Geographical spread of frontier markets makes for lower risk investment

ON SPECIALIST MARKETS

BlackRock's Sam Vecht discusses the wealth of opportunities in the 140 frontier markets.

Excellent opportunities exist throughout frontier markets. Of the 140 frontier countries, we tend to only invest in 20 at any time and currently we see significant upside in markets including Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Panama, Qatar, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia. We are especially positive on Nigeria as the country undergoes major structural changes within its financial sector. We are also optimistic on Kazakhstan, which is emerging from its own four-year financial crisis. By contrast, we are avoiding all of north Africa, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Argentina. Clearly, these markets exist across ...