FLKR News and Press, Franklin FTSE South Korea From 02/24/21

The Asia-Pacific region went into this crisis first and many of its economies are emerging from it first as well. This is largely driven by stronger-than-expected performance among advanced economies in the region, as well as some large emerging market economies such as China, India, ...

As we enter 2021, the macroeconomic backdrop for emerging markets is extremely promising. We believe the key long-term trend driving emerging markets is their transition from export-led growth to reliance on buoyant domestic demand. We see significant opportunities with global gro...

Headlines out of Davos haven't been nearly as loud this year, given that the World Economic Forum went virtual due to the pandemic. The annual event usually sees the world's political and business leaders, plus the usual smattering of celebrities, gather at the Swiss Alpine resort. Collaborat...

During the fourth quarter, our base case for emerging markets (EM) was the following: we saw favorable economics, questionable politics, and an exciting digital disruption theme that swept across emerging markets countries around the world. Emerging markets have traditionally underper...

South Korean equities seem to have underperformed U.S. equities for years, as the latter have been especially popular internationally. However, South Korea has grown into what can now be considered a technologically sophisticated, and developed, economy. With China and other faste...

Fifteen countries that make up nearly a third of the world's population and gross domestic product have formed the world's largest trading bloc.The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, was signed by China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the 10 ASEAN member cou...

Global business cycles are closely interconnected. Global business cycles are closely synchronized. Global equity markets respond accordingly. For further details see: Investing In Foreign Markets Sounds Exciting - But Isn't Always

Disaggregating international exposure allows investors to assign a different weight to specific countries relative to their respective weighting within a broad market-cap weighted index. Interestingly, the majority of the countries we anticipate performing well are in Asia, notably So...

First appeared as Policy Brief PB-20/70, Policy Center for the New South The “middle-income trap” has captured many developing countries: they succeeded in evolving from low per capita income levels, but then appeared to stall, losing momentum along the route toward the...

By Chetan Sehgal, CFA, Senior Managing Director, Director of Portfolio Management, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity, and Andrew Ness, ASIP, Portfolio Manager Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity Our emerging markets equity team has often emphasized how emerging markets have...