EM local bonds stayed strong despite choppy markets, as UK/German policy stayed on a consolidation/investment path. India and South Korea surprised with strong growth, while EM sovereigns like Zambia and Qatar saw rating support.
EM Purchasing Managers’ Index outperformed DM’s as China’s economic activity remained lukewarm due to the zero covid-19 policy. EM stocks outperformed led by China as hopes of a Chinese reopening increased. Brazilian assets outperformed the most as...
Gustavo Medeiros, Ashmore’s Head of Research, answers some timely questions about recent events and performance in Emerging Markets for our 'EM in 10' monthly video review.
Former President Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva pulled a trick, winning the presidential election for third time with 50.9% of valid votes, despite losing the elections in four out of five regions. Developed world central banks are handling threats in the...
The Chinese politburo is now tightly controlled by Xi Jinping. Argentina fiscal and external numbers were better than expected. Incumbent Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is rising in polls for the runoff next Sunday 30 October. Colombian Finance...
Gustavo Medeiros interviews Ashmore’s Head of All-Cap Equity Dhiren Shah exploring bottom-up opportunities presented by the current turbulent global macro environment across EM. Dhiren answers some of the most challenging questions faced by the asset...
The IMF has kept its global economic growth forecast for 2022 unchanged at 3.2% but highlighted better EM growth. Russia aims at Ukraine infrastructure. Brazil had the third consecutive month of deflation. China’s 20th Party Congress started Sunday as...
Russia on the backfoot as the plot thickens in Ukraine. The OPEC+ agreed to cut its production quota by 2m barrels of oil per day. The global manufacturing PMI is still on a declining trend, but several EM countries are bucking the trend and...
Russia annexed four Ukrainian provinces after a staged referendum, but the Ukrainian army re-takes important territories on the ground. Incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro performed better than expected in the presidential election in Brazil.
Russia's Vladimir Putin took an unpopular decision and mobilised 300k new conscripts to the army as Donbass holds a referendum on whether to become part of the Russian territory. Developed countries have been through a full-blown currency crisis which...
Gustavo Medeiros, Ashmore’s Head of Research, answers some timely questions about recent events and performance in Emerging Markets for our 'EM in 10' monthly video review.
Economists revised Brazilian inflation lower and growth higher when former Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles gave his public support to Lula. China kept policy rates unchanged as economic data surprised to the upside. Chile reached an agreement for a...
The Ukrainian army regained a large territory in the Northeast as the Russian army fled direct confrontation. Argentina’s exporters increased sales of soybeans. Car production improved in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. China aggregate financing was...
Gustavo Medeiros, Head of Global Macro Research at Ashmore, shared his global macro-outlook views, as well as potential implications for Emerging Market assets, including China real estate bonds - at the Think Tank investment conference.
European energy prices remain elevated as Gazprom shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. The manufacturing PMIs again showed for a much more resilient picture across Emerging Market countries. Chileans rejected the new constitution. China grapples with...
The Four Horsemen of Macro Apocalypse, and Opportunities in Emerging Markets - How the four main headwinds for equities are fading and our view on where to be positioned.
Energy politics move again to the fore, while concerns about Ukraine’s nuclear power plant force rare agreement between Russia and Ukraine. Argentina posts good fiscal numbers and looks at its exchange rate. Brazil’s presidential election heats up...