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Positioning for resilience in volatile times

FSSA Investment Managers has been investing in Asia and global emerging markets for three decades.

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Global Emerging Markets Equities Focus - April 2022

Over the past few years, global emerging market (GEM) investors have dealt with a series of challenges, including a surging pandemic, local lockdowns and widespread travel restrictions.
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FSSAIM - India Monthly manager Views - Feb 2022

We have just returned from India — the first investment research trip in India for our entire team in over two years. It was a liberating break from constantly hearing “You’re on mute!” on video calls...
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Global Emerging Markets Equities Focus - March 2022

In almost every meeting that we have with management teams, we will ask about incentivisation. In our view, it is an important question and the answer can be highly revealing about an organisation’s culture and behaviour.
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Japan Equities February 2022

The FSSA Japan Equity strategy declined by 3.0% in December and 18.8% over the month of January, driven first by a sharp “growth to value” rotation and then a sell-off by foreign investors from mid-January onwards. This has been a global phenomenon, with high-valuation growth stocks in most developed markets facing similar sell-offs on concerns about inflation and interest rate hikes.
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India Monthly manager Views - Jan 2022

Land, Labour, Capital and Entrepreneurship. These are the well-known “Factors of Production” as defined by classical economists. The Entrepreneur (or Company) is the one that combines these factors to earn a profit.
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India Monthly Manager Views - Dec 2021

50x P/E! 70x P/E! 100x P/E! Valuations that were outrageous just a few years ago are commonly bandied about by most of the investment community these days.
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Global Emerging Markets Equities Focus - December 2021

Since our last update, the initial public offering (IPO) frenzy we have observed for the past 12-18 months has continued unabated. This is especially true in India where there have been around 100 IPOs so far this year.
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