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BRIC to BIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... by the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) has revealed China to still be highly favoured, followed by Brazil and then India. "The majority of investors committed to recent emerging market private equity funds expect them to outperform ...

Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... The IFC-Mercer report also produced the first rating on ESG practices of fund managers in China, India, South Korea, and Brazil, identifying best-practice examples to pre-empt ESG risks and enhance returns. The project included a survey of 514 equity ...

Sovereign wealth funds to buy more equities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... America as regions that provide the "most attractive" for a combination of qualitative and quantitative reasons. Mexico and Brazil topped the list as the two most attractive countries for investment opportunities.

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... top of these, the Fed announced a US$30 billion lending facility to the central banks of South Korea and Singapore and Brazil and Mexico. Wait there's more. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) also extended a helping hand, announcing its plans to lend ...

BGI adds two more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... Global Investors (BGI) listed a further two iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs), providing Australian investors access to Brazil, Russia, India and China and the top 50 companies in Asia. The iShares MSCI BRIC provides access to more than 150 companies ...

Perennial's global alpha secret

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... Gemini, German fertilizer company K+S and Japanese bakery giant Yamazaki Baking. This year, Carter and his team are watching Brazil closely while shying away from "highest risk" or controversial areas such as Russia and sub-Saharan Africa markets. Despite ...

Time out for specialist funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... "Australia is a mature market. It has been really picked over. We are putting money into things like hydro projects in Brazil and Chile. It doesn't help that government here has set such a modest target for alternative energy. "The explosion of funds ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... $121.58 after announcing it will invest $US2.15 billion ($A2.3 billion) on a major expansion of its iron ore mine in Corumba, Brazil.

CAAM backs oil rich EMs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
The Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) Global Emerging Markets fund is bullish on a Russia and Brazil as a result of rising oil prices. Stephane Mauppin-Higashino, CAAM head of product specialist team, said the fund was overweight Brazil and Russia. ...

Energy investments surge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... solar investment increase 254 per cent. Countries attracting this investment are Europe and the US. But China, India and Brazil are getting more involved as their share of new projects rose from 12 to 22 per cent. The interest in energy investment is ...