PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Bharat Kumar AU - N. Kannan AU - Lalatendu Khandagiri TI - Investment and Trade Execution in Emerging Markets: <em>Prospects and Challenges</em> AID - 10.3905/jot.2013.8.2.045 DP - 2013 Mar 31 TA - The Journal of Trading PG - 45--56 VI - 8 IP - 2 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/8/2/45.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/8/2/45.full AB - For an institutional investor looking to enter new markets, the key decisive factors include available instruments, regulation, and market liquidity. This article provides information on these factors and performs a comparative analysis of emerging markets (EMs) based on them. It examines the options available for trading EM assets across countries. It also evaluates their regulatory frameworks and examines potential trading issues by observing trends in liquidity, allowed short-selling practices, and available settlement cycles.TOPICS: Emerging, exchanges/markets/clearinghouses