FTAdviser latest:UBS gears up for ME investments

Story by: Jim Robinson, Investment Adviser

UBS Global Asset Management will form a 50-50 joint venture with MerchantBridge to develop a series of private-equity investment strategies focused on the Middle East.

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 24.11.2008
  • Published in: Investments

UBS forms joint venture with MerchantBridge

UBS Global Asset Management will form a 50-50 joint venture with MerchantBridge to develop a series of private-equity investment strategies focused on the Middle East.

  • Date published: 17.11.2008

S&P lowers outlook for South Africa

Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has revised its outlook for South Africa from “stable” to “negative” due to continued pressure on the country’s balance of payments.

  • Date published: 17.11.2008

Managers support decoupling strategies

A raft of fund managers are still clinging to the notion that emerging economies are immune from the ravages of a global banking meltdown in western countries, according to an S&P Fund Services report.

  • Date published: 10.11.2008

Sarasin rolls out Dubai manager

The Sarasin Group is extending its asset management reach by creating a new Dubai-based fund manager called Sarasin-Alpen & Partners.

  • Date published: 03.11.2008

Franklin Templeton launches four new funds

Franklin Templeton Investments has launched four new SICAV funds after receiving verbal approval from the CSSF.

  • Date published: 21.10.2008

Aviva Investors launched after months of restructuring

A radical change, not simply rebranding claims Aviva Investors' chief executive

  • Date published: 06.10.2008

New Star's Webster urges a return to traditional investing

Manager says he is stunned more investors are not diversifying despite continuing volatility

  • Date published: 06.10.2008

Barings points to change in drivers for emerging markets

Emerging markets are undergoing a significant change in the fundamental drivers determining their economies, according to Baring Asset Management.

  • Date published: 29.09.2008

Investors concerned in wake of South African president's departure

Mbeki's removal by deputy Zuma sends jitters through South African economy and sees rand fall by huge margin

  • Date published: 29.09.2008

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MSCI index neglects booming Brics

Benchmark reflects global market capitalisation, but not existing global growth opportunities

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 27.10.2008

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  • Date published: 01.10.2008

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The exploration of Africa

Having long been viewed as being risky and inaccessible, Africa is starting to become more popular with investors

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  • Date published: 29.09.2008

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