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 | Rising Income Signals Rising Retail Growth in Northeast BrazilWith average per capita income growing 7.5 percent a year, and with lower interest rates and inflation under control, Brazilians in the northeast are shopping, buying such appliances as TV sets for the first time. |  | Brazil's Northeast Experiencing Housing BoomThe Brazilian government will build 340,000 homes in the northeast -- a region that accounts for 34 percent of the national housing deficit but is developing at an unparalleled pace. Reuters Correspondent Laura Cassano reports. |  | Brazil's New World of MicrofinanceReuters Correspondent Laura Cassano talks to entrepreneurs in Brazil's northeast, who are benefiting from Latin America's largest microfinance program, Crediamigo, with new loans growing 40 percent annually. |  | Brazil Aims to Become World's Fifth Largest Economy by 2040Even though Brazilian leaders differ on how to make the nation one of the top five global economies, they agree that lack of infrastructure is its biggest hurdle, says Reuters Correspondent Laura Cassano. |  | Estonia Euro Entry Seen Boosting InvestmentEstonian stocks present good opportunities while Estonia's expected entry into the euro zone is likely to result in additional investment in this small Baltic country, says correspondent Kiryl Sukhotski, who met leading Estonian business figures. |  | Skype Brings Internet Revolution to EstoniaThe global success of Skype, which was created in Estonia, has sparked an Internet boom in this Baltic country where hundreds of new IT start-ups vie amid plenty of investment opportunities. | |
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 | Nigeria Seen Letting Currency Gain to Fight InflationNigerian authorities will let the currency appreciate to ward off inflation, says Razia Khan, an analyst with Standard Charter Bank. |  | Short the Colombia Peso, Buy It Later, Says Emerging Market AnalystAfter a super-caffeinated rally in the Colombian Peso, RBC emerging market analyst Paul Biszko offers a strategy going forward. |  | Fund Manager Calls Ghana Good Bet on Currency, DebtGhana’s economy is expected to more than double next year because of new oil revenues. John Peta has put 4 percent of his emerging market local debt fund into Ghana, expecting the currency and debt value to rise as oil exports come on line. |  | Index Funds, Weighed by Risk, Defy Frontier BuzzComparatively weaker risk-adjusted returns mean frontier markets face a tough job luring index investors away from emerging or developed markets, according to Reuters Cross Markets Analyst Simon Smith. |  | Long-Run Growth Likely for Africa Index, But Liquidity a RiskReuters Equities Analyst John Kozey looks at the Africa Index ETF (AFK) and finds the good news is growth and long-run value, but the bad news is low liquidity. |  | A Frontier ETF With a Stronger Outlook Than the S&P 500Reuters Equities Analyst John Kozey analyzes the Claymore BNY Mellon Frontier Markets ETF and finds some promise, based on StarMine fundamentals for the ETF. It has a better two-year growth outlook than the S&P 500. | |
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The Best Way To Invest In Frontier MarketsIt's one of my resolutions this year to look more closely at frontier markets, a loose term for emerging economies that are not in the first rank alongside the familiar BRICs. And their positive fundamentals ...Advance Frontier Mrk - Net Asset Value(s) Advance Frontier Markets Fund Limited ("the Company") announces that its unaudited Net Asset Value as at the close of business on 20 January 2012 was USD 0.7342 per share (Sterling equivalent ...BMO's Lloyd George Management Announces Three New Appointments for Frontier Markets Equity TeamLONDON, UNITED KINGDOM and CHICAGO, ILLINOIS and TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - Editors note: There are four photos associated with this press release.Lloyd George Management , a member of BMO Global Asset Management, ...Advance Frontier Mrk - Appointment of Non-Executive Director Advance Frontier Markets Fund Ltd Appointment of non-executive director The Board of Advance Frontier Markets Fund Ltd ("the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr John Whittle ...Investors Clinic: Stuart Culverhouse on Frontier MarketsThe third in a special series of CNBC investors’ clinics, Stuart Culverhouse, chief economist at frontier market investment bank Exotix, will be answering your questions on the opportunities in frontier market investment on Tuesday 31 January.Fund managers see Africa as next investment hotspot: survey(Reuters) - Global institutional investors plan to boost their asset allocation in African markets over the next five years, and are shifting to long-term investment strategies from more speculative, short-term bets, a survey showed. Africa's frontier markets -- the smallest, less developed and less liquid among emerging economies -- will offer the best overall prospects for investment growth in ...Bank of the West Wealth Management Favors Large-Cap Dividend Stocks, Frontier Markets and Municipal Bonds for 2012 ...Bank of the West’s Wealth Management Group today released its 2012 investment outlook, recommending portfolio overweighting in U.S. large capitalization dividend paying equities and emerging and frontier markets.Are these the new Brics?As growth in the emerging giants begins to slow, frontier markets present new opportunities.MARK MOBIUS: Invest In Frontier Markets Before They Grow Into Emerging MarketsWhile emerging markets were considered a niche or “exotic” investment when I started investing in the late 1980s, many investors are now familiar with them and I’m seeing more and more investors turning to emerging markets as a way to diversify their portfolios.Sarona Asset Management makes several new commitmentsSarona Asset Management makes several new commitments |
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 | Bosnian President Sees Foreign Investment Interest in EnergyHaris Silajdzic, Chairman of the presidency of Bosnia Herzegovina, talks about economic reform plans in Bosnia and the lack of infrastructure. Silajdzic says Bosnia, with low debt, will not feel much impact from the European debt crisis. |  | Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Seeks Stronger Relations with U.S.Sri Lanka's minister of foreign affairs, G.L. Peiris, talks to Reuters following his meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on bi-lateral and regional issues including trade and human rights. |  | Nobel Laureate Says Microfinance Can Help Build Frontier SocietiesMuhammad Yunus, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in microfinance, says frontier markets can use microfinance to aid their development. |  | Morgan Stanley Fund Head Likes Bangladesh, Shuns VietnamTim Drinkall, portfolio manager for Morgan Stanley’s Frontier Emerging Markets Fund, says Bangladesh, which was recently added to the MSCI Frontier Index, offers attractive potential returns for frontier market investors. | | Frontier Markets Not Correlating to Overall Volatility, Morgan Stanley Fund Chief SaysTim Drinkall, fund manager for the Morgan Stanley Frontier Emerging Markets Fund, says despite recent volatility in developed and emerging equity markets, frontier markets have yet to follow suit.
|  | Asset Manager Silk Seeks Lucrative Frontier RoutesCEO Zin Bekkali of UK-based asset management firm Silk Invest outlines key investment strategies for tapping frontier markets both in Africa and the Gulf. | |
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| World BankLink to the World Bank's website with its latest projects and country analyses. |
| Silk Invest Blog Blog of Silk Invest, a specialist investment manager focused on Africa and the Middle East. |
| The Kaufmann PostBlog of Daniel Kaufmann, senior scholar at the Brookings Institution and former director of global governance and anti-corruption at the World Bank Institute, covering corruption and governance issues. |
| Silicon Dragon Blog Blog of Rebecca Fannin, author of “Silicon Dragon” and columnist and contributor to Forbes, on venture capital issues in Silicon Valley and Asia. |
| International Monetary FundLink to the International Monetary Fund and organization of 186 countries which provides country-by-country economic analysis of global economies. |
| IMF Data Mapper Plot, compare and import data from countries and regions tracked by the International Monetary Fund. |
| World Bank Data Visualizer Plot time-series graphics using the World Bank’s Data Visualizer based on the World Bank’s 49 development indicators from over 200 countries. |
| Transparency InternationalTransparency International tracks global corruption and publishes an annual ranking of corrupt countries, the Corruption Perception Index. |
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