FM News and Press, iShares MSCI Frontier 100 Fund From 10/17/23

2023-10-17 01:40:00 ET Summary Global policy meetings focused on debt affordability and climate transition in emerging markets. At last week’s International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Marrakech, we caught up with policymakers, investors, multilateral ag...

2023-10-12 02:10:00 ET Summary Global economic growth near-stalled for a second straight month in September amid a sustained contraction of developed market activity and an easing in the rate of emerging market expansion. Slower expansions of both manufacturing and service sector ...

Perth, Australia (ABN Newswire) - Venus Metals Corporation Limited (ASX:VMC) is pleased to announce the results of (Phase 3) surface sampling from the Mangaroon North Base Metals-REE Project (Figure 1*) in the Gascoyne Region of Western Australia. - Highly anomalous copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) ...

2023-10-11 08:20:00 ET Summary Core inflation remains elevated in several economies, especially the United States and parts of Europe. Major central banks, therefore, may need to keep interest rates higher for longer. Making debt more expensive is an intended consequence of tighte...

2023-10-11 00:30:00 ET Summary EM factor strategies have done well in both absolute terms and relative to the broader EM equity universe. Some emerging markets have not fulfilled their development potential in recent years. Many EM equity strategies have experienced poor absol...

2023-10-09 23:57:00 ET Summary We see markets adjusting to the new regime. This is not a typical business cycle - structural mega forces are shaping the outlook now, in our view. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield jumped to 16-year highs as markets eyed higher-for-longer interest rat...

2023-10-09 23:35:00 ET Summary While China’s recovery will aid trade and benefit other emerging markets (EMs), at a sector level, local, consumption-driven growth will remain a core theme for many EM economies. Economic growth in EMs has shown signs of improvement, but the ...

2023-10-07 03:31:00 ET Summary Global economic growth remained largely stalled for a second consecutive month in September, according to the S&P Global PMI surveys, based on data provided by over 27,000 companies. Global business activity growth remained largely stalled for a ...

2023-10-07 02:25:00 ET Summary Financial inclusion in the U.S. has significantly decreased, possibly due to employers preparing for leaner times ahead. Southeast Asian economies like Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore are rapidly advancing in financial inclusion. The weakening ...

2023-10-06 00:30:00 ET Summary There was a lot of optimism for emerging markets (EM) equities heading into 2023. The long-awaited reopening of the Chinese economy was expected to bolster the country’s equities and the EM asset class more broadly. The MSCI Emerging Marke...