Should Investors just forget about Emerging Markets?

It is one of the key tenets in investment. If you take on more risk, you expect more reward. It underlies why we invest in start-up businesses, new technologies, illiquid assets and much, much more. And it explains why individuals and institutions have ploughed vast sums into Emerging Markets.Emerging Markets, now taken as a givenContinue reading “Should Investors just forget about Emerging Markets?”

Emerging Markets – is it over?

Emerging Markets have long played a role In investment portfolios whether pension funds or retail investors. Investing in sometimes more “exotic” markets has been seen to be a way of tapping into higher returns while diversifying away risk. Investors could have exposure to Coca-Cola bottlers in Argentina, software companies in India through to supermarkets inContinue reading “Emerging Markets – is it over?”

The day Mark Mobius came to Dublin

Look, it may not have been the only time, but such visits certainly aren’t that frequent. And  the Emerging Markets guru did stand out in his off-white suit and encircled by his entourage. At least he made it to the city centre – one of his analysts spent his Dublin visit in the private jetContinue reading “The day Mark Mobius came to Dublin”