Power of Capital - An Adventure Capitalist''s Journey to a Sustainable Future

Explore and understand how investment capital is transforming the world's most critical emerging markets
 
In Power of Capital: An Adventure Capitalist's Journey to a Sustainable Future, distinguished author and Chief Investment Officer at Global Delta Capital, Asha Mehta, shares a simultaneously daring and heartening exploration of rapidly evolving emerging markets. Delivering equal doses of business discussion and geopolitical insight, the author examines the changes gripping the globe and why the average person--and investor--should care.
 
The book provides an on-the-ground perspective informed by the author's personal experiences and visits to far-flung regions of the world. It also shares incisive commentary on issues crucial to continuing global economic growth, including terrorism and instability, corruption and autocracy, and sustainable investing.
 
Power of Capital offers:
* Illuminating insights of China's new role as a global economic powerhouse
* Pioneering perspectives of how sustainable investing delivers both alpha and impact
* Explorations of how globalization and technology disrupt companies and sectors
* In-depth discussions of data's new and central role as the primary store and creator of value in the modern economy
* The case for women as the greatest emerging market in the world
 
A page-turning read from a singular and worldly generational leader, Power of Capital: An Adventure Capitalist's Journey to a Sustainable Future offers a unique and thought-provoking trip to the globe's most fascinating emerging markets.

List of contents

Adventure Capital: An Introduction 1
 
What Is an Emerging Market? 2
 
Power of Capital 4
 
Technology: AI for Alpha and Impact 6
 
What Does the Future Hold? 8
 
1 What Is an Emerging Market?: China: The Opportunities and Risks Within the World's Second-Largest Economy 11
 
She Will Shake the World 13
 
Hot Stocks in the Heart of Capital 14
 
All Rules Are Off 17
 
Trade War or Tech War 19
 
Sino- Sustainability: How China Went Woke 22
 
The Next Center of the Universe 25
 
2 Gem on the Pacific Rim: Vietnam: From a War-Torn Past to a Sizzling Future 27
 
The Fall of Saigon 28
 
Dairy Queen: Innovation in the South Pacific 30
 
Turbulence 33
 
The Silver- Tongued Minister 36
 
Environmental and Social Risks at the Red River Delta 38
 
His Eyes Are Always Watching 41
 
3 Global Flows: Spotlight on Saudi Arabia: The Greatest Story That Nobody Knows 43
 
The Commodities Rut 46
 
Woman in a Strange Land 49
 
Opening the Doors 51
 
Crown's Jewel 55
 
Gleam of Success 58
 
4 Submerging Markets? Corruption and Autocracy: Romania's Unexpected Rise and the Role of Capital Markets 61
 
A Sinister Beauty 63
 
From Hard Communism to Hard Capitalism 66
 
Sustainable Markets 69
 
Financial Returns and Financial Inclusion 71
 
Biutiful Bucharest 73
 
Castle in the Sky? 75
 
5 Terrorism and Instability: When Markets Become Uninvestable: North Africa and the Middle East 77
 
Buying When There's Blood in the Streets 80
 
Capital as a Weapon of War 83
 
The Cost of Divestment 85
 
Investing in Change 87
 
The Long Road Out of the Ruins 88
 
6 Harnessing Domestic-Driven Demand: India's Unique Opportunity for Sustainable Growth 91
 
Microfinance: The Original Impact Investing 93
 
Responsible Investing Is Born 97
 
Clear Skies Behind the Smog 100
 
SDG Integration and the Role of Technology 103
 
Transforming Wonderland 106
 
7 Data Is the New Oil: Africa Needs (Venture Funding), China Feeds (Seed Capital) 109
 
East Africa's Silicon Savannah 110
 
Powered Up in South Africa 114
 
Africa Needs, China Feeds 118
 
Can Crypto Save Nigeria? 123
 
From Gray to Green: Data Is the Oil 126
 
8 Twenty-First-Century Investing: Transforming Economies and Livelihoods from Bogotá to Brasilia 129
 
Doing Good and Doing Well in Colombia 130
 
The Role of Business in Argentina's Society 135
 
From Destruction to Disruption in Brazil 139
 
Chile: Accelerating into the Future 143
 
Greenlighting Latin America 146
 
9 The Next Half: The Queens of Wall Street: The Largest Emerging Market Is Women 149
 
Vast Segment with Productive Capacity 150
 
Whispers of Opportunity 152
 
Untapped Potential 155
 
Structural Barriers 159
 
Why Now? 162
 
Queens of Wall Street 167
 
Conclusion 171
 
Fellow Travelers 173
 
Money Changes Everything 175
 
Reimagined Capitalism 177
 
Mint and Honey 178
 
Notes 181
 
Acknowledgments 195
 
About the Author 197
 
Index 199

About the author

ASHA MEHTA, CFA, is Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Global Delta Capital. Named a "Brilliant Quant" and Top 10 Women in Asset Management, she has managed and deployed some of the largest and most pioneering investment strategies in emerging markets and sustainable investing.

Summary

Explore and understand how investment capital is transforming the world's most critical emerging markets

In Power of Capital: An Adventure Capitalist's Journey to a Sustainable Future, distinguished author and Chief Investment Officer at Global Delta Capital, Asha Mehta, shares a simultaneously daring and heartening exploration of rapidly evolving emerging markets. Delivering equal doses of business discussion and geopolitical insight, the author examines the changes gripping the globe and why the average person--and investor--should care.

The book provides an on-the-ground perspective informed by the author's personal experiences and visits to far-flung regions of the world. It also shares incisive commentary on issues crucial to continuing global economic growth, including terrorism and instability, corruption and autocracy, and sustainable investing.

Power of Capital offers:
* Illuminating insights of China's new role as a global economic powerhouse
* Pioneering perspectives of how sustainable investing delivers both alpha and impact
* Explorations of how globalization and technology disrupt companies and sectors
* In-depth discussions of data's new and central role as the primary store and creator of value in the modern economy
* The case for women as the greatest emerging market in the world

A page-turning read from a singular and worldly generational leader, Power of Capital: An Adventure Capitalist's Journey to a Sustainable Future offers a unique and thought-provoking trip to the globe's most fascinating emerging markets.

Product details

• Authors: Mehta, a Mehta, Asha Mehta
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781119906032
• ISBN: 978-1-119-90603-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Money, bank, stock market; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Kapitalanlage, Personal finance, Finanzwesen, Private Finanzplanung, Allg. Finanz- u. Anlagewesen, Finance & Investments, Finanz- u. Anlagewesen, Kapitalanlagen u. Wertpapiere, Investments & Securities