by Afshin Molavi | Jan 30, 2021 | Emerging Markets, NewPost, Original Articles
The Top 5 Emerging Markets Stories – January 29 GameStop Frenzy Spreads to Asia – Singapore Straits Times/Reuters “Asia’s retail investors, emboldened by the meteoric rise of US videogame retailer GameStop, are taking on short sellers and making...
by Afshin Molavi | Jan 17, 2021 | China Equities, Emerging Market Multinationals, Emerging Markets, NewPost
The EM 5 – The 5 Stories You Need to Read Today on Emerging Markets 1. Alibaba’s “Existential Crisis” (BABA) “This year could be the most consequential for Alibaba since it was founded two decades ago. China’s most famous tech...
by Afshin Molavi | Jan 7, 2021 | China Economy, China Equities, Emerging Market Multinationals, Emerging Markets, NewPost
From Shenzhen Daily “ZHONG SHANSHAN is a private billionaire who’s rarely quoted in the press. Now, after an improbable career spanning journalism, mushroom farming and health care, he’s become Asia’s richest person, eclipsing India’s Mukesh Ambani and a group...
by Afshin Molavi | Jan 5, 2021 | Emerging Markets, NewPost, Original Articles
The United Kingdom and Turkey signed a free trade agreement that took effect on January 1 – the day that the UK formally departed the European Union. The deal will protect existing preferential tariff rates for both sides in a trade relationship exceeding $20...
by Afshin Molavi | Dec 8, 2020 | China/Middle East, Emerging Markets, NewPost, West Asia Economies
From Rabat to Riyadh, and from Alexandria to Abu Dhabi, China has emerged as a major geo-economic player in the Middle East and North Africa region, and the money trail gives us clues to Beijing’s broader thinking on the region. I was delighted to work with the Hoover...
by Afshin Molavi | Oct 25, 2020 | Emerging Market Multinationals, Emerging Markets, NewPost, Original Articles
By Afshin Molavi At the nexus of geopolitics and markets in the emerging world Our lead story this week is China’e economy: Is the recovery real, and what does it mean for the global economy? We also look at protests rocking Nigeria, the #MilkTeaAlliance between...