Unilever share price drops on weak emerging markets and food sales growth July 24, 2014 Challenging markets in the first half of the year have seen Unilever sales growth come in soft, despite launching a number of recent product launches. The addition of the Ben & Jerry's Core ice cream range, and innovations in compressed deoderants and oral hygiene ranges haven't been enough to generate the sales growth analysts were [...]
Terry Smith raises £193m for emerging markets trust fund June 24, 2014 CITY fund manager Terry Smith, the outspoken chief executive of Tullett Prebon, yesterday saw his new investment trust raise over £190m. Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust, which will buy stock in companies based in emerging markets like China and Brazil, raised £192.9m in total. Shares start trading tomorrow. The launch builds on Smith’s other fund, the [...]
The emerging market comeback: Why investors are buying again June 24, 2014 Short-term volatility is likely, but the developing world offers some enticing valuations It’s been a difficult few years for emerging market equity investors. Even before the recent “taper tantrum”, which saw the “fragile five” economies of India, South Africa, Turkey, Brazil and Indonesia hit with enormous capital outflows as the Federal Reserve began to wind [...]
Emerging market slowdown to hit global economy’s prospects May 14, 2014 GROWTH is slowing down in Russia, Asia and South America, economists at the Ifo Institute warned yesterday. The economic climate index slowed from 103.2 in the first quarter to 102.3 in the second quarter, a firm slowdown which brings the outlook closer to its long-term average level of 95.5. Much of the developed world accelerated in [...]
Emerging markets now make up more than half the world economy (and no one noticed) May 8, 2014 Emerging markets now make up more than 50 per cent of the world’s GDP – a fact many missed this week, and Ashmore’s head of research Jan Dehn flags up today. A lot of people paid attention to the fact that China is about to surpass the US as the world’s biggest economy (by [...]
G4S emerging markets unit boosts growth May 7, 2014 OUTSOURCING firm G4S showed it has begun to rise from the ashes of last year’s scandals yesterday, posting strong revenue growth in emerging markets. The FTSE 100 company, which agreed to repay £108.9m to the UK government in March after overcharging on a criminal-tagging contract, said revenues had grown by 4.8 per cent in the [...]
Aberdeen hit by weak emerging market flows May 6, 2014 ABERDEEN Asset Management, Europe’s largest independent fund house, yesterday reported a dip in revenues and profits as investors shunned its flagship emerging market products. The group, listed on the FTSE 100, said revenues fell two per cent and underlying pre-tax profits three per cent for the six months ending March after investors pulled about £8.8bn [...]
British American Tobacco sees volumes fall despite emerging market growth April 30, 2014 British American Tobacco (BAT) has reported a fall in revenue of 12 per cent at current rates of exchange for the three months ended 31 March. The decline in revenue was attributed to lower volume and the timing of price increases. The tobacco giant's cigarette volume from subsidiaries declined by one per cent 158bn, with [...]
Brits refuse to ditch emerging market stocks April 29, 2014 BRITISH investors are staying loyal to emerging markets despite billions of dollars being pulled from the troubled regions last year, according to a poll. Just nine per cent of UK shareholders said they had rotated away from emerging markets, despite share price performance lagging the rest of the world by 30 per cent last year. [...]
Decline in emerging markets slows Unilever sales growth April 24, 2014 Consumer goods giant Unilever has reported underlying sales growth of 3.6 per cent, with emerging markets rising by 6.6 per cent for the first quarter of 2014. However, market growth continued to decline in the emerging economies of South and South East Asia, while developed markets remained relatively fragile despite some improvement in southern Europe. [...]