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The Investor's Guide to China podcast: Dealing with China's debt
As China rolls out new stimulus measures, the country’s approach to debt and public spending is back in the spotlight.
Banks stand to win big in India and Indonesia’s dash for growth
In the race for growth, the banking sectors in two emerging Asian economies are proving uncharacteristically exciting.
Chart Room: India, Brazil, and why EMs are diverging
Emerging markets face a variety of different inflation trajectories. That’s presenting opportunities for investors who understand the idiosyncratic risks.
Chart Room: Where the real yields are
Elevated real yields in parts of EMs offer more compelling fixed income opportunities than DMs - even as interest rates stay ‘higher for longer’ in the US.
Why the surge in EM sovereign issuance?
Developing world governments borrowed as much in the first two months of 2024 as they did in the same period of any in the last 20 years.
Chart Room: overpriced, oversubscribed, but not over yet
Developing world governments borrowed as much in January and February of 2024 as they did in the same period of any of the last 20 years.
Rich Pickings podcast: Asia and Latin America are reshaping the world for investors
Richard Edgar is joined by Fidelity International experts to discuss how Asia and Latin America are reshaping the world for investors.
How China keeps its debt in order
What is the fiscal firepower of the Chinese government? Depends on how much debt you think China really has. Our analysis is revealing.
Changing of the guards in Chinese growth
Beneath the surface of a slower economy, a group of Chinese companies is starting to make inroads at home and abroad - with consequences for investors.
Emerging markets give clues to Fed rate cut timing
Want to know when the Fed or ECB will start cutting interest rates? You could do worse than look at their emerging markets counterparts.
Emerging markets and the climate financing gap: how to plug the shortfall
Emerging markets are among the nations most exposed to the environmental crisis they have the fewest resources to adapt. Sustainable debt markets could help.
Chart Room: EM and commodities have decoupled - but for how long?
The relationship between EMs and commodities has come under pressure. But a closer look at the two asset classes suggests that the old order could be restored.
Field Notes: How to weigh China’s barbell-shaped consumer recovery
Despite challenges facing China's economy, some of the country's consumer companies are gaining market share, in some cases by exploring new niche categories.
The Investor's Guide to China podcast: De-dollarisation
When it comes to currencies, it often feels like it's all about the US dollar. Although the greenback has dominated international trade and finance for decades
How China aims to unlock more value from state firms
In a new reform push, China’s policymakers are nudging state-owned companies to boost shareholder returns and capital efficiency.
Proxy plays on China’s consumer rebound are all the rage in Paris
Luxury companies have been among the biggest beneficiaries of China’s bounce and are delivering investors exposure without putting money in Chinese companies.
Chart Room: Getting China’s youth back to work
The job prospects are still gloomy for young people in China, and the picture may get worse before it gets better.
Chart Room: Earnings, not valuations, will carry China’s rebounding markets forward
Improving corporate earnings are likely to take over from cheap valuations as the main driver in the next stage of the Chinese stock market's rebound.
A new golden age for China’s investment sector
China’s investment and wealth management industry is embracing a golden age. The onshore markets will remain an attractive long-term investment destination.
New world, new playbook
We move into 2023 in a changed world, and the opportunities and challenges will be different for investors going forward.
Rich Pickings podcast: Where next for the UK?
Four of Fidelity's investment team join Richard Edgar to discuss where next for the UK after a week of market turmoil.
Rich Pickings podcast: The ESG questions raised by the Russia-Ukraine war
Carsten Roemheld discusses the ESG questions raised by the Russia-Ukraine war and the implications for asset allocation.
Rich Pickings podcast: Tectonic shifts - mapping the disruption to economies and supply chains
Rich Pickings podcast: Tectonic shifts - mapping the disruption to economies and supply chains
Stagflationary dynamics still in the background
As the conflict in Ukraine moves into its fifth week, volatility looks set to continue and the outlook is marred by the threats to growth
Planetary risk: Mapping climate pathways to macro and strategic asset allocation
A paper introducing the main points of consideration for integrating climate change outcomes into capital market assumptions.
Chart Room: EM outperformance could be sustained, if commodities are a guide
This week’s Chart Room shows the historical correlation of EM equities with commodities, which suggests that the breakout could be sustained.
Chart Room: Emerging markets and the reopening trade
Emerging EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Latin American stocks are particularly well positioned to reap the benefits of reopening.
Chart Room: The return of the value super-cycle?
In this week’s Chart Room, we look at both sides of the long-standing debate between value and growth investment styles, as seen from both Europe and China.
Chart Room: A liquidity tide for the record books
2020 brought us new high-water marks in the US for both money supply growth and the personal savings rate.
Chart Room: Chinese stocks, playing catchup, finally retrace 2015 highs
But the rally in China’s main onshore index still lags its US and global counterparts.
Chart Room: Weakening dollar gives emerging markets a shot in the arm
Emerging markets may be helped further along by the weaker outlook for the US dollar.
Central banks in emerging markets hop on the bond-buying bandwagon
EM central bankers are taking a page from the developed-market playbook and purchasing local bonds as a way to cushion the blow
EM outlook: For China and the Fed, old habits die hard
China and the US Federal Reserve are falling back on old habits, which should provide some desperately-needed comfort to emerging markets.
EM outlook: Easier conditions, tougher growth
After a challenging end to last year, the start of 2019 has brought some tentative stability to emerging markets. But it is too early to issue the all-clear.
Emerging market GEARs outperform sluggish Europe and Japan
Global GEARs suggest stability over the past two months, after a volatile end to 2018.
Chinese stocks brace for increased capital flows
MSCI is quadrupling the weighting of Chinese shares in its benchmark indexes, highlighting the country's increasing centrality in global finance.
Emerging Markets' glass might become ‘half-full’ - or China might smash it
Emerging Markets glass might become ‘half-full’ - or China might smash it
US trade tariffs and China: assessing the real impact
Tariffs aren’t the most important factor in the trade dispute between the United States and China. Instead, watch China’s balance of payments position
China and emerging market GEARs deteriorate in December
Emerging market economic indicators deteriorate in December
EM Outlook: It’s been a long time coming, but a change is going to come
Risks remain to the downside for emerging markets due to China’s slowing growth and toughening global conditions.
India’s fundamentals remain strong despite falling rupee stoking EM fears
Volatile emerging markets have raised concerns that India could be the next casualty in the EM rout
September's Rich Pickings podcast: A world at the mercy of America
The US is playing an increasingly central role in world markets. Why does this matter?
South African land expropriation will exacerbate economic woes and increase volatility
South Africa's proposed land expropriation is likely to add to souring of emerging market sentiment and trigger further sell off in the country's assets
As global liquidity tightens, Argentina’s troubles will continue
Argentina markets will remain vulnerable because of specific challenges, but all emerging markets are suffering from tightening global liquidity.
August's Rich Pickings podcast: Could Turkey's turmoils travel?
Is the Turkey crisis isolated or systemic? And if it does spread, where do Fidelity's asset allocators think its effects will be most significant?
Turkey's policy response falls short
Turkey’s escalating financial crisis has raised concerns over contagion as selling has spread more broadly across emerging markets in recent days.
GEAR levels show US economic exuberance could continue into H2
Our Gauges of Economic Activity in Real-Time (GEAR) show that US GEAR levels of 4 per cent almost exactly matched the second quarter GDP print.
Revisiting the 'Fragile Five' at five
Five years since they were dubbed the 'Fragile Five', the emerging market economies of Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey look more robust.
Emerging Markets outlook: Not out of the woods
Despite better data in June, the Fidelity Leading Indicator remains negative, especially in key EM-sensitive areas like global trade and commodities.
MSCI A-share inclusion is a milestone for China’s onshore capital markets
It’s a game-changer for both the mainland and investors, even though, on the face of it, it’s not yet a particularly high-stakes game.
Why some investors are shifting allocation from EMD to Asia fixed income
Some fixed income investors are increasing their allocations to Asian debt in search of an improved risk–return profile.
What I've learned: Alex Duffy on emerging markets, corporate governance and life on the farm
Alex Duffy, emerging markets portfolio manager, talks about how getting his hands dirty in a mine in Africa got him into a messy situation.
Currency risk: What developed markets can learn from emerging markets
Modern politics is making some developed market currencies unusually volatile. What can investors learn from emerging markets when it comes to currency risk?
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