Sustainability: Investor Education Can Lead To Long-Term, Resilient Growth
A conversation with a client two years ago had sparked me to rethink how financial institutions should be responding to…
Zambia’s Fundamentals To Remain “Weak”
Zambia‘s very weak credit profile (Ca stable) reflects “unsustainable debt dynamics and heightened liquidity,” Moody’s Investor Service said this month.…
COVID-19 Sends Costa Rica Into Recession
Moody’s Investors Service this month changed the outlook on the Government of Costa Rica’s ratings to negative from stable. In addition, the agency…
Could Vietnam Be Ready To Fill China’s Supply Chain Gaps?
When we traveled to Vietnam in late December, the first novel coronavirus cases hadn’t even been reported in China. Now,…
Emerging Markets: Where Next For Economic Development, ESG and FDI?
With a correction taking hold of financial markets that near bear territory, some form of global recession is seemingly all…
Opinion: Are We Truly Capitalists?
The version of capitalism that has dominated global markets for the last half-century is being rightfully questioned as never before.…
China’s Stock Market Is ‘Growing Up’
The Chinese stock market is changing at breathtaking speed and is on track to reach maturity faster than any other…
ESG Investing Enters Portfolio Mainstream
Sustainable investing — or investing in pursuit of environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals — isn’t a sideshow anymore, with…
Fixed Income, ESG And Emerging Markets In 2018
ESG continues to be gain traction and priority among global investors. This is especially true with emerging markets, where fixed…
Nigeria Issues Sovereign ‘Green’ Bond
Nigeria, one of sub-Saharan Africa‘s largest economies, has officially become the first nation to issue a Climate Bonds Certified Sovereign Green Bond, making…
Sukuk Issuance Is On The Rise
As global debt markets rallied last year, growing 9 per cent year-on-year to reach the highest new issues on record,…
Global Supply Chains: An Industrial Boost For Emerging Markets
Globalization is scarcely ever out of the news these days. The political, economic and financial structures that have shaped our…
