New horizons: Which frontier markets could be the winners in 2019?

The hotspots to look out for

Anna Fedorova
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As global stockmarkets continue to be plagued by the trade war between the US and China and worries over Brexit, frontier markets may offer a much sought after diversifier. In this gallery, four experts name the countries investors should have on their radars in 2019.

As global stockmarkets continue to be plagued by the trade war between the US and China and worries over Brexit, frontier markets may offer a much sought after diversifier. In this gallery, four experts name the countries investors should have on their radars in 2019. Frontier markets did not escape the sell-off experienced by the rest of the world last year, with the MSCI Frontier Markets index falling 11.2% in sterling terms, even more than its developed market peers. However, historically frontier markets have often posted returns significantly different from those of other global...

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