The wealth of sovereigns -- The road to Pan-Asia -- Rumble in the jungle -- A new oil age -- To the ends of the earth -- Natural gas : the 21st century fuel -- Coal : the world's workhorse -- The other energy -- Water is money -- Back to the future -- Age, youth, and upward mobility -- The Asian...

Introduction -- Why invest in frontier markets -- Emerging markets have emerged -- Frontier markets are the new emerging markets -- Frontier's bright economic outlook -- "The young and the restless" : frontier's favorable demographics -- "Can you hear me now?" : frontier's integration with the...

This article presents various techniques for downside risk control of an emerging markets equity index or long only fund. We evaluate different risk adjusted strategies applied to dynamic asset allocation between an emerging markets equity index and cash and at a later stage between an emerging...

The recent financial crisis and the corresponding market crash have had a tremendous impact on investors with significant exposures to equity markets but without appropriate risk control tools. Indeed, within just a few weeks a number of pension funds, university endowments, and mutual funds...