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Frontier Markets (i.e., the ones you don’t own)

By Ted Smith

Frontier Markets may be the least-understood corner of the global equity map. Investors often have little appreciation of (and no allocation to) these under-researched markets. So what are the Frontier Markets? In short, they are the ones that you probably won’t find in your current Emerging Market Equity Fund. I will identify some of the reasons why that is the case and show how those are the very reasons to get interested in Frontier Markets. Despite their relatively small size and underdeveloped status, Frontier Markets represent one of the most attractive opportunities for growth and diversification available in the current global environment.

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