Tellimer Research

We analyse data on abortion rights and incidence in emerging markets following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US. India and Taiwan are among the most liberal; Middle East generally most restrictive; wide variety in Africa, Asia, LatAm. The abo...

Amid the ongoing market rout and a worsening economic crisis at home, Sri Lanka’s eurobonds have continued to plummet to below 33 cents on the dollar, excluding the 22s, 25s, 26s (more on this later). We maintain our Hold recommendation for Sri Lanka...

The ‘growth at any cost’ approach that some fintechs have taken is now likely a thing of the past, as access to funding becomes tougher. Our survey also points to the importance of scale; larger fintechs tend to be more profitable than their smaller ...

Meanwhile, Senegal offers a ray of sunshine as the IMF approves the release of US$216mn of special drawing rights to help cushion the country from impact of the Russia-Ukraine war. This will supposedly be achieved by improving security at oil and gas...

At the market close on 29 June, MSCI DM was down 7% month to date, EM fared better at down 4%, and less liquid FM was down 5%. Valuation across most of the EM and FM spectrum appears to reflect a lot of distress already; both indices are on c20% disc...

Nigerian bonds have sold off sharply this year, with the spread on the Bloomberg EM Sovereign Nigeria Index rising by 327bps ytd through 17 June versus a 105bps rise in the Aggregate Index. Nigeria’s sell-off has been surpassed only by those of Tunis...