Exotix Developing Markets Guide ― Debt and Risk Across the Frontier

Welcome to the latest edition of the Exotix Capital Developing Markets Guide. This is the sixth edition, the previous one having been published in February 2011 when the concept of investing in frontier economies was beginning to gain traction again after being derailed by the global financial crisis. A lot has happened since then.

This guide is written for the serious frontier market investor, policymaker or academic analyst who is looking to maximise returns, improve policymaking or advance research through superior knowledge. We provide analysis and outlooks for 42 frontier economies along with detailed descriptions of their debt histories and restructuring experiences, and with the main investable instruments in the hard currency sovereign and corporate space in each. We aim to give our clients a convenient reference point to check details on loans and illiquid bonds and include as many frontier markets, illiquid instruments, nonperforming or restructured bonds and loans as possible.

Exotix has been enabling international investors to access the emerging financial markets and economies around the world since 1999. They continue to provide unrivalled access, knowledge and execution in equity and fixed-income markets, advisory investment banking, corporate finance and debt and equity capital markets throughout the developing economies in Africa, Central, South and Southeast Asia, emerging Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean. Exotix delivers the most comprehensive and integrated cross-asset research, analytics and data platform to connect the developing world with their contracted institutional client base.