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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... demonstrators, leaving some analysts worried about their impact on oil-rich countries throughout the Middle East like Saudi Arabia and the stability of the region. But better than expected December sales figures sent retail companies higher. Consumer ...

Egypt not just another pyramid scheme

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... that last week lead to the downfall of that country's corrupt President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who since fled to Saudi Arabia. The uprising in Egypt is however much more serious because of the leadership role Egypt used to play in the Arab world and ...

Abu Dhabi SWF opens it doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... Institute. ADIA only scored three out of a possible 10 on the index, ranking it in the lower half of the index below Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, China's CIC and Australia's Future Fund.

Posh playground turns sandpit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... "standstill" announcement sent the cost of credit default swaps on emerging market debt surging. "Contracts linked to Saudi Arabia climbed 18 to 108, while Bahrain rose 30.5 to 225, CMA prices show. Debt swaps linked to Abu Dhabi government bonds increased ...

BNP increases stake in Indian mega broker

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... Paribas also has a presence in the United Arab Emirates through a joint venture with Barjeel Geojit Securities and in Saudi Arabia via Aloula Geojit Brokerage Company. C J George, chief executive at Geojit BNP Paribas, said the increased equity stake ...

Malaysia tops shariah funds list

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Malaysia may have overtaken Saudi Arabia to boast the highest number of shariah funds in the world - but the Asian Islamic country has a long way to go in building up assets for each of its 145 funds, according to a new report. November figures from ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... and developments in the Gulf Cooperative Countries namely the Persian Gulf states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. "Although the economic slowdown across the world does not portray a very optimistic picture ...

New dynamics, new realities: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... conference to prepare for the "new economic realities", where countries often overlooked in global policy-making such as Saudi Arabia, India and South Africa will take more prominence in the future. Speaking through a video link, President Ramos-Horta ...

Dubai to swoop in bad market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... presenting a massive opportunity for western companies, according to a Penrose Financial report. The report singled out Saudi Arabia as the country with huge potential. It's city, Riyadh is the most populated city in the region, with four million people ...

Peak oil bigger problem than climate change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
Peak oil is a much more immediate problem than climate change, delegates at a Finsia seminar heard yesterday. But the potential ramifications of climate change just make the problem worse, said Ian Dunlop, a former petroleum engineer who is now the ...