Saudi Arabia, Qatar and South Korea. Should they outperform the BRICs?

BlackRock Emerging Markets co-manager Dan Tubbs thinks so.  In an interview to London based CITYWIRE, he says ” investors may be missing a trick in failing to look further than the big four in emerging markets.  Spotting undiscovered markets is a tomb rule for high investment performance.But what are the risks involved? Tubbs has aContinue reading “Saudi Arabia, Qatar and South Korea. Should they outperform the BRICs?”

Billionaire investor Sam Zell to invest in Brazilian real estate

May 20 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire investor Sam Zell’s Equity International is seeking to raise about $500 million to step up investment in Brazilian real estate, betting interest rate increases will fail to stem demand as the economy grows at the fastest pace in two decades. The firm will invest as much as two-thirds of theContinue reading “Billionaire investor Sam Zell to invest in Brazilian real estate”

Companies say they must be in Brazil

(Reuters) – Multinationals seeking advice on entering Latin America’s largest economy are telling global business consultants Bain & Company that “they have to be in Brazil,” partner Pedro Cordeiro said on Thursday. Speaking at the Latin American Investment Summit from the Sao Paulo office of Reuters, Cordeiro said that not only oil majors were keenContinue reading “Companies say they must be in Brazil”

Petrobras expands European connections

Petrobras made two partnership announcements in the past 3 days, in Portugal with Galp Energia and in Brazil, with French Tereos International. The Brazilian petroleum company will partner with Galp Energia to produce biodiesel (green-diesel) in Portugal. Production in that country should be around 250 000 tonnes / year, by 2015. At the same time,Continue reading “Petrobras expands European connections”

Chinese company Gigabyte to invest 30 million dollars in Brazil

Brazil is the country that will receive the third largest investment from Chinese manufacturer of motherboards, Gigabyte. Over the next three years, the company will ship 30 million dollars here, much more than the 10 million invested over the past 10 years. After Taiwan and China, the country is the market with greatest potential forContinue reading “Chinese company Gigabyte to invest 30 million dollars in Brazil”

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