact With Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq to Help Tackle Crisis

Jul 15, 2020 // 2 Comments

Lebanon is in contact with Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq in a bid to help the country deal with its worst financial crisis in decades, Prime Minister Hassan Diab confirmed on [...]

Aberdeen to Begin Wind-Up of Frontier Markets Investment Trust

Jul 2, 2020 // 1 Comment

Aberdeen Standard has announced on Wednesday 1st July that it will be voluntarily winding-up its Aberdeen Frontier Markets investment trust (AIM: AFMC) and cancellation of [...]

MSCI: Turkey’s Emerging Market Status is Now Under Scrutiny

Jun 24, 2020 // 3 Comments

In its Market Classification Review for 2020, index compiler Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) announced that Turkey could be stripped of its Emerging Market status [...]

MSCI: Nigeria, Bangladesh & Lebanon Remain Frontier Markets; Warned on Accessibility Issues

Jun 24, 2020 // 9 Comments

In its Market Classification Review for 2020, index compiler Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) announced that the equity markets in Nigeria, Bangladesh and Lebanon [...]

MSCI: Iceland Achieves Frontier Market Status