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Concern sweet sector may turn sour

A decade ago, even the idea of emerging markets as a safe haven would have been unthinkable, but that suggestion is gaining resonance

A patchwork of changing status

These days, if you ask 10 fund managers to define an emerging market, you are likely to get 10 different answers

Emerging markets stretch their muscles

Credit crisis? What credit crisis? appears to be the message from those investing in emerging market equities

Local currency bonds up despite sector wobbles

One of the most eye-catching numbers in the latest industry survey of emerging market debt trading was the swelling trading volumes of local market instruments

Developing world faces headwinds

Emerging markets are set to be the engine of future global growth, according to a growing number of fund managers, but they could be blown off course

Asian currencies feel dollar's strain

The recent slide in the dollar has made life difficult for Asian countries that peg or tightly manage their currencies against the greenback

Brazil hopes to reap rewards of good practice

Bovespa’s Novo Mercardo is an example of self improvement

Alternative investments present wider choices

Emerging markets are increasingly finding their way into investment portfolios, but when it comes to choice of vehicles it seems investors are limited to bonds and...

Transparency and fresh prospects light up the once forgotten continent

The emergence of sub-Saharan Africa as an investment region has triggered a rush of new fund launches in the past year

Frontier markets

Morgan Stanley Investment Management is pushing into frontier market territory with its Frontier Emerging Markets Fund, which covers 33 countries in the Middle East