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Ex Deutsche AM chief joins Africa charity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... Kenya. After 25 years serving in the investment management profession and five years at Deutsche, O'Brien - who grew up in India - decided it was time to focus his energies on more philanthropic challenges. Oasis Africa provides food, education, shelter ...

With or without China we're not cactus: James

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... delegates. "We're entering a phase where China and India are eclipsing the EU and the US." While GDP growth in China and India - at 7.5% and 6% respectively isn't what it was - James urged investors to take a decidedly longer term view on these markets. ...

Trading mistake forces Indian exchange crash

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... exchange's Nifty index fall 920 points on Friday morning with shares in heavyweight financial stocks such as State Bank of India (SBI) and HDFC particularly hard hit, reported AAP. "The Nifty fall was on account of abnormal orders resulting in multiple ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... its huge fiscal deficit. That may be so but Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's administration and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are now doing something about these challenges. The RBI has kept interest rates unchanged at 8.0% since April to bring ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open higher despite weakness on overseas markets after Spain said it was not preparing a request for a bailout loan. Investors have been anticipating that the Spanish government would ask for help for nearly ...

Invesco acquires 49% stake in Religare

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Global investment management firm Invesco has acquired a 49% stake in the asset management arm of India-based Religare Enterprises. The new joint venture, Religare Invesco Asset Management Company, will be spearheaded by Saurabh Nanavati, the existing ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Don't look now but fresh bad news has just come out of China. This time, however, there was not that "sky is falling" feeling that populates cyberspace each time Chinese economic updates disappoint market expectation. Sure there were the obligatory ...

Brierley bids for wound-down scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
A corporate raider has made a bid for Adelaide Managed Funds Asset Banked Yield Trust, a managed investment scheme in wind-down mode. Mercantile Investments is offering 5.5 cents per share in the fund - for the 87% of units that it does not already ...

Instos reach tipping point on EM PE

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
Institutional investors have reached a 'tipping point' with regard to emerging markets private equity exposure, according to one manager. Tara Blackburn, managing director of US-based Hamilton Lane said institutional investors are now comfortable enough ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Getting exposure to global growth economies through proxy companies listed on developed world exchanges is old world thinking that has run its course, according Goldman Sachs. These growth markets include the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India  ...