Misconceptions about Frontier Markets, Advisors and Clients, Colombia, Argentina and Rwanda
November 13, 2013
Hosted by Gavin Graham
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Episode Description
From Dubai Daniel Bropy of Silk Invest explains costly misunderstandings about frontier markets. From Calgary advisor coach Jim Ruta outlines how advisors and clients can collaborate on these investments. He was a major contributor to Investing in Frontier Markets: Opportunity, Risk and Role in an Investment Portfolio. From Medellin Rupert Stebbings at Valores BanColombia looks at a stock that may have taken an unfair hit. From Lagos African correspondent Samuel Okocha examines Rwanda, pushing hard to shake off its history and now the fastest growing economy in East Africa. From Boston Richard Gula of the Argyle Companies examines Argentine Telecom. Our first book on Frontier Markets -- Investing in Frontier Markets: Opportunity, Risk and Role in an Investment Portfolio, is now available. Our second book on frontier markets – Frontier Markets For Dummies – comes out in Spring 2014. This edition is produced by Al Emid: financialnews@alemid.com
Emerging and Frontier Markets Investing with Gavin Graham
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Emerging and Frontier Markets Investing with Gavin Graham addresses the increasing interest in these markets by meshing Graham’s knowledge of them with current news developments, trends and the insights of expert guests. In fact, the expertise of our guests further demonstrates the seriousness of our approach. They include veteran Wall Street veteran money managers, experienced journalists with first-hand observations and analysts discussing emerging and frontier market developments. Our program comes to investors worried about low domestic returns and those who are aware of the growth and importance of emerging and frontier markets but unclear about the exact opportunities.
Gavin Graham
Gavin Graham has managed money for some of the largest banks and fund management companies in the world over the last thirty years and has worked in London, Hong Kong, San Francisco and Toronto. Having started in the City of London (the UK’s financial core) in 1979, he moved to Hong Kong in 1988, where his roles included that of Senior Investment Officer of Citigroup Global Asset Management (Asia) and Chief investment Officer for Connaught Investments Ltd. After moving to Toronto in 1999, he was Senior Investment Officer for Guardian Group of Funds in Toronto and latterly Director of Investments for Bank of Montreal Asset Management until 2010. He is now president of Graham investment Strategy Ltd and a frequent guest on Canada's Business News Network, the CBC and Toronto’s CP24, and quoted by the Canadian Press, Reuters and Bloomberg. Along with program producer Al Emid, Gavin is co-author of Investing in Frontier Markets: Opportunity Risk and Role in an Investment Portfolio, and of another upcoming book on frontier markets investing.
