March 2017’s Best & Worst Performing Frontier Markets
On a monthly basis, Frontier Market News will look at the best and worst performing Frontier Markets. Here’s the list for March 2017. Best Performing Frontier Markets 1st [...]
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World Happiness Report 2017: How Did Frontier Markets Perform?
The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Solutions Network published the latest edition of the World Happiness Report on Monday 20th March 2017, a report that [...]
BlackRock Plans to Launch ex-China Emerging Markets ETF
BlackRock’s iShares divison, a leading provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs) has filed with the SEC for the launch of a new fund: the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets [...]
February 2017’s Best & Worst Performing Frontier Markets
On a monthly basis, Frontier Market News will look at the best and worst performing Frontier Markets. Here’s the list for February 2017. Best Performing Frontier Markets [...]
What Will MSCI’s Frontier Market Index Look Like Without Pakistan?
In light of Pakistan’s upcoming reclassification to “Emerging Market” status, Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) has announced that it has launched [...]
BlackRock Plans to Launch New Argentina ETF
The launch of a new exchange traded fund (ETF) that offers exposure to Argentina is in the pipeline after BlackRock’s iShares division made a filing for a new [...]
January 2017’s Best & Worst Performing Frontier Markets
By James Eugene On a monthly basis, Frontier Market News will look at the best and worst performing Frontier Markets. Here’s the list for January 2017. Best Performing [...]
2016’s Top 5 Frontier Markets
By James Eugene 2016 has been far from dull for Frontier Markets. Fluctuating oil prices, MSCI upgrades, interest rate hikes and a newly elected US President have all played [...]
Frontier Markets: 5 Things to Look Out for in 2017
By James Eugene 2016 was a year that produced mixed results across the entire spectrum of Frontier Markets, but also opened a multitude of opportunities that could be [...]
The IDB Approves $50 million Loan for Jamaica’s Fiscal Sustainability
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $50 million loan package with the aim of providing budget support for Jamaica via a boost in tax revenues and [...]
