FRONTIER AND EMERGING MARKETS - Renaissance Capital
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MSCI EM REBOUND +55% IN 33 WKS – MID 34-74% RANGE
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• 55% rally from the lows in 33 weeks is in line with the 52% average of the 4 previous rebounds (ranging fom34-74%)
• EM has already regained its previous highs; this took 6½y post-1997, 3¼y post-2000, 1½y post-2016, while the 2007 high is yet to be regained, over a decade since the peak
• EM is now 3% above its dollar 1Q peak (EM ex-China is still 8% below; FM 12% below, DM 1% above, US 4% above)
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MSCI EM in $ rebased to 0 at market low, 5 major EM crashes of 33%+
US, EM, DM HAVE ALL REGAINED 1Q $ HIGHS
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US
(3.6
%)
EM (
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%)
DM
(1
.4%
)
EM e
x-C
hin
a (-
8.0
%)
Fro
nti
er (
-11
.8%
)
EM A
sia
(12
.2%
)
EMEA
(-2
0.3
%)
LatA
m (
-32
.7%
)
EM G
row
th (
17
.9%
)
EM V
alu
e (-
12
.2%
)
MSCI indices, % change vs 1Q 2020 high in $
DRIVEN BY CHINA, TAIWAN AND KOREA IN EM
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ina
(21
.5%
)
Taiw
an (
15
.1%
)
Ko
rea
(8.0
%)
EM (
2.6
%)
Arg
enti
na
(2.3
%)
Ind
ia (
-3.6
%)
Mal
aysi
a (-
7.6
%)
EM e
x-C
hin
a (-
8.0
%)
Sau
di A
rab
ia (
-8.9
%)
Qat
ar (
-10
.3%
)
Ph
ilip
pin
es (
-10
.8%
)
S A
fric
a (-
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.0%
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UA
E (-
17
.4%
)
Ind
on
esia
(-2
2.4
%)
Mex
ico
(-2
3.7
%)
Ch
ile (
-24
.3%
)
Cze
ch (
-25
.3%
)
Egyp
t (-
26
.9%
)
Po
lan
d (
-27
.2%
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Hu
nga
ry (
-27
.5%
)
Thai
lan
d (
-27
.5%
)
Per
u (
-28
.7%
)
Pak
ista
n (
-31
.2%
)
Ru
ssia
(-3
4.7
%)
Bra
zil (
-37
.8%
)
Turk
ey (
-40
.7%
)
Gre
ece
(-4
3.2
%)
Co
lom
bia
(-4
6.1
%)
MSCI EM country indices, % change vs 1Q 2020 high in $
FRONTIER
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n (
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.3%
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Tun
isia
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.6%
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Ban
glad
esh
(1
.8%
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Vie
tnam
(-1
.3%
)
Lith
uan
ia (
-3.2
%)
Nig
eria
(-5
.4%
)
Slo
ven
ia (
-8.1
%)
Cro
atia
(-1
0.8
%)
Fro
nti
er (
-11
.8%
)
Mo
rocc
o (
-14
.4%
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Ku
wai
t (-
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.8%
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Om
an (
-16
.0%
)
Ro
man
ia (
-16
.0%
)
Serb
ia (
-16
.2%
)
Bah
rain
(-1
7.4
%)
Sri L
anka
(-2
0.2
%)
Ken
ya (
-22
.1%
)
Jord
an (
-22
.7%
)
WA
EMU
(-2
5.3
%)
Kaz
akh
stan
(-2
6.8
%)
Esto
nia
(-2
8.8
%)
Mau
riti
us
(-4
7.4
%)
MSCI FM country indices, % change vs 1Q 2020 high in $
EM SECTORS – FINANCIALS THE BIG LAGGARD
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cr (
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Hea
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care
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IT (
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Co
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icat
ion
s (1
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%)
EM (
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%)
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eria
ls (
-0.2
%)
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ns
Stap
les
(-6
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ust
rial
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Uti
litie
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Rea
l Est
ate
(-2
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anci
als
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MSCI EM sector indices, % change vs 1Q 2020 high in $
COVID - EAST ASIA SUCCESSWATCHING 2ND WAVE
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chia
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Po
lan
d (
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Hu
nga
ry (
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Arg
en
tin
a (2
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Gre
ece
(20
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Co
lom
bia
(1
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Ru
ssia
(1
31
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UA
E (1
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Per
u (
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Ch
ile (
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)
Qat
ar (
73
)
Bra
zil (
49
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Mex
ico
(4
0)
Ind
ia (
34
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Mal
aysi
a (3
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Turk
ey (
27
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S A
fric
a (2
5)
Ph
ilip
pin
es
(17
)
S A
rab
ia (
12
)
Ind
on
esia
(1
2)
Pak
ista
n (
5.7
)
Ko
rea
(2.2
)
Egyp
t (1
.9)
Taiw
an (
0.1
)
Thai
lan
d (
0.1
)
Ch
ina
(0.0
)
latest rolling 7-day cases per million -1m -3m
FISCAL CAPACITY HAS BEEN KEY
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Bahrain
Croatia
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
LithuaniaMorocco
Serbia
Vietnam
Brazil
Chile
China
Colombia
Czech Republic
Egypt
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Korea
Malaysia
Mexico
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Russia
South AfricaTaiwanThailand
Turkey
UAE
Saudi Arabia
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ield
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)
10 year local yield (%)
Easier
Harder
Top right - bond yields are high and have risen - fisal stimulus is challenging.
Bottom left - bond yields are low and in some cases falling, fiscal stimulus
easier.
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Source: MSCI, Bloomberg, Renaissance Capital
BOND FLOWS TURNED +VE IN JUNE; EQUITY IN MID-AUG
• Hard currency debt funds have been seeing inflows since April (9% of AUM), local currency has net inflows since July (4% of AUM) and equity since mid-August (1% of AUM)
• Equity funds have seen a long run outflows, but not in huge size (4.4% of AUM YtD)
• Frontier funds have been seeing outflows all year (18% of AUM from peak)
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CUMULATIVE FLOWS YtD 2020 (% of AUM)
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Source: MSCI, Bloomberg, Renaissance Capital
EM EQUITIES HAVE SEEN OUTFLOWS FOR 7 YEARS
• EM Equities have seen net outflows over the last seven years – EM equities is an under-owned asset class vs DM equities and vs EM bonds and DM equities
• Major outflows from Frontier funds as investors question the asset class
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EM Equity
Frontier Equity
EM Bond - hard ccy
EM Bond - local ccy
CUMULATIVE FLOWS 2010-2020 (% of AUM)
EM underperformingDollar weakness
45 YRS OF EM EQUITIES VS $
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EM - IFC Composite/MSCI EM (from 1987) relative to DM, TR Dollar Index (RHS)
1. Credit bubble 1973-1980 (7y)
2. Debt crisis 1980-1987 (7y)
3. Rediscovery 1987-1994 (7y)
Dollar strengthEM outperforming
4. Rolling crises 1994-2002 (7y)
5. Boom time 2002-2011 (8y)
6. Disillusionment 2011-2020? (9y)
Source Bloomberg, Renaissance Capital
EM & FM WEAKER DOLLAR BENEFICIARIES
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HU
PL
CZ
LatAm
EMEA
ZA
BR
KR
CO
EM
PE
MY
CLMX
BRIC
TR
EM AsiaTWTH
ID
GR
RU
PH
INCN
AR
AE
PK
EGQASA
MA
Frontier
KZ
BG
UA
RO
LTSI
VN
MU
RSKE
EELKNG
OMJOLBBD
KWBH
HRTN
-0.5
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BETA (y-axis) and CORRELATION (x-axis) vs weakening dollar, 10 yrs of weekly returns
EM SECTOR WEAKER DOLLAR BENEFICIARIES
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EM
Real Estate
Materials
Utilities
Financials
Cons Staples
Industrials
Telecoms
Energy
Cons Discr
Healthcare
IT
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BETA (y-axis) and CORRELATION (x-axis) vs weakening dollar, 10 yrs of weekly returns
PER VS HISTORY
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(+
42
%)
Wo
rld
(+
37%
)
Ja
pa
n (
+2
7%
)
EA
FE
(+
26%
)
Eu
rop
e (
+25
%)
Ch
ina
(+
46%
)
EM
Asia
(+
33%
)
EM
(+
30%
)
EM
ex-C
hin
a (
+1
4%
)
La
tAm
(+
5%
)
FM
(+
24%
)
EM
EA
(+
18
%)
12M FWD PER 12M FWD PER 10yr avg
12M FWD PER vs 10 yr average – Latam, EM ex-China and EMEA have had the smallest re-ratings
MSCI EM 27% DISCOUNT TO DM
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EM vs DM EM v DM avg +/- 1SD▪ MSCI EM trading at a 27%
12M FWD PER discount to
MSCI World
▪ Vs a 10 yr average of 23%
▪ 0.6 Standard Deviations
cheap
MSCI EM 12M FWD PER premium (discount) to DM (%) and 10yr avg, +/- 1SD
MSCI FM 12% DISCOUNT TO DM
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▪ MSCI FM trading at a 12%
12M FWD PER discount to
MSCI EM
▪ Vs a 10 yr average of 7%
▪ 0.6 Standard Deviations
cheap
▪ But when Kuwait exits MSCI
FM at end-November,
valuation resets from 13.0x
to 10.9x
▪ And discount reaches 26%, a
decade high
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EM PER VS HISTORY
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Arg
enti
na
(+5
07
%)
Ind
ia (
+3
3%
)
Sau
di A
rab
ia (
+43
%)
Ph
ilip
pin
es (
+9%
)
Thai
lan
d (
+31
%)
Taiw
an (
+20
%)
Ch
ile (
+2%
)
Ch
ina
(+4
6%
)
EM A
sia
(+3
3%
)
Mal
aysi
a (-
1%
)
BR
IC (
+44
%)
Per
u (
+17
%)
Ind
on
esia
(+3
%)
EM (
+3
0%
)
Mex
ico
(-1
3%
)
Qat
ar (
+17
%)
LatA
m (
+5
%)
Bra
zil (
+1
1%
)
Po
lan
d (
+6%
)
Ko
rea
(+2
6%
)
Cze
ch (
-4%
)
S A
fric
a (-
17
%)
EMEA
(+1
8%
)
Gre
ece
(-3
0%
)
UA
E (+
22
%)
Co
lom
bia
(-3
1%
)
Hu
nga
ry (
-3%
)
Ru
ssia
(+3
2%
)
Egyp
t (-
24
%)
Pak
ista
n (
-20
%)
Turk
ey (
-30
%)
12M FWD PER 12M FWD PER 10yr avg
12M FWD PER vs 10 yr average (green – cheap vs 10 yr avg, red – expensive vs 10 yr avg)
EM SECTOR PER VS HISTORY
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alth
care
(+
41
%)
Co
ns D
iscr
(+1
03%
)
Te
leco
ms (
+5
7%
)
Co
ns S
tap
les (
+9
%)
IT (
+2
7%
)
EM
(+
30%
)
Ind
ustr
ials
(+
1%
)
En
erg
y (
+3
9%
)
Ma
teria
ls (
-7%
)
Utilit
ies (
-5%
)
Fin
an
cia
ls (
-8%
)
Re
al E
sta
te (
-32
%)
12M FWD PER 12M FWD PER 10yr avg
12M FWD PER vs 10 yr average (green – cheap vs 10 yr avg, red – expensive vs 10 yr avg)
EM DIVIDEND YIELDS DRIVING FLOWS IN TO EQUITIES
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Dividend yields are higher than bond yields in 14 EM countries, vs 7 in
2015 and 3 in 2010. 17 EM countries have dividend yield > 1yr deposit
rate
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ista
n
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ch R
epu
blic
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ece
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ssia
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uth
Afr
ica
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E
Tu
rkey
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pt
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lan
d
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ar
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aysi
a
Bra
zil
Mex
ico
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wan
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lom
bia
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nga
ry
*Ch
ile
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di A
rab
ia
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aila
nd
Ind
on
esia
Per
u
*Ko
rea
*Ch
ina
*Ph
ilip
pin
es
Ind
ia
2021E dividend yield, % 10yr local currency bond yield (%) 1yr retail deposit rate (%)
DIVIDEND YIELDS VS BOND YIELDS
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10 yr returns better for countries with higher relative div yld.
EM GDP REBOUNDS RANKED
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IMF WEO October 2020: 2021 GDP growth rebound vs 2020
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Per
u (
+21
.2)
Ind
ia (
+1
9.1
)
Arg
enti
na
(+1
6.7
)
Ph
ilip
pin
es (
+15
.7)
Mal
aysi
a (+
13
.8)
Gre
ece
(+1
3.6
)
Mex
ico
(+1
2.5
)
Co
lom
bia
(+1
2.2
)
Cze
chia
(+
11
.6)
Thai
lan
d (
+11
.1)
S A
fric
a (+
11
.0)
Ch
ile (
+10
.5)
Hu
nga
ry (
+10
.0)
Turk
ey (
+1
0.0
)
Bra
zil (
+8
.6)
S A
rab
ia (
+8.5
)
Po
lan
d (
+8.2
)
UA
E (+
7.9
)
Ind
on
esia
(+7
.6)
Qat
ar (
+7.0
)
Ru
ssia
(+6
.9)
Ch
ina
(+6
.4)
Ko
rea
(+4
.7)
Taiw
an (
+3.2
)
Pak
ista
n (
+1.4
)
Egyp
t (-
0.8
)
2021 rebound (ppts) 2021 GDP growth (%)
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Mau
riti
us
(+2
4.1
)
Cro
atia
(+1
5.0
)
Slo
ven
ia (
+1
1.9
)
Mo
rocc
o (
+1
1.9
)
Tun
isia
(+1
1.0
)
Sri L
anka
(+9
.8)
Esto
nia
(+9
.7)
Om
an (
+9
.5)
Ro
man
ia (
+9.4
)
Ku
wai
t (+
8.7
)
Jord
an (
+8.4
)
Serb
ia (
+7.9
)
Bah
rain
(+7
.2)
Nig
eria
(+6
.0)
Sen
egal
(+5
.9)
Lith
uan
ia (
+5.9
)
Kaz
akh
stan
(+
5.7
)
Vie
tnam
(+5
.1)
Ivo
ry C
oas
t (+
4.4
)
Ken
ya (
+3
.6)
Ban
glad
esh
(+0
.6)
2021 rebound (ppts) 2021 GDP growth (%)
FM GDP REBOUNDS RANKEDIMF WEO October 2020: 2021 GDP growth rebound vs 2020
COMMODITY DEMAND
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US$ GDP growth for key EM Asia back well above 2007-12 levels
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Malaysia
Vietnam
Thailand
Korea
Indonesia
India
China
TOTAL
CONCLUSION
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1. Dollar weakness and EM equity strength go hand-in-hand (historically on a 7-10yr
cycle). A split Senate could be good for EM as it implies more emphasis on monetary
stimulus (weak dollar, search for yield).
2. Dividend yields exceed local bond yields in over half of EM now, and term deposits in
two-thirds of EM.
3. Lacklustre flows to EM equity over the last decade suggest potential for significant
re-allocation to EM equities from international investors on the back of a normalization of
trade rhetoric and weaker dollar.
4. Weaker dollar suggests investors may move up the risk curve rotating out of Asia
towards cheaper currencies in Latin America and EMEA – financials could also perform
better
5. A stronger CNY suggests dollar GDP creation by China back to record levels,
supporting commodities
6. Frontier equities look particularly cheap once Kuwait transitions at the end of
November
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