Mark Mobius: Generally speaking, people are still severely underweight emerging markets and there is a long way to go

Investing in the region over four decades

Katrina Lloyd speaks to Mark Mobius, executive chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group, about investing in the region over four decades, the impact of President Trump and "incredible" global reform opportunities.

Mark Mobius is instantly recognisable as the face of emerging market investing, racking up the air miles to uncover hidden gems in far-flung corners of the globe.  He offers a unique view of the development of this asset class, having pioneered investing in the region thirty years ago at Templeton (which was later acquired by Franklin in 1992), at a time when emerging markets were dismissed as "underdeveloped, the poor, the third world or the south, so nothing very optimistic". "We started in 1987 with $100m and only six markets where we could invest as everything else was closed," Mo...