INCO News and Press, Columbia India Consumer From 01/12/22

Hepsiburada and Intel Join Forces to help SMEs go digital Hepsiburada and Intel have co-developed DigitalSME, an SME support program to help SMEs develop e-commerce technology infrastructure and strengthen their businesses in Turkey PR Newswire ISTANBUL , Jan. ...

There are several reasons to be constructive about emerging markets (EMs) heading into 2022. Across EMs, positive structural forces remain apparent and are likely to foster fresh investment opportunities. Certain risks could change our overall EM outlook, although they are not in ...

The Fed is done with speaking appearances for the year, so thin trading conditions should settle in once we get past Thursday’s economic data. The European central bank is poised to end new purchases under PEPP in March at which point the APP will be doubled before being pared ...

The past week has been dominated by Omicron news as we all try to piece together the limited information we have and determine what it all means for the coming months. The RBA and BoC both hold meetings next week and will likely be armed with little more information than OPEC+ had on ...

In this research piece, we discuss the possible pathway to India’s environmental goals, as well as select investment opportunities that reflect ongoing progress across the ESG landscape. India fares well in disclosures with 97% of MSCI India constituents publishing sustainabili...

The focus on Wall Street is all about inflation and whether the Fed is making a policy mistake. If there’s one major central bank that’s hoping to catch a break on inflation, the Bank of England is surely it. The week kicks off with a selection of Chinese data releas...

Global economic growth gained momentum at the start of the fourth quarter as disruptions to businesses in many countries eased in line with a reduction in COVID-19 case numbers. The PMI was boosted by faster service sector growth, which picked up sharply to the highest for three month...

Digitalization in India has been advancing at a rapid pace since 2016, thanks to government initiatives, inexpensive mobile data, and a significant step-up of venture capital and private equity funding. In 2016, the government started its flagship “Digital India” initiat...

The October inflation report is expected to show pricing pressures run to the hottest levels since 1990. China releases Inflation data on Wednesday but in the immediate term markets will be on tenterhooks over the coming weekend. Australian employment data on Thursday will cause i...

The Fed will announce ‘mission accomplished’ on reaching “substantial further progress” on both inflation and employment mandates. Despite Christine Lagarde’s best efforts, the markets were not buying what she had to sell which could be extremely pro...