LatAm: More than just Brazil

Martin Currie's Jeff Casson looks at how investors can take advantage of the stock markets of Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Argentina.

It is clear emerging markets will be the engines of global growth for the foreseeable future. So far, the 21st century has belonged to the BRICs, with Russia, India and China all delivering remarkable economic growth and spectacular stock market returns. Best of all has been Brazil, which has flown the flag for Latin American markets. But despite Brazil’s standout performance, investors often overlook other Latin American markets. The fact the IMA Specialist sector contains just six UK-domiciled Latin American funds (compared with almost 70 in the IMA Asia Pacific sector) tells its own s...