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By Manraj Sekhon, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity Manraj Sekhon, chief investment officer, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity, discusses the emerging markets landscape across North Asia, India and Latin America, and the path forward towa...

Many emerging market ((EM)) countries will likely be hit harder by COVID-19 because of structural vulnerabilities and weaker institutions - in other words, their ability to contain the pandemic and their capacity to stimulate their economies. But while there is reason for concern, there is als...

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The Coronavirus outbreak has hit Emerging Markets, traditionally a higher-return, higher-risk asset class, which has suffered as investors sought safe-haven assets. Some emerging markets, like Russia and Mexico, are also big oil exporters, so they've been damaged by the recent collapse ...

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Caught in the throes of one of the most severe pandemics of all times, zooming past Covid-19 seems a distant fantasy. An uncoordinated global response to a systemic health crisis in the absence of a definitive medical cure and inadequate health systems across developed and developing economies...

Investors are reassessing their portfolios and asset allocation due to the uncertainty created by COVID-19 and its potential impact on both the global economy and prices. At this time of rising uncertainty and heightened volatility, we share our latest thoughts on investment opportunities acro...

The Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity team offers an overview of how the coronavirus has impacted emerging markets over the past month, and shares their latest outlook. Three Things We're Thinking About Today The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic by the W...

By Vikas Chiranewal, CFA, Senior Vice President, Senior Executive Director, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity and Krzysztof Musialik, CFA, Senior Vice President, Templeton Asset Management (Poland) Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A., Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity ...

We fear a general emerging market crisis is becoming difficult to avoid. The coronavirus pandemic is reaching the likes of Brazil, Mexico, India, Turkey, and other big emerging markets, and there are several reasons to be very worried: Social distancing is near impossible for big parts of ...