Categories Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Emerging Markets miracle no more Atilla YeşiladaPosted on15 March, 2024 Every couple of years or so, global funds re-discover Emerging Markets, concocting narratives of run-away … Continue ReadingEmerging Markets miracle no more
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Turkey ranks 45th in human development: UNDP report Cem CetingucPosted on14 March, 2024 Ankara, 8 September 2022 – Türkiye ranks 45th among 193 countries in this year’s edition of … Continue ReadingTurkey ranks 45th in human development: UNDP report
Categories Emerging Markets HYPED Cairo sells island to solve balance of payments bottleneck Atilla YeşiladaPosted on24 February, 2024 Egypt has agreed to a $35bn deal with the United Arab Emirates to develop the … Continue ReadingCairo sells island to solve balance of payments bottleneck
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS WTO meeting takes place in Abu Dhabi Cem CetingucPosted on13 February, 202413 February, 2024 The world’s trade ministers could put the final touches to a historic fisheries deal when … Continue ReadingWTO meeting takes place in Abu Dhabi
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Will US withdraw from Syria? Atilla YeşiladaPosted on28 January, 2024 Recent reports have raised the specter of a U.S. withdrawal from Syria, and while brushed … Continue ReadingWill US withdraw from Syria?
Categories Emerging Markets General HYPED Yerevan Saeed: America must stop treating the Kurds like temporary allies Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 January, 2024 In a bold attack last week, Iran targeted the heart of the Kurdish capital of … Continue ReadingYerevan Saeed: America must stop treating the Kurds like temporary allies
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS David Lubin: Argentina and Türkiye: a tale of two adjustments Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 January, 2024 Türkiye and Argentina, two relatively wealthy developing countries, both have been characterised in recent years … Continue ReadingDavid Lubin: Argentina and Türkiye: a tale of two adjustments
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Video: Turkey is getting sucked into the Middle East Crisis Atilla YeşiladaPosted on20 January, 2024 The war in Gaza is metastasizing to the entire region, attracting Iran, US, Lebanon, … Continue ReadingVideo: Turkey is getting sucked into the Middle East Crisis
Categories Emerging Markets Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Hot money returns to Turkish financial markets Atilla YeşiladaPosted on8 December, 2023 Once a haven for carry trade and EM equity investments, foreign interest in Turkish financial … Continue ReadingHot money returns to Turkish financial markets
Categories Emerging Markets Finance HIGHLIGHTS Markets Commentary: TL government bonds attracting attention of investment banks, financial press Atilla YeşiladaPosted on16 November, 2023 It was Bloomberg which first sounded out EM fund managers about their interest in the … Continue ReadingCommentary: TL government bonds attracting attention of investment banks, financial press
Categories Company & Industry Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Erdoğan’s stock grows as Turkey’s index doubles Güldem AtabayPosted on3 October, 2023 Turkey’s main stock index has nearly doubled since veteran leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s surprise re-election … Continue ReadingErdoğan’s stock grows as Turkey’s index doubles
Categories Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Moody’s: Emerging market credit to remain tight Atilla YeşiladaPosted on27 May, 2023 Emerging markets currencies headed for weekly declines on Friday as expectations of higher-for-longer U.S. interest … Continue ReadingMoody’s: Emerging market credit to remain tight
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Hugo Dixon/Reuters: Strongmen are riskier the more they stay in power Atilla YeşiladaPosted on23 May, 2023 In this in-depth article Hugo Dixon explain the similarities between world’s three famous strongman, autocrats … Continue ReadingHugo Dixon/Reuters: Strongmen are riskier the more they stay in power
Categories Economy Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Foreign investors show interest in Turkish economy after years of instability Cem CetingucPosted on24 March, 2023 Scores of foreign investors are returning to Istanbul and Ankara after years in the cold … Continue ReadingForeign investors show interest in Turkish economy after years of instability
Categories Emerging Markets General HYPED Tim Ash: Decisive battles are looming in Ukraine Atilla YeşiladaPosted on5 February, 2023 Regional expert Tim Ash argues that Putin is gearing up for a full scale assault … Continue ReadingTim Ash: Decisive battles are looming in Ukraine
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Markets Politics Putin initiates “Pivot to the East” strategy amid EU sanctions Cem CetingucPosted on26 January, 2023 In 2014, following a wave of US and European Union sanctions on Russia in response … Continue ReadingPutin initiates “Pivot to the East” strategy amid EU sanctions
Categories Atilla Yeşilada Economy Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Atilla Yesilada: The fate of the world economy will be shaped by the end of 1Q2023 Atilla YeşiladaPosted on26 January, 2023 Since the beginning of the year, fund managers have entered the mood of “the worst … Continue ReadingAtilla Yesilada: The fate of the world economy will be shaped by the end of 1Q2023
Categories Business Company & Industry Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS Markets Getir is taking over the European market Cem CetingucPosted on13 January, 202313 January, 2023 FIVE YEARS AGO, investors wouldn’t return Nazim Salur’s calls. Now his company, Getir, is the biggest … Continue ReadingGetir is taking over the European market
Categories Emerging Markets General HIGHLIGHTS Politics Turkey’s hydrocarbon exploration deal suspended by Libyan court Cem CetingucPosted on13 January, 2023 The Court of Appeal in Tripoli has decreed on Tuesday the temporary suspension of the controversial … Continue ReadingTurkey’s hydrocarbon exploration deal suspended by Libyan court
Categories Emerging Markets HIGHLIGHTS First public call for a parallel rate to tackle the squeeze on businesses came from Turkish clothing manufacturers Güldem AtabayPosted on11 January, 2023 Turkish clothing manufacturers have asked the government for a special exchange rate they say is … Continue ReadingFirst public call for a parallel rate to tackle the squeeze on businesses came from Turkish clothing manufacturers