Emerging Markets

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Indonesia: New restrictions on workforce outsourcing
  • 17 hours ago

Indonesia tightens restrictions on outsourcing work, including limiting the types of fields where this work may occur and specifying details that must be included in all outsourcing agreements.

Assessing local market allocations in emerging markets
  • 15 Jun 2026

This quarterly deep dive from the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income team analyses emerging market performance to try to understand whether strong, positive cycles offer clues to more efficient alloca...

India loses EM share as AI trade surges
  • 15 Jun 2026

India’s weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has declined sharply, while Taiwan and Korea gain amid capital shifts toward AI-driven semiconductor markets.

Emerging Market Debt Commentary: May 2026
  • 15 Jun 2026

EM debt pushed higher in May, with hard currency leading the way as spreads tightened and local markets navigated a firmer dollar and global uncertainty.

EM monthly - The politics of credit
  • 12 Jun 2026

Political headlines can be noisy, but institutional strength remains one of the most important drivers of sovereign creditworthiness. From Hungary and Colombia to Romania and Indonesia, political d...

Can the Eurozone Tolerate Higher Rates for Long?
  • 12 Jun 2026

The market is pricing in higher euro rates through 2031. But can the region’s economy take them? As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) raised its three key interest rates by 25 basis points...

FTSE China Equity Indices Chartbooks
  • 11 Jun 2026

The FTSE China Equity Indices Chartbooks provide a data-driven view of China equity markets, covering performance, valuations, sector trends and constituent insights.

Harvard loses first place in Nature Index
  • 10 Jun 2026

For the first time in a decade, the US university has lost its top position in the academic rankings, usurped by a Chinese institution.

Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders rankings: are China’s East Asian neighbours keeping pace with it?
  • 10 Jun 2026

Japan and South Korea are challenging Western peers in a shifting research landscape.