emerging markets (EM)

SINGAPORE (April 12): Many emerging market (EM) policymakers are still struggling with the hurdles of implementing the changes required to create vibrant and well-performing capital markets, despite understanding how important it is to do so in order to s

SINGAPORE (March 23): Morningstar says that investors “should not be concerned” about upcoming portfolio manager appointments recently announced by Templeton Emerging Markets Group, the global emerging markets (EM) investment trust.

SINGAPORE (March 23): Given the potential implications of Brexit and US president Donald Trump’s financial deregulation efforts, banks around the globe are facing a surge of global economic uncertainties this year.

BEIJING (Feb 24): Beijing’s “cautious tightening signals” are largely being ignored by banks and at the local level, where attention is focused on maintaining steady economic growth, especially with key Communist Party meetings looming this year, ac

SINGAPORE (Jan 13): With the US and China displaying steady growth momentum and the continued recovery of Asian exports, Oxford Economics thinks 2017 has started on a positive note – and bodes especially well for Asia’s small open economies that rely

NEW YORK (Nov 14): The selloff in emerging markets after Donald Trump’s US presidential election was intense. A closer look reveals that things aren’t as bad as they might seem.

SINGAPORE (Nov 10): While the global economy continues to face an uncertain future with yesterday’s announcement of Donald Trump’s election as the 45th US president, Citi Research is highlighting a silver lining which may appear for ASEAN investors in

SINGAPORE (Oct 14): Although the Bank of Singapore remains “neutral” on Asian equities, the research house still prefers them over the developed markets (DM) of US, Europe and Japan, which have been ranked at “underweight”.

SINGAPORE (Sept 23): After its two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting over 20-21 Sept, a divided Fed has decided to leave its policy rate unchanged – at least until December.   

SINGAPORE (Aug 19): Asia funds are finally seeing inflow for the first time in 11 weeks, recording US$487 million ($654.3 million) of inflow as net foreign buying in Asia hit US$1.4 billion, says Citi Research in a Friday report.