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Aussie bitcoin platform launches in UAE

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Australian company igot has launched a bitcoin exchange online platform in the United Arab Emirates. The company claimed the new platform will allow ex-pats living in the UAE but sending money out of the country to save up to 7 or 8% in international ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... prepared to kick Saddam's butt). Gulf War II in 2003 sent oil prices on the hop by 49.37% between November 2002 and March 2003. "Arab Spring" of 2011. The price of WTI crude jumped from around US$80 a barrel to a high US$114 in April 2011. Through all ...

Mother's Day Classic raises $4.5m for breast cancer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... Broome (WA)," she said. "In a first this year, two international events were held - one in Afghanistan and one in United Arab Emirates, involving Australian defence force personnel on military bases. "A huge thank you to everyone who participated, volunteered ...

Right direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
A focus on demographic megatrends makes it possible to make earnings forecasts beyond investment analysts' typical three-year horizon, creating opportunities to take advantage of mispriced stocks, according to Fidelity portfolio managers Hilary Natoff ...

Sovereign wealth funds climb to US$5.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Sovereign wealth funds have reached an aggregate US$5.5 trillion at June 2013, up 9.1% over the past 12 months, according to the SWF Institute. The SWF Institute also reported that SWF assets are up 44% since the global financial crisis (GFC) and that ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... seen in the past, bond yields and the cost of insuring against default in the peripheral countries spiked. The ghost of the Arab Spring. Egypt's military has removed President Mohamed Mursi after he refused to step down. The military also suspended the ...

MSCI upgrades heighten frontier market concentration risk

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... chief investment officer Dr. Slim Feriani. The changes, which come into effect in May 2014, will see Qatar and the United Arab Emirates now included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Meanwhile, Morocco has been downgraded from an Emerging to a Frontier ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... something they're notorious for, will see the yen strengthen to the detriment of the Nikkei," David Scutt, Treasury dealer at Arab Bank, wrote in a note to clients. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares were lower at the start of trade on Thursday. At 0809 ...

Islamic finance forum to discuss Shariah growth opps

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... Shariah compliant assets available worldwide, as at April 2012 and the likes of Malaysia, Indonesia, Qatar, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates' governments continue to issue investment grade Shariah bonds. To benefit from the growing theme, local investment ...