DEVELOPING STORY

摘要

At 78, Mark Mobius is as fit an a pro weight lifter. Although the executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group travels 300 days a year, he stays in shape by sticking to his daily workout regime of running and pumping iron. Likewise, Mobius is a die-hard when it comes to emerging and frontier markets. Barring world war or a natural cataclysm, he believes, an equalization of global economies is under way and the developing world will keep growing for decades. Mobius, who oversees 14 funds for U.S.-based Franklin Temple-ton Investments, regarded the collapse of confidence in emerging markets during the past two years as a buying opportunity. Taking a long-term view has helped the veteran equity manager grow his group to some $40 billion in assets, from nothing in 1987, the year he joined Templeton, Galbraith & Hansberger, the firm founded by Sir John Templeton, in Hong Kong.