After a challenging 2018, investors embraced emerging markets again in the first quarter of 2019 amid supportive fundamentals, including a more dovish US Federal Reserve. Franklin Templeton's Emerging Markets Equity team outlines what drove market moves during the quarter and month of March, and why Asia remains an area of interest in particular.
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- In late March, Thailand held its first general elections since 2014. While official results are not expected until May, preliminary results point toward a coalition government led by the pro-military Palang Pracharat Party ((PPRP)). General Prayuth