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G-20 reasons to be hopeful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... monetary and fiscal policies... until recovery is secured." "Shall I get you another glass of Dom Perignon to go with your Russian caviar? We still have a few trillions of freshly minted money to spend you know?" But despite this banter, a lot still ...

ADB pours $240m to worst hit nations

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... economic recovery. Armenia and Tajikistan have seen a huge influx of returning workers who have lost their jobs in the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan, resulting in a sharp decline in remittance income, private domestic spending, and government revenue. ...

Fed brawn, RBA brains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... (RBA) for it wisdom and adroitness in handling the crises of recent history -- the Asian Financial Crisis, LTCM collapse, Russian default, the dotcom bubble, the US recession of 2002. The RBA shielded Australia all through these episodes of market turbulence. ...

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... fact that the US views its strong-dollar policy as fundamental. So our trust in US Treasuries in absolutely unshakable." Russian Finance Minister Kudrin later echoed his Japanese counterpart's faith but only because, "it's too early to speak of an alternative" ...

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... is just the developed markets' high 20's gain. Equity markets in Russia, Hong Kong and India soared in the high 30's. Russian shares spiked by 39.6 per cent, HK by 37.5 per cent and India by 35.1 per cent. Annualise that! Yes, crazy isn't it? It looks ...

Aviva snaps up Russian pension

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
Aviva plc has bought ING Group's $60 million Russian non-state pension fund business and its holding company. The pension fund has around 17,000 members and services large multi-national corporate clients. The holding company has more than $165,000 ...

Deutsche Bank extends Russian footprint

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Deutsche Bank Asset Management purchased a 40 per cent stake in UFG Invest, the Russian investment management company of UFG Asset Management. UFG Invest is one of the top 10 asset management firms in Russia with more than $700 million in assets under ...

BGI adds two more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... roughly one third to Brazil, one quarter to both Russia and China and the remainder to India. Specific stocks include Russian gas giant, Gazprom, Brazilian oil firm, Petrobas and China Mobile. Whereas the iShares S&P Asia 50 allocates approximately a ...

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... night following reports that Tropical Storm Fay will miss large oil refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. The beginning of a Russian pullout from Georgia and comments by the Turkish energy minister that a key pipeline could resume production in the next ...

CAAM backs oil rich EMs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
... product specialist team, said the fund was overweight Brazil and Russia. "We are positive on the outlook for energy and Russian Telcos, which we view as providing good exposure to retail consumption. We favour Russian oil companies, where we foresee ...