BRICS 2.0? Announcing the launch of IBSAWorld

Announcing the launch of IBSAWorld, a new index of investment and business opportunities in India, Brazil and South Africa. The IBSAWorld portfolio consistently outperforms peer BRICS indices and offers value for a wide spectrum of investors.

Voice America Talk Radio Network, Internet broadcasting pioneer, producing and syndicating online audio and video, today announced Ashutosh Sheshabalaya author if the best-selling Rising Elephant will join Té Revesz, host of Global Reach: Winning in World Markets to announce the launch of IBSAWorld, a new index of investment and business opportunities in India, Brazil and South Africa.  The show airs on the VoiceAmerica Radio Network’s Business Channel (http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/1984/global-reach) on Thursday, May 9 at 11 AM Pacific Time.  .

Why carve out IBSA from the BRICS? “Because” Ashutosh (Tosh) Sheshabalaya, IBSAWorld founder and author of "Rising Elephant", “investment opportunities within the three IBSA countries are far closer to one another, than they are to their other two BRICS counterparts, Russia and China. This gap is likely to grow with time.” Hub economies in their regions, they have similar 'soft' infrastructures:  the roles of their respective governments, their stock market cultures, corporate disclosure regulations, the liveliness of their financial media, and critically, in the relative transparency of business their systems. In other words IBSA is a smaller-scale, more transparent, more compatible version of BRICS.

Tosh will describe the thinking behind the creation of IBSAWorld, the companies that make up the IBSAWorld Index and how the index are performing relative to such BRICS peer indices (S&P, Morgan Stanley, the Financial Times). And he’ll announce the new sector specific indices to be launched in the coming months

Of interest to venture capitalists, Tosh will also talk about work underway to adapt or "tropicalize" aging & orphan technologies from developed countries and package them to produce new value in IBSA and as well as the wider developing world.

Nate Suppaiah, editor of Alternative Emerging Investor joins Té and Tosh to explore the synergies between IBSAWorld and AEI, and the opportunities each highlights for venture capitalists, portfolio investors, fund managers and FDI.

Ashutosh Sheshabalaya is the founder of IBSAWorld. He specializes in geopolitical change, risk and opportunity. His clients have included Dow, Shell, BMW, Cypress, UBS and Michelin, as well as banks, VC funds, law firms and official bodies in Europe, the US and India. Sheshabalaya began his career as a journalist, after which he worked for Frost & Sullivan, PwC and the European pharmaceutical industry federation. Rising Elephant, his bestseller about India, was published in the US, India and Europe in 2004. His subsequent writings, on issues as varied as America's jobless recovery, the impending demise of the Euro and the mirage of BRICS, have been cited widely. Routledge includes Sheshabalaya as an original thinker on the sociology of conflict, in a list of 80 writers beginning with Aristotle. McGraw Hill's 'Exploring Globalization' has a chapter dedicated to his works while an Accenture-sponsored book lists him as one of the 50 Gurus of the 21st century.

Nate Suppaiah is the managing director of Alternative Latin Investor which is expanding to become Alternative Emerging Investor, www.aeinvestor.com. Since its launch in 2009, ALI’s become the top source for information on alternative investments in LatAm. He is also a partner in Capricorn Research Group (CapRG), focusing on consulting for strategic entry, fund establishment, capital introduction, PR & marketing. He began his career as a wilderness paramedic. He turned to economics after covering China's acceptance into the WTO for The Economist (Beijing). In 2004 he joined Oppenheimer’s Chicago office as an associate broker, then returned to China as a management consultant for a German firm specializing in strategic entry analysis & due diligence. In 2007 he moved to Buenos Aires, launching CapRG. He has a degree in finance from University of Loyola(Chicago)& Masters from the University of Buenos Aires (Int'l Econ Relations)and the University of Bologna (Development, Innovation & Change)-

“Global Reach: Winning in World Markets” airs live on Thursdays at 11 AM Pacific / 1 PM Central / 2 PM Eastern on The VoiceAmerica Business Channel. To access the show, log on at http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/1984/global-reach. All shows will be available in Té Revesz's Content Library on The VoiceAmerica Business Channel for on-demand and pod cast download.  For more information contact Té Revesz at 212-877-8616 or www.globalreach-sbi.com

Contact Executive Producer Tacy Trump at 480-294-6421 for advertising / sponsorship information or other show details.

ABOUT Té Revesz and GlobalReach

Té Revesz is known for her ability to conduct strategic research on a global basis and for her creativity in handling complex business challenges. As principal of GlobalReach-SBI (www.globalreach-sbi.com), a research and consulting firm with a network spanning over 60 countries, Té provides clients with strategic business intelligence on market opportunities and risks. She covers such diverse areas as global branding, new product development, payments and financial services, manufacturing, clinical trials, and political risk. An expert in primary research, Té has interviewed business, government and labor leaders, doctors and technical experts — and has managed focus groups — around the world. She was profiled in Super Searchers Go to the Source as one of the top interviewers in the U.S.  Prior to founding her own firm, Té headed the Industrial & Healthcare Practices of FIND's Strategic Consulting & Research Group and taught at the Zicklin School of Business (Baruch/CUNY). She was the Editor of Business International’s eponymous flagship newsletter and helped create its country risk service.

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