Emerging Markets In An Upside Down World - Challenging Perceptions In Asset Allocation And Investment

Dr Jerome Booth (London, England) is a well-known economist, emerging market expert, investor and entrepreneur. He is a sought after commentator on global economic events, was part of the MBO creating Ashmore Investment Management, which is now one of the world’s leading investment managers dedicated to emerging markets and, until May 2013, served as its head of research. Through his private office, New Sparta, Jerome manages a number of his investments. He is the principal shareholder and Chairman of the UK phone company New Call Telecom. He is Chairman of the investigative news journalism company ExaroNews, and Chairman of Walpole Publishing which produces Moving On Magazine for school-leavers. He is also Chairman of New Sparta Films, and also recently bought Icon Film Distribution UK. Jerome is also the principal shareholder of the Lloyds insurance broker, CBC UK Ltd. He is currently a visiting professor at Cass Business School, a governor of Anglia Ruskin University, chair of the Fitzwilliam Museum Development Trust, Deputy Chairman of the Britten Sinfonia and a council member of the Royal Philharmonic Society.

All proceeds from the sale of this book are donated to the Ashmore Foundation, which supports charitable causes benefitting disadvantaged communities throughout emerging markets. For more information on the work of the Ashmore Foundation and the charities it supports, please visit the website: www.ashmorefoundation.org