The Latest Breaking News from Emerging Markets

For most people, investing in emerging markets is a lot like eating vegetables at dinner. We know we're supposed to, for our own good, but it's hard when delicious steak or potatoes are sitting next to them on the plate.

Kellanova (NYSE:K) reported third-quarter 2025 results on Thursday that topped Wall Street estimates, posting adjusted earnings per share of 94 cents, which beat the 87-cent estimate, and revenue of $3.26 billion, exceeding the $3.245 billion estimate.

BlackRock is doubling down on the debt of emerging economies. On Oct 13, the giant asset manager rolled out the iShares Emerging Markets Bond Active ETF (NASDAQ:BREM), offering investors a new avenue to access emerging-market fixed income with an active strategy offering flexibility over the traditional index-based methodology.

Global real estate markets are shifting fast, opening doors for investors and homebuyers willing to look beyond their backyard. From emerging markets to established cities reinventing themselves, there are new ways to build wealth and find unique properties. With remote work, digital nomads, and changing demographics, the landscape is more…

Plasma, a blockchain startup backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, just launched what could fundamentally disrupt traditional banking across emerging markets. Fresh off raising $373 million in a seven-times oversubscribed initial coin offering, the company announced Plasma One on Sept. 22.

Kyrgyzstan's Bakai Bank CEO Umut Abakirova met with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and executives from major U.S. financial firms, including BlackRock, Bank of America, and KPMG, to position the Central Asian nation as a hub for American investment in emerging markets.

2025 has been a good year so far for U.S. stocks. The S&P 500 is up 10.55% year-to-date (through Aug. 28). But international stock indices have done even better. According to Fidelity Investments,...

International and emerging-market ETFs that trade on U.S. exchanges reached new 52-week highs on Friday, encouraged by strong capital flows, attractive valuations, and increasing investor appetite in non-U.S. markets.

Neuberger Berman, the independent, employee-owned, private investment manager, announced Monday the conversion of its Neuberger Berman Emerging Markets Debt Fund to the Neuberger Berman Emerging Markets Debt Hard Currency ETF (NYSE:NEMD). The new fund was launched on Thursday with about $102 million in assets after the conversion.

World index provider MSCI will roll out a rejig of its highly followed ACWI and Emerging Markets indexes later this month, a shift likely to have a ripple effect in ETFs linked to the indexes. The revisions, effective Aug 26, will add 42 securities and remove 56 from its international…

Experts warn that such aggressive tariff policies risk damaging decades of diplomatic progress between the U.S. and important emerging markets.