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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 ...

Kinloch appoints MacarthurCook

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... investments. "The rationale for investing was compelling with the growth across emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil forecast by the International Monetary Fund, to grow by 6.5 per cent in the next two years, compared to 1.3 per cent forecast ...

ABN AMRO launches Altera

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... infrastructure and commodities with the security of a 100 per cent capital guarantee. The fund will provide exposure to Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) markets, and will be open to Australian retail investors. Paul Cordeiro, Head of Retail Structured ...

From Wall Street to the Great Wall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... indirectly to benefit from China's growth," he said. "But having said the emerging markets are volatile. We in the US think of Brazil as our poster child for a volatile market but the Chinese market is even more volatile than the Brazilian market." Although ...

Emerging market funds to be rated on sustainability

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... determine the ratings. So far, Mercer has commenced interviews with 50 managers based in China, India, South Korea and Brazil. The overall research will also include a survey of more than 200 managers worldwide. The results of the interviews with managers ...