Emerging & Frontier Markets
Editor’s letter : Mature, but not grown up
In our cover story this month, we investigate the idea that this could be Asias big breakout year...
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Chinas Biggest Drugstore Lists Adrs
NEWS China Nepstar Chain Drugstore, already the largest drugstore in China based on the number of directly operated outlets, plans to vastly increase its size with the proceeds of its initial public offering of American depositary receipts ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Frontier Market Indexes Planned
DR NEWS New York-based MSCI Barra, which is majority-owned by Morgan Stanley, plans to introduce a family of benchmark indexes next month covering 19 “frontier market” countries. Institutional investors want to look beyond existing developed and emerging ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Funds Make Hay In Frothy Market
BRAZIL The good times roll: Brazil's economy provides plenty of reasons to celebrate. Brazil-focused hedge funds continued to outperform other emerging market funds, producing an average 5.11% return in October, for a hefty 29.47% year-to-date (YTD) gain. ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Panama And Its Airline Enjoy Boom
COMPANY TO WATCH: COPA HOLDINGS/PANAMA Panama, a natural transportation hub with its famous canal, has become an air-transport center for the Americas, thanks to its national flag carrier, Copa Airlines. The fast-growing airline with a young fleet ...
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Emerging Markets : Plus Ça Change…
RUSSIA Putin: Backing his friend Dmitry Medvedev's election bid. As widely anticipated, Russian president Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won the country’s parliamentary elections on December 2, with 63% of the vote. In the weeks running up ...
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Emerging Markets : Road Spending Moves Into A Higher Gear
INDIA Hold-up: Aging roads are hindering Indias growth. Twenty leading global and Indian infrastructure construction companies are bidding for the contract to build a $10 billion eight-lane expressway in the northern Indian state of Uttar ...
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Emerging Markets : Tensions Rise With The United States
CHINA Hong Kong: Focus of tension with the US. China stoked military tension with the United States by denying entry to a number of US naval vessels looking to dock in Hong Kong. In the most publicized ...
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Features : A Mission To India
HEALTHCARE CHARITY Global Finance charity partner Amrit Davaa spent two weeks in India providing healthcare to children at a remote orphanage and to locals. Editor Dan Keeler accompanied the medical team on its mission. Dr Becki Giusti checks ...
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Milestones : China Faces Growing Skills Shortage
CHINA Filling up: China’s consumers may face shortages soon. While the Chinese horoscope attributes such auspicious qualities as intelligence, charisma and compassion to those born in the Year of the Rat, which begins on February 7, ...
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Emerging Markets : Bovespa Enjoys Ipo Bonanza
BRAZIL São Paulo stock exchange Bovespa Holding, which owns the São Paulo stock exchange, raised nearly $3.7 billion in an IPO that ranks as Latin America’s largest offering this year. Bovespa sold 250 million shares on October 26, ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Petrochina Ipo Spurs Shanghai Stock Surge
GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS PetroChina, China’s largest oil and gas producer, added fuel to the fire of Shanghai’s overheated stock market last month with its initial public offering on the mainland. The company’s A-shares surged 163% in their $8.9 billion ...