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Vietnamese fund draws global attention

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
Emerging markets continue their reign as hotspots for investors as a newly listed Vietnamese investment fund draws international support following the launch of its equity portfolio holdings on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange. Viet Han Corporation ...

Largest US pension fund SIO resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... tenure, the pension fund's global equity unit added internal capabilities in domestic small cap, international and emerging markets and increased in-house staff management of equity capital. The unit also managed more than $5.6 billion in domestic enhanced ...

Olympus and Contango explore India

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... managers, and we fit into their criteria as a business. We're one of the few local fund managers focusing intently at emerging markets so this is a mutually beneficial partnership," said John Peirera, managing director Olympus. In April 2007, Olympus ...

EM property posts Q4 boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The emerging markets property sector continues to outdo the developing markets property sector, according to a Standard & Poor's report. The Standard & Poor's Global Property & REIT Quarterly report found the S&P/Citigroup Global Property Index fell ...

VFMC boosts inhouse investments by 25pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... component." The comments follow the departure of David Roberts, investment director of Global Small Companies, Emerging Markets and Global Large Companies and Keith Dickie, investment director of hedge funds from VFMC to join ipac. De Bever said one ...

Investors look east, Australia falls behind

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... front, the country received a pounding in the foreign direct investment (FDI) sector as investors move to embrace emerging markets as the next investment hot spots. The A.T. Kearny FDI confidence index shows Australia slumping three positions since 2005 ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... Russia, India and China) markets, leading to inconsistent returns for SRI investors. According to Mercer research, emerging markets gained 25.1 per cent for Australian investors, more than double the 10 per cent return of major European markets. The ...

Aussie investors jump on emerging markets iShares

... exchange traded funds (ETFs) by Barclays Global Investors (BGI) called iShares are fast gaining traction, with emerging markets iShares on top of the list for investors. The latest BGI report has found that of the 14 iShares listed on the ASX since October ...

Asia marching on faster than expected

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
Growing intra-region trade within emerging markets is pushing Asia to the centre of world financial affairs faster than we realise. "Fifty per cent of all world trade now has an Asian leg," said Craig Weeks, senior vice president of global trade services ...

Move over BRICs, Middle East is coming

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... the Middle East. "These Middle East markets are negatively correlated with Wall Street, developed Europe and emerging markets generally, so this region represents a phenomenal hiding place," he said. "Three times this year you've had markets generally ...