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All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... sentiment. Bloomberg's Professional Confidence Survey show investors anticipate equities to rise in seven countries -- Brazil, Italy, UK, France, Mexico, Japan, Switzerland - in the next six months. Note that optimism is infectious and therefore, it ...

Aussies lag behind in PRI implementation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... active ownership. UK and Canadian signatories consistently achieved high self assessment scores across all principles while Brazil and Japan signatories scored the lowest self assessment scores for the efforts to implement the principles.

South Africa and Brazil take ESG lead

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... sustainability index that listed companies can aspire to be a member of by improving disclosure. The survey also found Brazil attracted the most amount investments. Brazil's oil giant Petrobras topped the list of individual company holdings followed ...

Aberdeen cools on China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... out of China we are cautious about its growth prospects over the next 12 to 18 months," he said. The team is bullish on Brazil and India, predicting the countries to lead global economic growth. "One thing is certain; with the majority of developed countries ...

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... and UK raise your hands. Lehmannisation of the US. Bloomberg reported that big US bond holders - China, Japan, Russia and Brazil) - are looking into shifting their reserves from US Treasuries into multicurrency bonds in order to hedge against potential ...

HSBC appoints Australia CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009

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 ...