EM Finance
What is an base rate?
The rate at which commercial banks receive money from the Central Bank.
What is the "B" in BRICS?
Brazil
What is durian?
The president of which country came to the EMI Conference?
Colombia
What does ESG stand for?
Environmental Social Governance
China and the US account for how much of Global Debt (in percentage)?
50%
This country is the main supplier of energy/gas to the EU.
Russia
This country is famous for having police force that drives supercars, such as Lamborghinis and Ferraris?
UAE (Dubai)
What is a CBDC?
A Centralized Bank Digital Currency is a digital form of payment that is distributed by a country's Central Bank and are tied to the country's national stable currency.
What is an element of the "G" in ESG?
Political Contributions and Lobbying, Anti-Corruption Measures, DEI, Corporate Responsibility, Risk Management, etc.
The second largest property developer in China, with a stock price that multiplied eightfold and outpaced the thirty-percent growth rate of the Hang Seng Index between its 2009 IPO and 2017 but recently fell heavily in debt.
What is the Evergrande Group?
What was the last country to join the BRICS?
South Africa
My film industry, known as Nollywood, is the second largest emerging markets film industry after India's Bollywood. Which country am I?
Nigeria
What is the multilateral institution promoting the development of BRICS nations?
What was the Paris Agreement?
It was an legally-binding international treaty where countries met to talk about environmental goals in order to prevent further global warming.
This emerging market has the largest number of microfinance institutions in the world, which provide small loans to entrepreneurs and small businesses without access to traditional banking services.
India
What is the Belt and Road Initiative?
The Chinese initiative, announced in 2013, aims to create a modern equivalent of the ancient Silk Road, connecting Asia with Africa and Europe through massive investments in infrastructure for global trade.
Largest Exporter of Rice in Southeast Asia
Thailand
What is the difference between Cryptocurrencies and CBDCs?
Crypto = decentralized
CBDCs = centralized
What is an SRI Fund?
Socially Responsible Investing Fund, a fund that selects investments based on ethical guidelines
What was Zimbabwe's peak inflation rate?
79.6 billion percent annually; 98 percent daily
As of 2021, India became the fifth-largest economy in the world surpassing which European economy?
The United Kingdom
5 people per square mile
Known for its electronics and semiconductor manufacturing, this country is a key player in the global supply chain for tech products.
Malaysia
What is a climate token and how does this system work?
This digital asset represents a specific amount of carbon credits that can be traded or used to offset carbon emissions by one company.