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Micex IPO is an FX plan

Feb 5, 2013 6:30pm by beyondbrics
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By Ben Aris of bne

The management of Russia’s MICEX exchange arrived in London on Tuesday on a roadshow ahead of its IPO on Feburary 15. What they are selling is not just a stock exchange but a diversified business that is in many ways unique.

Widely seen as Russia’s leading stock exchange, MICEX is actually a unusually diversified business for an exchange, which means it has managed to earn steadily increasing profits that have been largely unaffected by the 2008 crisis, let alone the notorious volatility that plagues portfolio investors into Russian stocks. Continue reading »

Tags: , , Posted in Europe, Russia |

Nigeria could soon see IPO revival

Nov 5, 2012 3:20pm by Xan Rice
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A strong market rally and improved regulation could tempt up to 20 companies to list on the $54bn Nigerian Stock Exchange in 2013, according to its chief executive officer Oscar Onyema.

The NSE has struggled since a crash in 2008 wiped more than two-thirds off the value of the All-Share Index and damaged investor confidence. Since 2009 there have been only a handful of small listings, compared to 88 between 2006 and 2008.

But in the year to date, the All-Share Index is up 28 per cent – and so is corporate sentiment about coming to market. Continue reading »

Tags: , , Posted in Africa, Nigeria |

Russian equity: good to be free?

Aug 8, 2012 5:17pm by Andrew Bowman
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Who owns the Russian equity market and how does ownership affect company performance? A new research note from Troika Dialog sheds some light.

The short answer to the first question is, the state, which is the single largest player with 30 per cent of equity ownership. This compares with a free float of 27 per cent owned by institutional and private investors. The answer to the second question is a bit more complex. Continue reading »

Tags: , , , Posted in Europe, Russia |

Mexico v Brazil: stock market edition

Jul 17, 2012 9:43pm by Pan Kwan Yuk
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For all of you out there who can’t get enough of the Mexico versus Brazil debate, here’s something else to chew over: the diverging fortunes of the countries’ two stock markets.

Mexico’s benchmark IPC  index on Tuesday hit a record high for the third consecutive session while Brazil’s Bovespa continues to languish, having dropped 27 per cent since mid-March. Continue reading »

Tags: , , , , , , , , Posted in Brazil, LatAm, Mexico |

S Korea: the big ‘buy’

Jun 22, 2012 10:50am by Song Jung-a
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The toughest task in being an analyst in Korea seems to be to put a “sell” call on a stock. You have to be extremely brave to tell your clients to sell their shares in a company, according to Korean analysts.

The numbers bear that out. According to statistics from Korea Financial Investment Association, there was only one “sell” recommendation last year out of about 80,000 research reports. Analysts rated most Korean stocks they cover as a “buy,” issuing “buy” recommendations on more than 80 per cent of stocks. Continue reading »

Tags: , , Posted in Asia, South Korea |

Taiwan: tax plan prompts sell-off

Mar 29, 2012 8:55am by Robin Kwong
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If the Taiwan government needed any indication of how sensitive investors are to talk of a potential capital gains tax, it need look no further than the performance of the island’s shares on Thursday. The benchmark Taiex index fell by over 200 points in morning trading, the biggest fall since the beginning of this year, closing down 2 per cent at 7872.66. Continue reading »

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Elpida’s fall makes waves in Taiwan

Feb 29, 2012 4:35am by Robin Kwong
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It was not as if the bankruptcy of Japan’s Elpida, the world’s third-biggest D-ram chip maker, was totally unexpected. Yukio Sakamoto, its president, warned two weeks ago that debt talks with creditors had stalled.

Still, investors were shocked when it actually happened on Monday, and nowhere was this more apparent than in the Taiwan stock market, which only resumed trading on Wednesday after a four-day long weekend. Continue reading »

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Vietnam equities: attractive but tricky

Feb 23, 2012 8:09am by Ben Bland
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Like other frontier stock markets that took a beating in recent years such as Egypt and Hungary, Vietnam has rallied this year, up more than 25 per cent since early January.

While sceptics reckon this rally represents the triumph of hope over experience – what traders prefer to call a “dead-cat bounce” – Citi thinks differently, arguing in a 20-page note sent to clients this week that Vietnam “should form a core part of a frontier market portfolio.” Easier said than done? Continue reading »

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Russia: election fears fade – for now

Feb 21, 2012 3:58pm by Catherine Belton
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On the face of it, it looks like investors believe the risks associated with Russia’s wave of protests have already had their day.

Russia’s stock indexes have surged this year with the dollar-denominated RTS up 20 per cent and the rouble-based Micex up 11 per cent year to date. Both have recovered the steep 11 per cent losses they saw in December when unprecedented demonstrations spooked investors. Of course, the general recovery in global sentiment has helped – but it does seem that investors have stopped worrying so much about Russian political risk. Continue reading »

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Colombia: LatAm’s equity issue superstar

Jan 16, 2012 10:32pm by Naomi Mapstone
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Which Latin American market racked up the most equity offerings in the second half of 2011?

Not Brazil, the regional behometh, with seven deals worth $1.6bn, but Colombia, with seven fatter deals totaling $4.9bn, according to data compiled by Dealogic. Continue reading »

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Ma’s victory: plenty of work ahead

Jan 16, 2012 2:34am by Robin Kwong
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Investors looking for an immediate stock market bounce from Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou’s successful re-election might be a bit disappointed on Monday.

The benchmark Taiex index opened up 60 points, or nearly 1 per cent, on Monday morning to reach 7250 points, bucking a broadly down Asian market, but quickly fell back into negative territory. By mid-morning it was down by 60 points. Continue reading »

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Taiwan: Ma win should boost market

Jan 15, 2012 7:13pm by Stefan Wagstyl
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China and the US have welcomed Beijing-friendly Ma Ying-jeou’s re-election on Saturday as president of Taiwan. So should investors.

Taiwan business favoured the liberalising Ma in advance of the poll. So his clear victory – by 51.5 per cent against 46.5 per cent for Tsai Ing-Wen, the main opposition candidate – should be good news for the stock market. Continue reading »

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Taiwan’s stocks in pre-election boost

Jan 13, 2012 10:20am by Robin Kwong
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Has Taiwan’s stock market been benefiting from an election boost? Conventional wisdom suggests that, with a still-uncertain election outcome on Saturday, and continued storm clouds over the eurozone, investors should have been sticking to the sidelines until a clearer picture emerges.

But in fact the Taiwan stock exchange has been one of the best performers in Asia this year, rising 7.8 per cent since December 20 to close at 7181.54 on Friday, the last trading day before the vote on January 14. Continue reading »

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New first for Russia’s stock market: staying open for winter holidays

Jan 9, 2012 1:53pm by Charles Clover
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Russia’s winter holidays are a sacred ritual in Russia, two weeks starting at New Year’s eve when green bottles of Sovetskoe champagne become ubiquitous and the people go en masse to their dachas.

Government offices, banks, and most of the private sector completely shuts down. But this year there is an important exception: Moscow’s stock market has remained open in an effort to advertise its increasingly global ambitions. Continue reading »

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Asian capital markets: up and down

Dec 12, 2011 3:24pm by David Keohane
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Global markets have had a risk-off 2011 and Asia’s capital markets are no exception. Investors’ search for safe havens has left Asian markets in a muddled state with equity capital volumes slumping to lows not seen since 2009 while debt capital volumes hit record highs, according to data provider Dealogic. Continue reading »

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