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Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... has also launched a Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) sukuk index to provide a benchmark for investors seeking exposure to local sovereign issuances. "We can build an extensive and innovative leading-edge Islamic financial community that will succeed globally ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... -- a top foreign investor in Libya and a country in which the North African state has also invested billions. Libya's sovereign wealth fund and veteran ruler Moamer Kadhafi's family own stakes in Italy's biggest bank UniCredit, defence and industry giant ...

Challenger boutiques and annuities enjoy strong half year

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... December. The levels of growth have been attributed to its $700 million of aligned investment mandates awarded from sovereign wealth and industry funds and the establishment of two new boutique funds management firms, Alphinity Investment Management ...

Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... usually and historically a trigger to hit the sell button - have been largely ignored. Not to mention, the still lingering sovereign debt crisis in Europe that could flare up again at any time and the risk of an economic contraction there as European ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... that are trembling... not the financial markets. Darn it, another opportunity to pick up bargains gone! And Europe's sovereign debt crisis and the authorities implementation of severe austerity measures to balance their budgets? Not to mention, the still ...

Fund managers eye Asian equities: RBC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... executives from around the world, of which 108 were asset managers. Others came from banks, hedge funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and private equity firms.

Towers Watson builds investment team

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... look after infrastructure, private equity and unlisted property research. His previous role was investment analyst at Sovereign Investment Research. Chris Schodde has joined the team as a graduate investment analyst. "This expansion is in line with our ...

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... reporting better than expected earnings results in the fourth quarter - so far 56 per cent of them have. What about the sovereign debt crisis? No one seems to be talking about it lately? Think the bond vigilantes have been spooked by recent reports that ...

Cashed-up China eyes US investments

... interest appears to be US infrastructure, said Liu Chuanzhi, head of IT group Lenova who said that the $300 billion China sovereign wealth fund discussed the possibilities with US president Obama during the recent state visit by China president Hu Jintao ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
Better the mole you expect. America's still whacking its mole of tepid economic growth with the twin hammers of the US Federal Reserve's US$600 billion QE2 and the Obama administration's fiscal largesse. So far these twin hammers appear to be doing ...