2nd Annual Investing in Frontier Markets 2010

Assessing favourable regions and products in a diverse market

For those willing to expose themselves to the extra risks and put in the required work, frontier markets offer a potential for massive returns on investments. In the wake of the financial crisis interest in these markets may have cooled - parallel to risk appetites in general - however now investors are seeing the possibilities associated with frontier markets. But which markets are favourable? Which products are best for investment? How is one able to pick a winner in this potentially perilous market? These practical questions are, of course, played out against the background of overarching concerns such as the very identification of frontier markets is the term frontier market useful or is it merely branding for what is in truth an extremely diverse field of investment?