PAK News and Press, Global X MSCI Pakistan From 06/24/20

South Asia Economic Slowdown In the past, South Asia enjoyed robust economic growth, which typically exceeded 6% on average. However, South Asia is poised to have its worst economic performance in the past 40 years. Most countries are likely to experience negative growth this year, inclu...

As COVID-19 grips global markets, we consider the pandemic's short- and long-term implications for Emerging Markets (EMs). We also highlight the critical factors in assessing the strength of EM's during this time, such as prior experience with viral outbreaks, the state of public health system...

NEW YORK, April 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global X ETFs, the New York-based provider of exchange traded funds, today announced that its Board of Trustees has approved reverse share splits for five of its ETFs. The total market value of the shares outstanding will not be affected as a res...

AFC Asia Frontier Fund Market Update The first quarter of 2020 has been volatile with March seeing extreme market swings and stock market corrections as COVID-19 spread to most parts of the globe. Below we answer some important questions: What is the impact on performance? The perfor...

The recent surge in cases related to COVID-19 all over the globe had a material impact on Global X Funds - Global X MSCI Pakistan ETF (NYSEARCA: PAK ). This article explores the impact of such pandemic on the future performance of this ETF. Considering current scenario, short to medium-term ri...

The Global X International Report can be viewed here . The report summarizes market and macroeconomic developments across our International Access Suite. For a closer look at China Sector, see the latest Q4 China Sector Report . Summary Toward the end of 2019, high valuations, muted earn...

As part of our continuing on the ground research, Thomas Hugger, CEO of Asia Frontier Capital and Fund Manager of the AFC Asia Frontier Fund, traveled to Pakistan recently. Photos are by Asia Frontier Capital. I attended an annual Pakistan investor tour organized by our broker in December ...

Introduction One of the first subscribers of Macro Trading Factory ("MTF") has approached me a day or two after we've published the initial allocations for the Funds Macro Portfolio ("FMP"), expressing his surprise that we have very little exposure to bonds on the portfolio. Valid questi...

The recent regional political and security situation could have a material impact on Global X Funds - Global X MSCI Pakistan ETF (PAK). This, coupled with other events, warrants for a revision in the conviction level related to this ETF. This article enumerates such factors and explains their ...

2019 Rebound Pakistan's stock market ended 2019 on a much better note, as the KSE Index has delivered a 12.4% return in the past 12 months . Pakistan severely disappointed investors following its emerging market upgrade in 2017, as its smaller weighting of slightly over 10 basis points at...