Categories Emerging Markets General HYPED Arab News: Turkey’s balancing act with Russia and China in Central Asia Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 January, 2022 When a geopolitical vacuum emerges, regional and global powers alike jockey to carve out new … Continue ReadingArab News: Turkey’s balancing act with Russia and China in Central Asia
Categories Emerging Markets General Yoruk Isik: Strong Turkey-Ukraine ties are key to Black Sea security Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 January, 2022 On Jan. 6, 2019, the eve of Orthodox Christmas, the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul awarded … Continue ReadingYoruk Isik: Strong Turkey-Ukraine ties are key to Black Sea security
Categories Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS IIF: Foreign investment in emerging markets outside China comes to ‘abrupt standstill’ Atilla YeşiladaPosted on13 January, 2022 Foreign investment in emerging market stocks and bonds outside China has come to an “abrupt … Continue ReadingIIF: Foreign investment in emerging markets outside China comes to ‘abrupt standstill’
Categories Company & Industry Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Getir to Seek $12 Billion Valuation in New Investment Round Güldem AtabayPosted on11 January, 202212 January, 2022 Turkish grocery delivery app Getir is looking to raise capital at a valuation of $12 billion in … Continue ReadingGetir to Seek $12 Billion Valuation in New Investment Round
Categories Economy Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS IMF: Emerging Economies Must Prepare for Fed Policy Tightening Güldem AtabayPosted on10 January, 2022 For most of last year, investors priced in a temporary rise in inflation in the … Continue ReadingIMF: Emerging Economies Must Prepare for Fed Policy Tightening
Categories Emerging Markets Markets Emerging-Market Debt Outlook: Mixed Conditions in 2022 Atilla YeşiladaPosted on10 January, 2022 For emerging-market debt (EMD), 2022 is shaping up to be a contest of conflicting forces. … Continue ReadingEmerging-Market Debt Outlook: Mixed Conditions in 2022
Categories Emerging Markets HYPED Tim Ash: Update on Kazakhstan Atilla YeşiladaPosted on7 January, 2022 So it seems that “order” will be restored in Kazakhstan, but only with the help … Continue ReadingTim Ash: Update on Kazakhstan
Categories Emerging Markets Emerging markets outlook: Geopolitical shifts pave way to new global paradigm Atilla YeşiladaPosted on22 December, 2021 Risks are said to be on the rise in emerging markets as countries struggle to … Continue ReadingEmerging markets outlook: Geopolitical shifts pave way to new global paradigm
Categories Economy Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Markets Bank investment chiefs cautious about China and emerging markets Cem CetingucPosted on7 December, 2021 Market volatility and uncertainty over China’s indebted property sector is making bank investment chiefs cautious … Continue ReadingBank investment chiefs cautious about China and emerging markets
Categories Emerging Markets HYPED S&P Global Ratings: EM EMEA (Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, And Turkey) 2022 outlook Atilla YeşiladaPosted on6 December, 2021 Prelude S&P Global Ratings lowered its 2022 real GDP growth forecast for emerging markets (EMs; … Continue ReadingS&P Global Ratings: EM EMEA (Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, And Turkey) 2022 outlook
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Markets IMF and the Economist deem Turkey highly vulnerable in 2022 Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 December, 2021 IMF recently published a blog titled “Addressing Inflation Pressures Amid an Enduring Pandemic”, where Turkey … Continue ReadingIMF and the Economist deem Turkey highly vulnerable in 2022
Categories Emerging Markets HYPED Cash flows to EMs stop, TL worst performer for month Atilla YeşiladaPosted on4 December, 2021 Capital flows to emerging markets not including China suffered a “sudden stop” this quarter according … Continue ReadingCash flows to EMs stop, TL worst performer for month
Categories Economy Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s currency crisis textbook monetary mismanagement Güldem AtabayPosted on29 November, 2021 Central banks around the globe are currently staring at inflation rates unseen in more than … Continue ReadingTurkey’s currency crisis textbook monetary mismanagement
Categories Emerging Markets Finance Markets Turkey may not be the only country facing a currency crisis, says investor Mark Mobius Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 November, 2021 Turkey may not be the only country facing a currency crisis given the prospects of … Continue ReadingTurkey may not be the only country facing a currency crisis, says investor Mark Mobius
Categories Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Survey: More investors turning sour on emerging markets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on25 November, 2021 More than one in four investors feel ‘bearish’ about emerging markets, an HSBC survey showed … Continue ReadingSurvey: More investors turning sour on emerging markets
Categories Emerging Markets General HYPED Central and Eastern Europe: Suddenly unloved by investors Atilla YeşiladaPosted on21 November, 2021 Eastern and central Europe’s normally predictable financial markets are suddenly alive with the most diverse … Continue ReadingCentral and Eastern Europe: Suddenly unloved by investors
Categories Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Markets ING: CEEMEA FX Outlook 2022: Treating inflation with respect (TL outlook included) Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 November, 2021 Currencies from Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa will struggle in the … Continue ReadingING: CEEMEA FX Outlook 2022: Treating inflation with respect (TL outlook included)
Categories Emerging Markets Finance HIGHLIGHTS Amidst wild gyrations, TL drops into a black hole—expert comments Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 November, 2021 Turkey’s lira plunged 6% on Thursday, breaching 11 to the dollar for the first time … Continue ReadingAmidst wild gyrations, TL drops into a black hole—expert comments
Categories Economy Emerging Markets General HYPED IIF: Global debt dips in 3Q, but EMs full speed… Atilla YeşiladaPosted on18 November, 2021 Global debt dipped in the third quarter of 2021 though it remained near the record … Continue ReadingIIF: Global debt dips in 3Q, but EMs full speed…
Categories Economy Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Turkey the black sheep among tightening EM Central Banks Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 November, 2021 The inflation debate has heated up of late, with increasing concern that the so-called transitory … Continue ReadingTurkey the black sheep among tightening EM Central Banks