Time to tap into africa’s mobile money boom

The emerging-market bull isn’t back quite yet, but investors are seriously considering whether to set one running. Despite notable success stories such as India, when taken as a whole emerging markets

Andrew Van Sickle: After more than a decade of poor performance, emerging markets (EMs) have staged a comeback this year. The benchmark MSCI EM index has gained more than 20% in US dollar terms. What

There is an interesting change taking place in global equity markets. Investors are shifting their focus from US equities towards global stocks. Emerging markets are leading the charge, but demand for

Issue of the week: trouble in the gilt ...

If the most prized commodity in the 20th century was oil, in the 21st it is data. It is both our humdrum reality and our anxious obsession. It tracks everything from which online advertisements we are

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