Frontier Markets

Spotlight on: Asia’s banking sector

Some investors love the return potential of frontier markets, while others consider them volatile and expensive.

Georgia, Senegal, and Ghana could be the next candidates to be upgraded to MSCI frontier market status, according to LGM Investments' Thomas Vester.

LGM Investments (formerly Lloyd George Management) has reopened its LGM Frontier Markets strategy to investors following a dip in assets.

Frontier market debt: Time to catch up?

Fund buyers are taking profits in frontier markets after the recent reshuffle of constituents and a strong run of performance.

Taking 2013 as a whole, emerging markets fell by 4.4% at a time when the MSCI Frontier Markets index rose by an impressive 23.6% (in sterling, net total return).

Vietnam and Romania are prime candidates for an upgrade to the coveted emerging market status, and could soon follow in the footsteps of the UAE. Charlemagne's Bokor-Ingram explains why.

Spotlight on: Vietnam

Qatar's government is investing tens of billions in infrastructure ahead of the 2022 football World Cup. Local banks will be big winners - but Qatar's reputation will be tarnished if the World Cup is revoked, explains Nick Wilson, chairman of the Qatar...