Frontier: Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow (Bloomberg Financial) - Hardcover

Serkin, Gavin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118823737 ISBN 13: 9781118823736

Publisher: Wiley, 2015

Synopsis

Get ahead of emerging markets with top-performer picks for up-and-comers Frontier helps investors successfully navigate markets that are yet to emerge, with expert advice on spotting opportunities and minimising risks. With first-hand insights into frontier markets as we travel with big-name fund managers from Mark Mobius to Morgan Stanley, this practical guide ranks countries, stocks and bonds on a five- to ten-year horizon to steer investors toward the most promising destinations. Written in a compelling and accessible travelogue narrative, each chapter covers a specific country, providing invaluable market analysis and a deep understanding of the political, economic, and social background of those most likely to outperform. The key focus is on fresh ideas, based on the assessments from top performing money managers when meeting challenges, hostilities or adversity, and observations after interviewing high-level government officials and executives. With advanced economies shackled by debt and sluggish growth, investors are increasingly turning to emerging markets for better returns. Yet the money managers who came out on top in China, India, and Brazil are now focusing their attention on markets that have not yet emerged. This book applies the perspective of ten of the most successful fund managers in their field, providing an unparalleled guide to assessing investment potential in places better known for conflict, poverty and corruption. * Discover which markets have the best prospects, and which are potential disasters * Analyse individual markets by metrics including macro data, global relative value comparisons of stocks and bonds, buy/ sell triggers, and more * Learn which industries, stocks and bonds should be considered in each market * Examine each country through real-life on-the-ground assessment of corruption, conflict and other risks as well as inspirational breakthroughs that signal opportunities This is a practical manual for all investors - whether students or professionals - wanting to get to know the most promising new markets while avoiding the pitfalls. A must-read for corporate executives seeking global capital, Frontier provides a better understanding of the changing international investment dynamic. Robin Wigglesworth, FT: Invaluable. Mark Mobius, Templeton: I love it! Beautiful descriptive writing. Aliko Dangote, Wealthiest African: Captivating tales, masterly woven.

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Review:

"..as a book on emerging markets, Serkin certainly set the standard with 'Frontier'....a must read for investors wanting to find out how valuation in emerging markets really works" (Financial Times, March 2015)

From the Back Cover:

"Frontier is part travelogue, part investment research on one of the hottest topics in finance at the moment: frontier markets, countries far off the beaten track of most money managers. Gavin Serkin is an adept guide to these fascinating, recondite corners of world, ably assisted by a slew of prominent investors - including Mark Mobius, a pioneer of emerging market investment. Investors unfamiliar with the new stars of the developing world will find this book an invaluable introduction."
--Robin Wigglesworth, Financial Times, Deputy Head of FastFT & former Capital Markets Correspondent

"I love it! Great job! It gives the reader real insights into how these markets behave and, more importantly, how fund managers like us cope. Beautiful descriptive writing."
--Dr. Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets Group

"Gavin Serkin's book is a unique combination of expert journalistic insight and knowledge gained from continent to continent, using his gifted inner compass to tell a compelling, muscular, engaging and humorous story. Powerful narratives, eye-witness accounts and captivating tales, masterly woven, paint a beautiful portrait - albeit with some dark alleys - of hope among emerging frontier markets where returns are high and irresistible for discerning investors.
"The book provides the indispensable guidance investors are seeking to understand the complex texture of doing business in a rapidly changing landscape. It could not have arrived at a better time."
--Aliko Dangote, Africa's Wealthiest Person, Dangote Group President & Chief Executive

"Frontier brings together some of the best known names in emerging markets to portray what is truly happening on the ground in the newest and most exciting investment destinations. Gavin Serkin's unique approach makes his book incredibly useful, with a compendium of ideas on how to build a portfolio. Better still, the reader absorbs the information while enjoying a compelling travelogue of little charted territories."
--Ivan Ritossa, Chairman of Exotix, Barclays Investment Bank former Head of LatAm, Central and Eastern Europe, Mideast & Africa

"This is essential reading for investors exploring investment frontiers. Gavin Serkin unpacks the good, the bad and the ugly behind the numbers, painting a realistic picture of the challenges and the potential."
--Caroline Lambert, Center for Global Development Visiting Fellow, The Economist's former Bureau Chief in Johannesburg & Author of 'Oil to Cash'

"Gavin Serkin is a journalist well known to veterans of emerging markets. His book is an eclectic rollercoaster presenting a diversity of frontier market experiences from the ground up. It contains fascinating insights into how a cross-section of investors think and perceive risks and opportunities."
--Dr. Jerome Booth, Chairman of New Sparta & Co-Founder of Ashmore, Author of 'Emerging Markets in an Upside Down World: Challenging Perceptions in Asset Allocation & Investment'

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1118823737
• ISBN 13: 9781118823736
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432