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New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... ratings agency network between smaller firms that include MARC from Malaysia, the CPR ratings agency from Portugal, SR from Brazil, CARE from India and GCR from South Africa. ARC has a combined 6000 clients. Choo Yee Kwan, country risk officer for OCBC ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... more than four times US lenders and putting them at greater risk if financial market turmoil in countries such as Turkey, Brazil, India and South Africa intensifies." And who invests in European banks? And what's the emerging market volatility doing ...

US tapering to harm key EM countries

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... Asia and Emerging Market Equities investment specialist Douglas Cairns said. Indonesia, India, South Africa, Turkey and Brazil will be the worst affected countries, mainly because of their current account deficit. "As we move closer to the tapering we ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... broke that documents leaked by US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA spied on Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany and Spain (National Post). News? That's no news? Everybody knows it. News would be if the NSA didn't ...

BNP appoints new head of APAC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... in APAC and Emerging covers 19 countries and includes local investment management capabilities in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan and Turkey. The APAC and Emerging ...

Australian pension fund growth outstrips global average

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... 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 to equities and ...

Australia to host international advice meeting

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013

More taper talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013

Global aged care specialists eye Aussie market

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... that provides home-care services. The firm started 17 years ago and it has expanded to other countries such as the China, Brazil, Canada, the UK and Ireland. Some company executives traveled recently to Australia to have a first feel of the market. "The ...

Service consumption bucks downward trend in EM equities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... provision, private education, university tuition and the provision of pensions in areas such as the Middle East, Russia and Brazil. The figures show huge potential for growth in these sectors. In Brazil, the government spends $900 per capita on health ...