In May, risks of a trade shock sharply rose following US President Donald Trump's increasingly aggressive rhetoric towards China.
Emerging markets have generally performed well over the last three years; the MSCI Emerging Markets index has returned over 30% during the period and we believe the asset class still has significant potential to grow.
Re-escalation of trade war tensions could feed end-of-cycle concerns
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Frontier markets - those considered too risky, illiquid or small to enter most emerging markets indexes - can offer huge rewards for those investors brave enough to go exploring
Bottom-up, fundamental investment strategy
Technology and politics among key themes
Beginning of trade wars could trigger a strong headwind
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