Tap the promising growth in emerging markets

published 25 February 2019

Each week, a professional investor tells us where he'd put his money. This week: Andrew Ness, portfolio manager at Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust.

Global stockmarkets began 2019 on a high note, driven by optimism that the US-China trade negotiations would end well and hopes for a prolonged pause in US interest-rate hikes. Emerging-market equities benefited from domestic currency strength and robust portfolio inflows to finish January ahead of their developed-market counterparts. The fact that Chinese GDP growth has eased attracted media attention, but its economy has nevertheless continued to grow at a robust rate of more than 6% a year, making the country one of the fastest-growing major economies in the world. Meanwhile, a shift towards innovation, technology and consumption as the country's primary drivers of growth could make that growth more sustainable over the long term.