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Much sought-after investment in the challenging climate

This article is part of
Emerging Markets - November 2014

Among those smaller markets Advance Emerging Capital would highlight Vietnam, where there has been a strong turnaround in economic fortunes, Kenya, which is a fast-growing East African hub for a variety of industries, and Romania, which offers some interesting bottom-up opportunities.

Andrew Lister is co-chief investment officer at Advance Emerging Capital

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Key figures

19.8%

The gain made by the MSCI Frontier Markets index so far this year

3.8%

Returned by the MSCI World index during 2014

50%

More than half of the MSCI Frontier Markets index is exposed to just three countries