Overview
Main description
Chart a course for success in the fertile terrain of BRIC investing!
Investing in Brazil, Russia, India, and China is a whole new game. In order to avoid nightmare scenarios, you have to inform yourself about the corporate governance problems rampant in BRIC companies, their boards of directors, potential shady double-dealings, and other critical conflicts of interest. You’ll find, though, that the benefits are well worth it.
Written by two high-level figures at Standard & Poor’s who apply their company’s own methods and processes, this is a detailed roadmap to analyzing corporate governance in the world’s top emerging markets, helping you make sound decisions and proper evaluations prior to investing in them.
Investing in BRIC Countries explains:
- Why governance is critical to international investing success
- The secrets of S&P’s methodology for analyzing governance in emerging markets
- How to apply advanced thinking to a number of real-life cases
Investing in BRIC Countries is the best tool available for mitigating your exposure to risky deals and other problems that can arise when dealing with international companies.
Author comments
Svetlana Borodina is director of corporate governance
at Standard & Poor’s Equity Research in Moscow. She
served in a number of senior executive positions in the areas
of investor relations and financial communications with TNKBP
and Sibneft oil companies.
Oleg Shvyrkov is
associate director for Standard & Poor’s Governance Services
group and serves as lead analyst on corporate governance
scores and GAMMA scores at MTS, MDM Bank, EroChem,
and other companies in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Brazil.
