The Global Finance magazine has published the list of best banks for this year.The Best Banks of the Middle East for 2010 are listed below:
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The Best Emerging Market Banks of Latin America 2010
In the previous post we looked at the Best Asian Banks for this year. The Best Banks in Latin America are listed below:
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Canada-based Bank of Novo Scotia’s (BNS) subsidiaries are the winners in Trinidad & Tobago, Costa Rica and Jamaica.
The Best Emerging Market Banks of Asia 2010
The Global Finance magazine has named the winners for the best emerging market banks in Asia for 2010. These banks were selected based on the following criteria:
- Growth in assets
- Profitability
- Strategic relationships
- Customer service
- Competitive pricing
- Innovative products
The best bank in Asia was HSBC (HBC). The winning banks by country for this year are listed below:
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Knowledge is Power:British Budget, Health-Care Woes Edition
Property investors could get burnt again
German Shipping Faces Wave of Financing Problems
Red-hot housing market to cool off
Health-Care Cost Lies Make Us Sing the Blues
Bright outlook for Australia – RBA
The Dollar and the Deficits: How Washington Can Prevent the Next Crisis
Britain Resists Austerity to Cure Budget Woes
Post-Apocalyptic zombie finance
Source: De Speigel
Profit from Mobile Phone Market Growth in the Asia Pacific
Two of the largest countries in terms of population are in Asia. Despite the phenomenal growth in the total mobile phone subscriptions in India and China in the past few years, the cell phone to population penetration rate remains low in these two countries. Emerging markets in general offer the greatest potential for mobile phone companies. However because of the population Asia-Pacific has better opportunities for growth. It is interesting to note that the Asia Pacific had 46% of the global total subscriptions last year.
The following Telecom ADRs offer some options to invest in the mobile phone market of Asia Pacific:
1. Company: Hutchison Telecommunications International (HTX)
Hong Kong
Dividend Yield: No Dividends paid
2. PT Indosat (IIT)
Indonesia
Dividend Yield: 2.65%
3. NTT Docomo (NTT)
Japan
Dividend Yield: 3.69%
4. Partner Communications Co (PTNR)
Israel
Dividend Yield: 9.40%
5. China Mobile (CHL)
China
Dividend Yield: 3.55%
6. SKM Telecom (SKM)
South Korea
Dividend Yield: No Dividends paid
7. Vodafone Group (VOD)
UK
Dividend Yield:3.80%
8. Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PHI)
Philippines
Dividend Yield:5.91%
9. China Unicom Ltd (CHU)
China
Dividend Yield:2.45%
10. Hurray! (HRAY)
China
Dividend Yield:No Dividends paid
11. KongZhong (KONG)
China
Dividend Yield:No Dividends paid
