GAFM Articles

Risk aversion rising (July 2011) | Markets
by Michael Preiss

Recent equity market weakness seems to have caught some investors by surprise. The end of QE2 on June 30, as outlined in a previous column here, has significant implications for global financial ma ...[ Read More ]

No longer a nation in waiting (March 2011) | Markets
by Michael Preiss

The time for Indonesia has finally arrived and investors increasingly seem to take notice

INDONESIA is the world's sixth best performing stock market year to date, with about 30 pe ...[ Read More ]

MONGOLIA: OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FINAL FRONTIER (January 2011) | Markets
by Michael Preiss

THE COMMENT MARKETS 101

MONGOLIA: OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FINAL FRONTIER

Still a byword for remote obscurity, the central Asian is also the most promising emerging market in ...[ Read More ]

Gulf ـ Africa: Time to Forge a Powerful New Economic Relationship (May 2009) | Markets
by Michael Preiss

2008 was one of the most traumatic years for the world economy on record. The first half of 2008 could not have been better for Africa, as African stock markets boomed to be the best performing equity class in the world ـ oil and commodity prices were at record levels. ...[ Read More ]

The US compensation battle (February 2009) | Markets
by Martin Davies

The latest musings on the credit crisis or perhaps the outcome of the event (one single occasion is usually driven by many causal factors), is corporate compensation. ...[ Read More ]