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The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... perfect storm! You could have a collapse of the eurozone, a US double-dip, hard-landing of China, hard-landing of emerging markets, and a war in the Middle East. Next year could be a global perfect storm." Or yesterday's warning by PIMCO CEO, Mohamed ...

ACCI calls for right to sue foreign govs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... Trade Agreements. Peter Anderson, chief executive of the ACCI said investors will be put off opportunities in emerging markets without secure legal frameworks with enforceable rights. "The recent focus on in-bound foreign investment must not overshadow ...

Vision for the future

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... investments, he encouraged more should go offshore. "Ideally, fund managers should become less timid about looking at emerging markets, because in five years' time, what we call emerging markets will become emerged markets." The sector can also provide ...

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 ...

Julius Baer, BOC in private wealth JV

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... region, with that number expected to more than double by 2015. Boris Collardi, chief executive of Julius Baer said emerging markets, which currently account for around a third of the company's assets under management, were likely to make up more than ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... producers and food companies. This would find their way into consumers' grocery baskets. That means rising inflation. Emerging markets would be more affected because of the greater allocation of food - 40% to 60% -- on their household budgets. Apart ...

Digging dirt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... year. Wait there's more. Along with its growth prediction reduction early last week, the IMF also warned that emerging markets' productive capacity may be lower than previously thought and future growth could disappoint. No, don't go yet. We have more. ...

Chinese pension fund awards global mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... to Dow Jones. Standish Investment Management and Stone Harbor Investment Partners were awarded management of emerging markets and debt products. Canadian investment firm AGF Management Ltd., Investec Ltd, JP Morgan and RBC Global Asset Management will ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... comparison, the US will continue its slide from 32% in 2010 to 23% over the same period. Referring to these markets as emerging markets is not appropriate thinking and it's why GSAM refers to them as "growth economies". "It's not enough to be exposed ...

Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... in a bad place. There's the still unresolved crisis in Europe, global growth (including the formerly resilient emerging markets) is slowing, there's the fiscal cliff, still high unemployment in the US, a rising one in Europe, central bank policy accommodation ...