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Baring Emerging Europe Looks To Expand To Africa & Middle East; Contemplates Name Change

Oct 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

Baring Emerging Europe (Ticker: BEE) has announced a proposed shift in its investment policy, which will diversify its current focus away from solely looking at Emerging [...]

FTSE Strips Argentina of its Frontier Market Status

Sep 29, 2020 // 1 Comment

In its September 2020 Country Classification Review, FTSE confirmed that Argentina will no longer be classified as a Frontier Market after failing to remove capital controls [...]

FTSE: Vietnam Misses Out On Emerging Markets Upgrade Again

Sep 28, 2020 // 1 Comment

In its September 2020 Country Classification Review, FTSE confirmed that Vietnam will remain as a Frontier Market and retains its position on the Watch List for a potential [...]

FTSE Frontier 50 Index Semi-Annual Review Sep 2020: Peru Joins Index As Romania Moves To EM

Sep 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

In its semi-annual Frontier 50 Index Review for September 2020, FTSE have announced several key changes to the composition of its Frontier Markets Indexes, with the inclusion [...]

Vietnam Electrical Equipment Rejoins the FTSE Vietnam Index

Sep 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

In its quarterly review of the FTSE Vietnam Index Series for September 2020, index compiler FTSE Russell confirmed that Vietnam Electrical Equipment will rejoin the FTSE [...]

Frontier Markets: Articles of the Week (24th Aug – 30th Aug)

Aug 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

Compilation of Frontier Market related articles from across the web between 24th August 2020 and 30th August 2020. Last week’s edition can be found here. Articles of the [...]

Vietnam: Short Selling Announcement May Boost Hopes of EM Upgrade

Aug 26, 2020 // 3 Comments

Short selling of equities may soon be allowed on Vietnam’s equity markets under proposals put forward by the Vietnam Ministry of Finance, boosting chances of the [...]

Frontier Markets: Articles of the Week (17th Aug – 23rd Aug)

Aug 23, 2020 // 1 Comment

Compilation of Frontier Market related articles from across the web between 17th August 2020 and 23rd August 2020. Last week’s edition can be found here. Articles of the [...]

Peru’s Economy Contracts By 30% In Q2 2020

Aug 21, 2020 // 1 Comment

Peru’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 30.2% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020 (April to June) as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreck havoc [...]

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, [...]

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