Emerging Markets

Is Tehran Stock Exchange Index truly representing the overall market behaviour?

This is a common question asked multiple times by market practitioners and observers of Iran’s capital market. This is essentially due to the asymmetry readily witnessed by those who buy and…

How EM Investors View Russian Equities

Key Points

• Global EM investors are increasingly looking beyond standard MSCI index constituents in Russia in search of value.
• Average investor allocation to Russia is 3.76% marginally higher than the MSCI…

Iran’s Stock Market Opens to Investors as Sanctions are Lifted

Over the weekend, one of the largest closed emerging markets became more accessible to foreign investors as financial sanctions were officially lifted. The ‘implementation day’ came somewhat sooner than expected following…

Middle East Opportunity for EM Issuers

This time last week we presented at ARFI’s IR forum on the subject of investor opportunity in the Middle East. For the benefit of those who weren’t able to make the event, we thought it might be helpful to summarise the key messages.

EM Investor Reactions to Fed’s Decision

Ending months of speculation, the US Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates at their historic low levels last week, as concerns for a fragile global economy overshadowed recent evidence of a strengthening US recovery.

Understanding Recent Equity Flows in China [Infographic]

China’s place in the Emerging Market Club

Last week saw the resolution of a long-running saga in the emerging markets investment community: the inclusion of China’s restricted main market ‘A-shares’ in the MSCI Emerging Markets index.

Brief Guide to China’s Equity Market

Mainland China has two stock exchanges, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE). As of June 2015, The total market capitalization of all stocks listed on these two exchanges exceeded $10trillion, making it one of the largest equity…