Money Manager Looks to Africa for Fast-growing Economies Reply

Africa's growing consumer class is attracting the attention of investors

Africa’s growing consumer class is attracting the attention of investors

Reposted from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Kathleen Gallagher

To find a large number of the world’s fastest-growing economies, investors must look past Asia and South America to a less likely place: Africa.

In the United States, when a consumer buys a new car, it’s often a replacement for an older car, said Robert J. Bukowski, managing director at Alpha Investment Consulting Group in Milwaukee.

“In Africa, they’re buying their first washing machine ever, and their first car, and installing their first bathroom. That’s truly real growth,” he said. More…

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Berkeley’s professor Peter Goodson studied the PE investments in Vietnam.

Berkeley’s professor Peter Goodson studied the PE investments in Vietnam.

Reposted from Vietnam Investment Review

Haas School of Business at the US’ University of California Berkeley, has been studying the role of private equity (PE) investment in emerging markets. The specific case study is MobileWorld, a leading Vietnamese company in the mobile devices and home electronics/appliances sectors with PE backing from Mekong Capital. Berkeley’s professor Peter Goodson discussed the study with VIR. More…

Braving the Frontier Markets Reply

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Reposted from Barron’s
By Ben Levisohn

The frontier markets are the new emerging markets, and for investors comfortable with the risks, countries such as Argentina, Bangladesh and Botswana can offer some pretty impressive returns. But about those risks…

Frontier markets are surging this year. Investors, however, should think twice before plunging headlong into stocks from countries as far-flung as Argentina, Bangladesh, Botswana, Slovakia, and Sri Lanka. More…

The World Bank’s IFC Investment Arm In Emerging And Frontier Markets: What We Can Learn Reply

bus1newReposted from Seeking Alpha
By Jon Springer

Ralph Keitel works as Principal Investment Officer for the International Finance Corporation [IFC] of the World Bank Group, which concentrates on the private sector. I had the opportunity to meet Ralph at the Syneidesis Group conference in early December 2012 and listen to him present about the IFC’s case for investing in Emerging (and Frontier) markets. The World Bank’s Antoine van Agtamel is credited with coining “Emerging Markets” in the 1980s while the IFC’s Farida Khambata is credited with coining the term “Frontier Markets” (as a subset of Emerging Markets) in the early 1990s. More…

Time for Frontier Markets is Now, HSBC Says Reply

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Reposted from Barron’s
By Ben Levisohn

Frontier markets have gotten off to a quick start this year. And HSBC strategists John Lomax and Wietse Nijenhuis expect the outperformance to continue.

The MSCI Frontier Markets Total Return Index has gained 5.4% this year, compared to a 2% gain for the MSCI Emerging Markets Total Return Index. That’s after trailing emerging markets from the beginning of 2009 through the end of 2012. More…

Mongolia Defends Draft Mining Law Branded as Bad for Investment Reply

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Reposted from Bloomberg News
By Michael Kohn

Mongolian officials held a briefing yesterday to defend proposed changes to a mining law that the country’s biggest business association says would deter investment.

Puntsag Tsagaan, the mineral policy adviser to President Tsakhia Elbegdorj who led the legislation’s drafting, said the proposed law would strengthen the economy, better protect the environment and ensure Mongolians benefit from the country’s mining boom, according to James Liotta, a partner at Mahoney Liotta LLC, More…

Ethiopia Set To Join WTO By 2014 Reply

Ethiopia is working to gain accession to the WTO by 2014

Ethiopia is working to gain accession to the WTO by 2014


Reposted from Ventures Africa

Ethiopia may be eligible to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by 2014, according to officials at the organisation.

The announcement that the country may be able to join the WTO within the next two years was made by Pascal Lamy, out-going Director General of the organisation while visiting Ethiopia to hold talks on the potential WTO membership. More…

Mobius on Emerging, Frontier Markets, Commodities (video) Reply

Mark Mobius
Reposted from Bloomberg

Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, talks about global emerging and frontier markets, commodities and his investment strategy. He also discusses the prospects for the U.S. economy and the debt ceiling negotiations. He spoke from Kuala Lumpur with Bloomberg Television’s Susan Li yesterday. More…

Q&A with Mark Mobius: Frontier markets in 2013 Reply

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Reposted from the Dow Jones Financial News
By David Thomas

The executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group spoke to Financial News about the prospects for frontier market investing in 2013, and shared his advice for aspiring fund managers.

FN talked with Mobius, regarded as one of the foremost emerging markets investors after a career of more than 40 years, during his latest visit to Africa. Mobius discussed his visit to Egypt, currently undergoing a stormy political transition which has sparked investor unease, and the wider growth narrative in the region. More…

Q&A with Mark Mobius: Frontier markets in 2013 Reply

Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group

Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group

Reposted from Financial News
By David Thomas

The executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group spoke to Financial News about the prospects for frontier market investing in 2013, and shared his advice for aspiring fund managers.

FN talked with Mobius, regarded as one of the foremost emerging markets investors after a career of more than 40 years, during his latest visit to Africa. Mobius discussed his visit to Egypt, currently undergoing a stormy political transition which has sparked investor unease, and the wider growth narrative in the region. More…