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Higher costs for bakers raise the temperature in Nigeria and Ghana
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...


Emerging-Frontier Equity Monthly – June: US recession fear, China reopening hope
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...


Tellimer's top picks: July 2022
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...


Global Themes /
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What investors are thinking: Takeaways from our UK roadshow
We held a series of client meetings in London over the past fortnight, seeing over 20 clients, consisting of a mix of fixed income and equity investors in EM and Frontiers, Africa specialists, and special situations and distress funds. The meetings t...


Daily Credit Briefing
Top Credit Stories BANKS - Termination of coverage CONSUMER - Termination of coverage FINANCIALS - Termination of coverage HIGH YIELD - Termination of coverage: INDUSTRIALS - Termination of coverage  
Defensive & Diversifying Strategies in YTD 2022
Most defensive and diversifying strategies generated negative returns in YTD 2022. The correlation of almost all of these strategies to equities was too high
3.Only managed futures generated attractive diversification benefits.