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Frontier and Rogerscasey form research alliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... expand to a maximum of six members with additional firms in South America, Europe and the UK, Asia, and the Middle East/Africa. Alliance members will be independent firms operating in defined geographic areas, and focused on delivering customised solutions ...

Instos turning to indexing strats for alternatives

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... increased interest in alternative indexes," said John Krieg, managing director of asset management, Europe, Middle East and Africa for Northern Trust. The investment manager's managing director of global index equity, Chad Rakvin, added: "Alternative ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... costs. Mr Shamu said investors were buoyed by the fact that Ten was clearing its debt and re-aligning itself for the future. Africa-focused miner Sundance Resources plunged 11.2 cents, or 53.33 per cent, to 9.8 cents after coming out of a three-week ...

ESG risks can wipe $21.4bn off sharemarket: study

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... operating costs. McCullagh highlighted the fact that regulatory risk is an issue when investing in difficult regimes in Africa, but added that the risk also exists in Australia. "It was a surprise that some people weren't taking into account risks that ...

South Africa leads foreign investment in the continent

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
South Africa has received the largest share of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the African continent, with the figure rising more than five-fold from $1.2 billion in 2010 to $6.4 billion in 2012. The figures came from the 'Global Investment Trends ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... easy for the Eurozone to cut off the tiny island - geographically it's closer to the Middle East, central Asia and even Africa (I just had a look this morning on Google Maps) - but it has now replaced Greece as the weakest link. And don't you ever think ...

Frontier markets poised for strong 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... spending [which is likely] to be structurally negative for some large emerging markets including Brazil, Russia and South Africa." While risks posed by poor liquidity, political uncertainty and monetary crises are more likely in frontier markets, HSBC ...

CFP ranks to top 150,000 in 2013

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... territory to 18,548. The top three were followed by strong CFP professional growth from FPSB member organisations in South Africa, Hong Kong, the Republic of Korea, Brazil and India, showing the increased impact growth markets are having in establishing ...

GFG Group partners with Attra to boost payment service

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... high-quality but more affordable payment solutions is growing. Southeast Asia (including Myanmar and Vietnam), the Middle East and Africa have already been singled out as target markets.

Mobile payment market primed for innovation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... grow by an average of 42% annually to reach US$617 billion by 2016. Most of this growth is predicted to come from Asia and Africa where traditional cashless payment methods such as credit and debit cards are less entrenched. According to Credit Suisse ...