(Jan 11): Asia was the place to be for emerging-market investors in 2017, but a slew of issues and events risk standing in the way of the region repeating that world-beating performance.

From Donald Trump’s approach to trade to North Korea’s saber rattling and China’s ongoing quest to cut debt -- there’s no shortage of potential threats to what analysts and investors say should be another banner year for stocks and currencies in Asia’s developing markets.

“Looking at the emerging markets, Asia is in a relatively better position due to its firm fundamentals,” said Koji Fukaya, chief executive officer at FPG Securities Co. in Tokyo. “Risk sentiment is still quite strong but investors may need to be a bit more cautious in the latter part of the year.”

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