Fast lane to investing in new dawn of emerging populations

EMERGING MARKETS

F&C's Karina Litvack & Alexis Krajeski on considering environment, social and governance (ESG) issues when investing in emerging markets

With the working population in emerging economies expected to swell to four billion by 2050, investment is increasingly focusing on infrastructure, urbanisation and improving standards of living in the developing world. By combining a top-down, bottom-up and thematic approach to this market, investors stand to benefit not only from growth potential but also the growing focus on sustainable development The old adage that the US economy sneezes and the rest of the world catches a cold is rapidly being consigned to history by the magnitude of the changes underway in the emerging economies. ...