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Fed govt tightens foreign investment rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... investment projects are in line with the country's national interest. The principles examine if particular foreign investment projects in Australia could impact national interests in telecommunications, transport, national security, economic development ...

Australian private equity still going strong

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
Private equity investments in the Asia Pacific region remained relatively benign last year, but Australia is still going strong in the PE fundraising front. According to figures from Thomson Financial's Asia-Pacific private equity review, PE investments ...

Vietnamese fund draws global attention

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
... fund managers, along with international interest from investors heralding from Singapore and Korea. Several foreign investment funds operating in Vietnam have also upped their stakes in VHC, along with funds managed by Indochina Capital and VinaCapital. ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... 2006, double the level in 2003 with outflows of about $200bn in 2006. Given these figures, McKinsey expects GCC foreign investment to eclipse previous investment flows by considerable quantums. Armed with these incoming warchests, McKinsey also expects ...

Move over BRICs, Middle East is coming

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... measures into their economies and opening their markets to foreign investors. "If it was completely opened up to foreign investment, Saudi Arabia would be one of the largest emerging markets in the world, so the potential is massive," he said.

Indian infrastructure investing fuels sustainability

ALEX DUNNIN IN NEW DELHI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2007
... to either partner with a local joint venture where they can take up to a 49 per cent stake, they can become foreign investment institutions, they can jointly offer mutual funds or they can act as a source of credit funding. Hinting that the Indian government ...

Chinese walls and windows

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... saying goes, 'when one door closes, another one opens' but with China, it's more a case of opening a small foreign investment window while firmly locking the door. Early last month, Chinese regulators announced that the government would allow foreign ...

Australian managers clock $650bn

... 2006, when the research was undertaken. Watson Wyatt also reported that 2006 was the year of boutique funds and foreign investment managers. "The Australian fund management industry has seen some strong growth at both a retail and institutional level ...

World's biggest fund eyes Aus resources

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... interest they might show in mining." Oliver also said the fund's creation signalled a move to a more aggressive foreign investment policy by the Chinese government, which traditionally has invested passively in bonds and other conservative vehicles. ...

Rich get richer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... countries, which, put together, helped boost Europe's HNWI numbers." Rising commodity prices and increased foreign investment from foreign countries has helped Africa's HNWI and GDP growth. Significantly, while there were few changes in global HNWI and ...