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Australian pension fund growth outstrips global average

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... compound growth rate measured in US dollars over the period 2007 to 2012 of 13%, followed by Taiwan at 11%, Denmark at 9%, Mexico at 7% and Brazil at 5%. "Australian funds grew significantly last year. The driving factor was their relatively high allocation ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... correct. That's also true in the US," Djounov said. Another opportunity is the fundamental appreciation of the Mexican peso. Mexico has followed a very conservative economic policy, running a balanced budget. Wage increases in China also now mean that ...

Value in EM debt and bank loans for bond investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... bonds are riskier plays," he said. The credit expert pointed to the fundamental strength in countries from outside the G20. Mexico, one of Invesco preferred fixed income regions, has less debt and better GDP growth than the more established bond markets ...

Former Hunter Hall managers gather new FUM in Morphic

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... opportunities in the growth of the retail market and drugstores in Japan and have invested there. Emerging markets such as Mexico and Thailand are worth looking at closely, according to the two former Hunter Hall portfolio managers.

EM corp bonds better than US: CFSGAM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... and escalating sovereign debt problems, has taken many investors by surprise. "A decade ago no one would have believed Mexico could borrow more cheaply than Spain," she explained. Emerging market debt funds enjoyed a stellar year in 2012 as spreads tightened ...

Venezuelan market rally under question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... political base". And why not? The Venezuelan economy has grown faster than its bigger Latin American neighbours, Brazil and Mexico. Latest available figures show Venezuela's GDP expanded by 5.2% in the year to the third quarter of last year - Brazil ...

GSAM offers EM debt to retail

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... improved credit ratings, with some countries now moving from junk bond to investment grade status. Goldman Sachs has listed Mexico and Russia as two countries that registered overweight in local rates and currency in their JPM GBI-EM Global Diversified ...

Emerging market PE numbers on track

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... Peter Von Lehe, managing director of private equity group Neuberger Berman. Places like Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Mexico are characterised by stabilised inflation, falling unemployment and rising wages, which in turn is driving strong internal ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... growth markets include the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China but supplemented by four others - South Korea, Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey. Katie Koch, senior strategist Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) who is also chief-of-staff to ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... hasn't changed the parameters of the crisis game, especially now that Spain is on the firing line. Then the G-20 Los Cabos, Mexico meet. Yup, it turned out as expected - more blah bloody blahs. Them 20 know there's a problem, they "promised" to increase ...