Entries for the ‘Financials’ Category
Fri Mar 5, 2010 17:25 UTC |
In this week’s podcast Mark Schaltuper (Head of Latin America Analysis) and Terry Alexander (Head of Country Risk and Financial Markets) discuss the return of risk appetite to global markets. Assessing recent moves and a stronger-than-expected bounce in developed markets’ equities, we explore potential opportunities and the implications for emerging markets.

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Tags: Dow Jones, emerging markets, equity rally, GBP, Ghana, INR, JPY, korea, KRW, Market Sentiment, mexico, MXN, Nigeria, peso, Risk Appetite, rupee, USD, won, yen
Posted in: Currencies, Equities, Financials, General, Podcast, US
Thu Mar 4, 2010 17:39 UTC |
Having just returned from my latest business trip to Dubai, I have to report that confidence in general remains very subdued. For sheer tragic parade-raining, bubble-bursting symbolism, you can’t beat the Burj Khalifa tower (renamed at the last minute to appease the neighbours and then closed soon after opening for ‘technical reasons’ – for three [Read more...]
Tags: Burj Khalifa, Dubai, Dubai World, Economy, Gulfood, population
Posted in: Emerging Europe, Equities, Financials, General, Middle East
Wed Mar 3, 2010 17:23 UTC |
With bad news out of Greece and other southern eurozone states casting a long shadow over much of Europe in recent months, finding relative value has become more difficult. Certainly, equities and currencies do not offer the same buying opportunities that they did during the Q209-Q309 rally.
However, a weak growth outlook on the back of [Read more...]
Tags: Czech Republic, Greece, interest rates, treasuries
Posted in: Emerging Europe, Financials, Inflation/Deflation
Mon Feb 22, 2010 16:51 UTC |
For all the doom and gloom surrounding European markets on the back of the Greek sovereign crisis and concomitant sell-off in euro and sterling, emerging market currencies in the region still look bid. Traditionally, when EUR/US$ has weakened, so too have benchmark central European cross rates such as PLN/EUR and CZK/EUR. However, this correlation has [Read more...]
Tags: CEE, Currencies, Czech koruna, Emerging Europe, euro, Greece, Polish zloty, Russian rouble
Posted in: Currencies, Emerging Europe, Eurozone, Financials, General, Inflation/Deflation, UK
Wed Feb 17, 2010 16:29 UTC |
In 2009, companies around the world raised US$892bn in initial public offerings (IPOs), which was 41% higher than in 2008.
Of that amount, a sizeable US$314bn was raised in Q4 2009, creating the impression that the year-end momentum would likely spill over into the new year. Indeed, a variety of banks and analysts produced bullish [Read more...]
Tags: 2008, 2009, 2010, Asia, China, Initial public offerings, IPOs, private equity
Posted in: Asia, China, Equities, Financials, General
Thu Feb 11, 2010 13:53 UTC |
On this week’s podcast, Business Monitor Chief Economist Tim Cooper, Head of Europe Analysis Justin Patrie and Senior Europe Analyst Bruce Jeffery discuss European investment strategy on the back of the Greek fiscal crisis and news of an EU support package for Athens. In addition to providing analysis on the most recent market developments in [Read more...]

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Tags: bail out, Default, EU, Eurozone, financial markets, Greece, sovereign
Posted in: Emerging Europe, Equities, Eurozone, Financials, General, Geopolitics, Inflation/Deflation, Podcast
Wed Feb 3, 2010 15:01 UTC |
There are growing indications that the Iranian banking system is in crisis, weighed down by a proliferation of non-performing loans. Although there is no timely financial reporting to speak of in Iran, a number of recent news stories suggest to me that the country’s banks are in a great deal of trouble.
Central Bank of [Read more...]
Tags: banking sector, crisis, Economy, financial stability, Iran
Posted in: Financials, General, Middle East, Political Risk