May 2019’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 May 2019. Best Performing Frontier [...]
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Government Artificial Intelligence Readiness Index 2019: How Did Frontier Markets Perform?
The Government Artificial Intelligence (AI) Readiness Index, compiled by Oxford Insights and the International Development Research Centre, ranks the governments of 194 [...]
MSCI Announces Malta Investable Market Index
In its May 2019 Semi-Annual Review, Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) announced that it will launch the MSCI Malta Investable Market Index (IMI) as a standalone [...]
MSCI Frontier Markets Index May 2019 Review: Two Additions, 23 Deletions
Leading index compiler Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) announced changes to the MSCI Frontier Market Index in its May 2019 semi-annual review, in particular 2 [...]
Argentina: Eight Companies Added to MSCI Emerging Markets Index
In its semi-annual review for May 2019, leading index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) confirmed the inclusion of eight Argentinian securities into its [...]
Fitch Revises Vietnam’s Credit Outlook to “Positive”
Fitch Ratings, a global credit rating agency, announced earlier this week that it has revised Vietnam’s outlook from “Stable” to “Positive” and [...]
RWC Launches Next Generation Emerging Markets Fund
RWC Partners launched the Next Generation Emerging Markets (NGEN) Fund as part of the group’s Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV range. The fund, headed up by James Johnstone, [...]
Ukraine Central Bank Cuts Main Rate to 17.5%
Ukraine’s Central Bank decided to cut its key policy rate by half a percent to 17.5%, the institution announced on Thursday 25th April. The Central Bank decides to cut [...]
Slovakia – Unemployment Falls To Lowest Rate Since 1993
Slovakia’s month-to-month unemployment rate fell by 0.13% to 5.03% in March 2019 (vs 5.16% in February), according to data released by the Labour, Social Affairs and [...]
Frontier Markets Economic Calendar: 21st January – 25th January
Economic Calendar for 21st January to 25th January [...]
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