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Consumers in EM, an opportunity for investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
... companies such as Nestle." After years of talking to consumers in countries such as Indonesia, Nigeria, South Africa or Philippines, Stassopoulos has realised "how little we knew about this consumers." Consumers in emerging markets want quality at a ...

Don't lump Asia Pacific in with EM fall

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... the major resource rich nations as structural headwinds in the region, he said the likes of Taiwan, Myanmar, Korea, Philippines and Thailand are in a much stronger position. "These economies are not only largely net exporters but also boast sizeable ...

North Asian cyclical stocks 'unjustifiably cheap'

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... disparities in valuation between them. The ASEAN nations, for instance, are trading at a premium of 1.5 times while the Philippines -- the most expensive region - is trading at double the average. "Cyclicals and North Asia are unjustifiably cheap against ...

Bloomberg ASEAN roadshow kicks off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... banks. The roadshow event travels to five countries between 4 - 18 July including Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. Each country's roadshow will be hosted by a partner bank: Bank Negara Indonesia, Maybank, Security Bank, OCBC ...

Variety of strategies needed for all-weather outperformance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... prefer local stores to supermarkets. The fund also has a sizeable position in Manila Water, a utility company in the Philippines which is winning water and sewerage contracts all over the Philippines, Vietnam and Jakarta. Morphic is also holding a basket ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... first-section shares slipped 0.58 per cent, or 6.76 points, to 1158.27. Markets in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Singapore were all closed on Wednesday for the May Day holiday. WELLINGTON - The ...

Former Hunter Hall managers gather new FUM in Morphic

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... of its first product, the Morphic Global Opportunities Fund, which invests in assets in the United States, Japan, Philippines and India. "There will be times where we think we can find a lot of good opportunities in a country but we see we are overexposed ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... down by 6.6% over the same period. Compare this with the 13.8% rally in the stock market of Asia's rising star, the Philippines. Perhaps it's time the Philippines replace Brazil in the BRICs grouping. But then this would spell rude. Brazil's stock market ...

Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... a poor S&P long-term rating and gloomy economic prospects. The top ESG underweights for emerging markets were the Philippines, Colombia and Indonesia. For developed markets, Japan was the largest underweight largely due to governance issues, while sovereigns ...