Frontier Markets: Articles of the Week (20th Jul – 26th Jul)
Compilation of Frontier Market related articles across the web from 20th July 2020 to 26th July 2020. Last week’s edition can be found here. Articles of the Week: [...]
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Frontier Markets: Articles of the Week (13th Jul – 19th Jul)
Compilation of Frontier Market related articles across the web from 13th July 2020 to 19th July 2020. Articles of the Week: Vote To Delist Aberdeen Frontier Markets Set For [...]
Vote To Delist Aberdeen Frontier Markets Set For August 18th
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
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
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: Nigeria, Bangladesh & Lebanon Remain Frontier Markets; Warned on Accessibility Issues
In its Market Classification Review for 2020, index compiler Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) announced that the equity markets in Nigeria, Bangladesh and Lebanon [...]
FTSE Morocco 15 Index June 2020 Review: Hightech Payment Systems Added; Bank of Africa Removed
In its semi-annual review of the its Morocco Indexes, index compiler FTSE Russell confirmed Hightech Payment Systems’ inclusion in the FTSE CSE Morocco 15 Index, while [...]
MSCI Frontier Markets Index May 2020 Review: One Addition, Five Deletions
Leading index compiler Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) announced changes to the MSCI Frontier Market Index in its May 2020 semi-annual review, in particular one [...]
WisdomTree To Close Middle East ETF At The End of May
ETF provider WisdomTree has announced that it will close down a range of ETFs at the end of May 2020, including the WisdomTree Middle East Dividend ETF (ticker: GULF). The [...]
2019’s Worst Performing Frontier Markets
2019 provided a wide range of results for Frontier Markets. While many ended the year with positive results, a handful of markets did not have much to celebrate as the decade [...]
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