Frontier Markets News
It's a big world out there and much of what happens never shows up in your usual news feeds. FMN's New Frontiers is a podcast for people who are curious about the trends and stories unfolding beyond the glare of global media. After almost a decade covering global markets at the Wall Street Journal, Dan Keeler brings his incisive curiosity to a new medium. On FMN's podcast you'll hear concise, insightful interviews with some of the people shaping the future of the oft-ignored countries where more than half the world's population lives, works, aspires, struggles and dreams.
Latest episodes
Feb 2, 2023 • 28min
Living on the edge … the cutting edge
As frontier markets find themselves—and in some cases place themselves—at the heart of some of the most important challenges the planet and the world’s economies are facing, investors are seeing new opportunities that simply couldn't have existed just a few years ago. We meet up with pioneering frontier-markets investor Alison Graham of Voltan Capital Management to talk about digitizing supply chains, the management of waste, tackling climate change … and blockchain. Cutting edge stuff, indeed!
Jan 28, 2023 • 32min
“I see opportunities everywhere”
Tina Jabeen left a cushy job at a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley to help startups and women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh build their businesses. Six years later, she describes a thriving startup ecosystem supported by investments from some of the world's biggest and most successful venture capitalists.
Jan 19, 2023 • 41min
“Until you get wiped out…”
With decades of experience as an investor and years of academic research under his belt, Marshall Stocker, co-head of emerging markets debt at Morgan Stanley, has pinpointed how changes in economic freedom correlate with potential investment performance. Along the way he’s learned a thing or two about the power investing can have — and how to wield that power responsibly.
Jan 12, 2023 • 34min
Sri Lanka’s on the brink again … but that’s a good thing
After three brutal years that saw Sri Lanka battered by global forces and crippled by self-inflicted wounds, the South Asian island nation could be poised for recovery. Asia Frontier Capital’s Ruchir Desai and Auerbach Grayson’s Abhijit Kukreji join FMN host Dan Keeler to discuss the prospects for the former frontier-investor darling.
Jan 4, 2023 • 33min
Turnaround time? A new year brings hope … and trepidation
Capital Economics’ chief emerging markets economist William Jackson shares his thoughts on what 2023 will serve up. Spoiler alert: Frontier and emerging markets might recover before the West sees a turnaround.
