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More to emerging markets than Asia

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... present some of the best investment opportunities. Fidelity has a US$1.6bn EMEA fund, 45 per cent of which is allocated in African stocks, a continent still frequently ignored in favour of increasingly crowded Asian markets. "What you see in our GEM ...

Mystery surrounds sovereign fund billions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... report from Preqin said the Libyan Investment Authority had been able to invest more freely after sanctions on the north African dictatorship were eased in recent years. The fund controls an estimated $70 billion in total assets. Clare Bowden, an analyst ...

Riots turn fund managers to risk review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... mining conference last year that over 170 Australian mining companies were involved in nearly 500 projects through about 40 African countries. Some are chasing mineral wealth in high-risk countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... desert in their bid to topple dictatorial regimes. Concerns about oil will flare up again because the Middle East and North African turmoil is still unfolding. But while, I admit, that this is a potential threat to the US economy, it would not derail ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... There's geopolitical risk. Oil prices have spiked on worries of disruption to oil supplies because of the MidEast and North African political unrest. The outlook for global growth depends on how long and how far the price of crude remains high. If it ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... particularly in its former colonial overlord Italy -- a top foreign investor in Libya and a country in which the North African state has also invested billions. Libya's sovereign wealth fund and veteran ruler Moamer Kadhafi's family own stakes in Italy's ...

China inflation fears overplayed

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... is the growing importance of domestic consumption in Asia," he said. Series said that 8IP, which is part owned by South African insurance giant Sanlam, had grown its funds under management to $160 billion, and was experiencing solid inflows from its ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... Choong Soo said today that measures to mitigate capital flows could be "useful." Hours later, the rand dropped as South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said his government will use part of higher-than-expected tax revenue to build foreign reserves ...

African dev't needs private equity: Mobius

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... Morocco are also presenting interesting investment opportunities but liquidity is still a concern, he said. Mobius said African governments must quash corruption and develop a predictable set of rules that investors can depend on for these markets to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... also will speak at a business lunch. Gindalbie Metals Ltd holds a shareholder and investor roadshow in Brisbane. West African Resources Ltd is scheduled to list on the Australian Securities Exchange. The 2010 Annual Stockbrokers Conference in Melbourne ...