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This is Emerging Opportunities, the only show on radio dedicated to global emerging markets, with Juliette Foster and Gavin Serkin, the managing editor of the Frontier Funds Consultancy, Frontera News and the author of Frontier: Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow. It's received a fair bit of cynicism as the sucker's rally according to one Reuters piece - sustained by a herd of dumb money, according to a CNBC report. But with the exception of a relatively small interruption last week, the record investment flooding into emerging markets in the past couple of months has shown little sign of ebbing, sustained by the seemingly never-ending near-zero interest rate policies of central banks in the developed world. So, what's the best way to navigate these markets? Lisa Lewin, emerging markets economist at BMI Research, part of the Fitch Ratings group - is the guest in the studio to review the news and market moves.

Published: Tue 20 September 2016

More than a month has passed since the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan crushed an attempt by disgruntled army officers to remove him from power. The government has since arrested thousands of military personnel and police officers - accused of treason - whilst cracking down on opponents of Mr Erdogan's rule. Emboldened by a surge in his popularity, the president has also moved in on Syria where Turkish backed rebels have cleared Islamic State fighters from Turkey's Syrian border. Will Turkish troops stay in the area indefinitely, and what about US/Turkish relations given Washington's support of the Syrian/Kurdish militias who Mr Erdogan claims are terrorists? Professor Mehmet Ugur of the University of Greenwich and Professor John Weeks, Share Radio's regular economics commentator, joined Juliette Foster for The Weeks Update.

Published: Tue 6 September 2016

Well, one emerging market has been punching well above its weight in the news this month - and that's Mongolia! Emerging Opportunities dived in to see what the country might offer investors, with plenty of analysis from people who have first-hand experience in the country – Gavin Serkin was joined in the studio by mining expert and consultant Layton Croft, intelligence analyst Renata Legierska & on the phone from Mongolia by Lee Cashell, the CEO of Asia Pacific Investment Partners.

Published: Tue 23 August 2016

Gavin Serkin is joined by Peter West from PAM Global Investments in studio & on the line by Guillermo Parra-Bernal of Thomson Reuters in São Paulo to discuss all things Brazil in our latest venture into Latin America on the show, with a look at what’s happening on the ground while the Olympics are in full swing and the pro’s and con’s for investors in a time of political & financial upheaval.

Published: Mon 8 August 2016

Conversations From Africa with Patrick Jones & Chris Bishop of Forbes Africa Magazine. This week - a look at the outcome of municipal elections in South Africa, an update on strike action from Eskom & petrol firm employees and a look at a new member of the British Museum.

Published: Mon 8 August 2016

This is Conversations From Africa with Chris Bishop - the Managing Editor of Forbes Africa Magazine, based in Johannesburg, & host - Patrick Jones. In this edition - a closer look at the South African Finance Minister's plans for the countries economy, bleak economic news for Uganda, Uber runs into trouble in South Africa & an update on the Zimbabwe Protest movements.

Published: Mon 25 July 2016

This is Emerging Opportunities - the only show on radio dedicated to global emerging markets, with Juliette Foster & Gavin Serkin - the managing editor of Frontier Funds, Frontera News and the author of Frontier: Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow. His guest today is Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, an expert on sovereign debt. Now, it's one year ago that President Barack Obama officially reopened diplomatic relations with the Communist government of Cuba, bringing back life to embassies shut for five decades in Washington and Havana, but how does the country fair as an opportunity for investors? For more from the Emerging Opportunities team, visit: https://audioboom.com/channel/shareradio-emergingopportunities

Published: Mon 25 July 2016

On this edition of EO – Juliette & Gavin speak with a major investor looking to reinvent the emerging markets asset class – Paul Robinson, the founder and CEO of Alquity, as they take a trip through Turkey, Brazil & Malaysia.

Published: Mon 18 July 2016

This is Conversations From Africa featuring the Managing Editor of Forbes Africa Magazine, Chris Bishop, in conversation with Share Radio's Patrick Jones. First up for discussion this week is news concerning civil unrest in Zimbabwe, will the violence make a dent in the political structures of a country which has already seen it's fair share of crises? In other economic news, the South African economy has lost 15,000 jobs according to the countries leading statistics provider. Plus, the South African Trade Minister Rob Davies doesn't think Brexit will harm the trading relationship between the UK and South Africa... but is he right?

Published: Mon 4 July 2016

This is a special edition of Emerging Opportunities, with world renowned fund manager, Mark Mobius from Franklin Templeton Investments. Dr. Mobius has been called the godfather of emerging markets by the Financial Times and he joined Gavin Serkin & Juliette Foster to give his thoughts on how the Brexit vote will affect emerging markets.

Published: Mon 4 July 2016