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Emerging market debt sales hit January record despite elusive flows

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 12 February 2024 0

By Godwin Anyebe Sovereign debt sales from developing nations scaled a record for January at $47 billion, which led by major and less risky emerging markets but a lack of investor flows into dedicated funds could curtail a nascent recovery for riskier issuers. The start of the year – generally

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Potential growth in emerging markets faces significant headwinds

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 5 February 2024 0

By Godwin Anyebe Emerging markets (EM) have been a driver of global economic growth for many years. EM, defined as the group of countries that are in the process of rapid economic development, grew at rates that were three percentage points higher than those of the advanced economies for over two decades. In fact, growth […]

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Emerging Markets projected to remain resilient in 2024 amidst global economic slowdown

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 14 January 2024 0

By Godwin Anyebe One might assume that emerging markets (EMs) bore the brunt of the challenging, tough economic conditions that prevailed from the monumental monetary tightening that intensified worldwide during 2023. And yet, JPMorgan Chase noted on December 14 that while the eurozone, the United Kingdom, Canada and China disappointed, it was those emerging economies […]

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2018: Experts say investors in emerging market risk higher volatility

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2017 0

Finance experts at UBS Wealth Management’s Chief Investment Office (CIO) have said investors in emerging market should be prepared for higher volatility, and higher dispersion of returns from individual stocks in 2018. They noted that Central banks in emerging markets might tighten monetary policy and in some cases raise interest rates in 2018, stating that […]