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S&P looks to Africa as investment grows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... fund at US$900 million, signaling increased activity in the private equity space. Carlyle Group opened offices in South Africa in April this year, as sponsors look to capitalise on relatively low acquisition multiples. S&P is also offering risk control ...

New index tracks second-tier emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Indices has launched a new index covering second-tier emerging markets Columbia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa. The CIVETS 60 index comprises of ten stocks from each country. Each company must have a market capitalisation of more ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... percent... The MSCI Emerging Markets Index gained 1 percent, its fifth advance. Benchmark stock indexes in Russia and South Africa jumped at least 1.4 percent." What do these tell us, Sisyphus? These confirm that equities are in a bull market and a not ...

Funds join forces for Asian growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... Australian equities manager with around $70 million in FUM, will be consolidated into 8IP. Both companies are funded by South Africa's Sanlam International Investment Partners, which seeded 8IP with an initial $100 million for its 2010 launch. "Sanlam ...

More to emerging markets than Asia

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... it has been able to identify a number of stocks in less fancied markets that are performing well. One example is South Africa's largest grocer Shoprite, which has more than 60 million customers per month but nothing like the competition faced in more ...

China inflation fears overplayed

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
Financial markets are nervously awaiting the release of Chinese inflation figures this weekend, but one fund manager believes that the concerns are overdone - and the multi-year bull market in Asian equities is only just beginning. Fears are building ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... 36.0 cents after announcing a 70 per cent increase in the indicated gold reserves at its prospective mine site in South Africa.

Instos want more rewards for low-carbon assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... of a low-carbon economy. Within the group statement are investors from the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, South Africa, Brazil and Canada including European investors and US public pension funds and state treasurers. There are a number of Australian ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Whoa boy! Hold your horses! QE2 expectations are going out of hand. It started with just over a couple of billions and then grew, and grew, and grew. Just two days ago, I wrote about St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Christopher Waller ...

Aussie fund managers outside top 100

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... Europe dominate the top 500, countries with smaller economies, and smaller investment markets than ours, including South Africa, Denmark, Sweden and Belgium, all have entries in the top 100. With the exception of South Africa (boosted by 34th placed ...