[video] Good run for Asian equities
Flows into Asian equities, ex-Japan, have been strong this year and reversed net outflows for all of 2011. Lex’s Vincent Boland and Julia Grindell look at what’s behind the trend and any signs of...
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Welcome to KL, IPO-town
If you are a banker with a thin book of business in equity capital markets – which probably means most of you – try moving to Kuala Lumpur. Bankers in KL are enjoying a boom of breathtaking...
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ETFs in Asia: gathering steam
Exchange Traded Funds are on the march in Asia and a new listing this week in Hong Kong highlights two of the main trends investors can expect to see. Lippo Limited, the Hong Kong investment company of...
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Guest post: Asia’s north-south divide
By Benjamin Yeo of Barclays The performance of Asian equity markets has been fairly respectable this year, in view of the many headwinds investors have experienced. Asia delivered double-digit returns...
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South Koreans look to foreign stocks
South Korea’s stock market may be too small for the country’s increasingly globalised equity investors. Local brokerages say an increasing number of Koreans are turning their attention to foreign...
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Thai market comes of age with energy group’s $3bn rights issue
A $3bn equity issue is a big achievement for any company in the current financial enviroment. So it’s a tribute to PTT Exploration & Production, Thailand’s biggest oil and gas explorer, that the...
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Philippines stocks: Asia’s most expensive
Benigno Aquino, president of the Philippines, shared his father’s words of warning earlier this week in a speech marking the 20th anniversary of the Manila exchange: “Unless you’re a big boy, don’t...
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Thai IPOs: bumper year forecast
By any comparison, 2012 was a bumper year for new issues on the Thai stock market. Companies and property funds listing on Thailand’s bourse raised $1.8bn – the most since 2002. With stock prices...
View Article[video] Asean leads the world
The top emerging stock markets over the past two years were the Philippines and Thailand. Denise Law, director of financial research at the FT’s newly launched Asean Confidential service, discusses...
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Asian markets: the Nikkei in context
Once when Japan sneezed the rest of Asia caught pneumonia. But with the rise of China and the rest, Japan no longer looms so large in the economies of other Asian countries. The recent gyrations of the...
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Guest post: investors in Asia should look to developed markets
By Andrew Lloyd of Ellis Munro Asia is often considered a region where investors should focus the “growth” part of their portfolios. One attraction cited is the rise of the middle class and its impact...
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Book review: Five key EM insights to elucidate “the East”
“When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time”, US Army officer and Vietnam veteran Creighton Abrams once said. In his new book, The Rise of the New East, Ben Simpfendorfer does just that. His...
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US rate hike fears overdone in emerging markets
By Marios Maratheftis, Standard Chartered Bank How worried should you be when the US Federal Reserve goes ahead with its first interest rate hike? After all, following years of close to zero policy...
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