Christopher Palmer

SouFun Tops ADR Plunge on New Property Measures: China Overnight

Chinese equities fell in New York for the first time in a week, led by property companies, on concern government steps to intensify a three-year effort to tame the real estate market will damp an economic rebound.

BRICs Fall From Google Favor as Searches Drop With Brazil

The BRICs are falling off the investment map.

Emerging ETF Declines as Hungary to Brazil Stocks Slide

The exchange-traded fund tracking developing-nation shares slipped for the first time in three days, as Hungarian lenders tumbled and Brazil’s benchmark index fell to an 11-day low.

Gartmore’s Palmer Says Egypt ‘Preferred’ Market in MENA Region

Christopher Palmer, who manages $6 billion as head of global emerging markets at Gartmore Investment Management Ltd. in London, comments on demonstrations in Egypt. He spoke in a telephone interview on Feb. 2.

Mexico Shoving Companies Like OGX From Top 500: Corporate Brazil

Brazil is losing to Mexico in the ranking of the world’s 500 most-valuable companies as economic growth falters in the South American country and President Dilma Rousseff’s interventionist policies erode investor confidence.

Investors See Petrobras Peril of Ignoring BP Oil Drilling Spill

Lucia Rodriguez Ilaria figured it would be easy to get a big crowd together in Brazil’s largest city to demonstrate against BP Plc, the company responsible for the largest oil spill in U.S. history. The June 12 event in Sao Paulo was part of Worldwide Protest BP Day, an event organized in 52 cities across five continents that aimed to start a boycott of BP products. About 350,000 people signed on for the protest on Facebook.

Rio Gains on Sao Paulo as Funds Seek `Sexiest' Beaches, Batista

Gartmore Investment Management Ltd.’s Christopher Palmer needed only a day in Rio de Janeiro to scout for investment opportunities while visiting Brazil six years ago. Now half a week in the city isn’t enough.

Compartamos Draws Gartmore on Mexico's Rebound as UBS Projects 22% Rally

Banco Compartamos SA, the largest Mexican lender to the working poor, is attracting investors from Templeton Asset Management to Gartmore Investment Management as loan growth accelerates and the company seeks to expand abroad.

Emerging Stocks Rise as Volatility Hits 2004 Low on China

Emerging-market stocks advanced for a fourth day, with price swings in the benchmark index falling to an eight-year low, as a gauge of Chinese manufacturing climbed and Israel agreed to a cease-fire with Hamas.

Mexico Boom Obscures Harm Done to Small Firms by Drug Warfare

Victor Hugo Barragan saw sales plummet 40 percent in the first nine months of 2010 at his homemade-ice-cream shop in Guadalupe, Mexico . A grenade blast that injured 14 people in the town’s central square in October - - the first drug-trafficking attack on the general public ever in this Monterrey suburb -- made a bad year even worse.

"The property market is key to sentiment, so it's important for the government not to create the idea among the public that they're cracking down on property."

- Christopher Palmer on Mar 04, 2013

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Asian Stocks Climb From $1.1 Trillion Slump on U.S. Data

China Debt Sale Fails for First Time in 23 Months on Cash Crunch

FX Rates Said to Face Global Regulation in Libor Review

Obama Said to Order Arming Syrian Rebels Amid Setbacks

Yen’s Slump Failing to Stem Exodus of Factories From Japan