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Don't overlook South America as an EM: MFS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... countries, this combined sector is slightly bigger than Australia's securities market, however at 80% and 17% respectively, Brazil and Chile dominate the market. South America's emergence as a resource and energy superpower to match and even challenge ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... seems that the rising tide does not lift all boats equally. Take the case of the BRICs for instance. The equity markets of Brazil (up 3.1% to date), Russia (up 2.7%) and China (up 2.4% from 5 September to 28 September - it's on holidays this week) have ...

Emerging market PE numbers on track

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... amount of deals done in China decreased, this was offset elsewhere, in greater Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Brazil. Latin America is just one of many markets, but conditions on the ground mimic those across much of the emerging world, said ...

Quest for lower volatility spurs new Aus EM fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... return and, most importantly, its downside potential." The three portfolio managers for the strategy are Luis Oliveira from Brazil (based in Europe), Laurentius Harrer from Germany (based in the US) and Shaw Wagener, also based in the US. The fund being ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... was more of the same - jawboning the markets instead of direct, concrete action. This is the complete opposite of what Brazil - whose economy has slowed more than the other BRICs - has done and is doing to reverse the slide in activity. The Banco Central ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... year to July. China's Commerce Ministry attributed the fall in FDI inflows to competition for investors from India and Brazil, tighter land supply and rising labour costs but it was confident that this would only be temporary. The Ministry is not wrong ...

Instos reach tipping point on EM PE

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... evolution of the market. Other opportunities of interest at the moment include Eastern Europe and Latin America, particularly Brazil and Peru where Hamilton Lane is pursuing buy and build type strategies, according to Blackburn. "We've also recently ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... old world thinking that has run its course, according Goldman Sachs. These 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 ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... anymore. Real GDP slowed to just 5.6% in the first quarter, nearly half the 10% rate in the last quarter of 2010....and Brazil, whose economy expanded by only 0.7% in the March quarter of 2012 - two years ago it was growing at a 7%-9% clip. And to round ...

Indonesia woos infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Indonesia's population and resources it could grow between 8 and 10% annually, putting it on par with major emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India and China. The country's efforts to attract foreign investment received a boost in December when their ...