Kazakhstan’s leading fintech player Kaspi started as a traditional commercial bank, but over the past decade has launched such services as consumer loans, debit cards, QR-enabled digital wallets, and an
Kazakhstan’s leading fintech player Kaspi started as a traditional commercial bank, but over the past decade has launched such services as consumer loans, debit cards, QR-enabled digital wallets, and an
KraneShares offers a variety of ETFs that provide exposure to China’s technology sector, home to some of the largest growth stocks in China. Chinese ride-sharing company Didi will purportedly be fined $1 billion by
In my last article on the iShares MSCI India ETF ( BATS: INDA ), I concluded that investors were facing significant downside risks caused by exuberant valuations. Since then, INDA lost
China is considering letting local governments sell $220 billion of bonds as part of a plan to accelerate infrastructure funding and help revive the country’s economy. “In December, Beijing also front-loaded nearly 1.5
The latest data also caused some investment banks to downwardly revised their China growth forecasts, Société Générale cut its full-year growth forecast to 2.7% from 4.1% and Barclays expects China’s
Furthermore, the ongoing trend of domestic substitution will likely provide a fertile breeding ground for local champions to be born and thrive – and our portfolio companies Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co., Ltd Class A
Oliver Harvey, who oversees Deutsche Bank’s currency research for central and eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, is quoted by Bloomberg as saying that while the investor “may be close to peak pessimism,” Harvey believes “there are reasons to think emerging
For investors who are looking for exposure to China and the potential growth in the second half but wish to avoid the impacts of the threat of delisting in the U.S., investing in China’s A-shares market could be one
On the other hand, opportunity could be knocking with this asset class, and risk-tolerant, long-term investors may want to consider the potentially potent combination of emerging markets stocks and environmental,
“As a signal about the balance between zero-COVID and economic growth, you can see there’s a little more concern [in Beijing]about the economy,” Frank Benzimra, head of Asia equity strategy at Société
Like most emerging market (EM) countries, the region of Southeast Asia has fallen under the downward pressure of global inflation fears and a rising dollar. “Many central banks in the region have taken steps to
The EMQQ Index, which EMQQ Global’s Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF (NYSE Arca: EMQQ) tracks, has increased to 135 constituents as part of its latest rebalance, adding 19 companies and dropping 14.
In Mexico, the communication services sector isn’t as growth-heavy as the group is in the U.S., meaning it’s less volatile and more income-focused. Believe it or not, broad benchmarks of emerging markets
“The Chinese Internet sector has been leading the charge in this recovery,” Goldman Sachs Group analysts wrote in a note this week. While global markets have been in turmoil, China country-specific