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BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... strict exclusion policy within its Global Deep Green Trust, which means they don't invest in Cameroon, North Korea, the Russian Federation, Japan, Norway, Sudan and the People's Republic of China. Hall said by refusing to invest in these markets, fund ...

Goldman Sachs launches guaranteed financial Keystone

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... structured funds - the Keystone funds - aimed at investors who want access to the Asian, European and BRIC (Brazilian, Russian, India, China) markets. The funds differ from other capital protected investments in that they offer fixed participation rates ...

Borat movie and bank credit demand push Kazakhstan centre stage

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... intrinsically more risky, such as construction and SME lending, or where banks have less experience, for example retail and the Russian market, gives rise to substantial credit risks. High loan concentrations are also a source of concern." However, the ...

Daily economic round-up

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
... importance of Russia in the world economy is set to grow as members of the European Union seek to shore up supplies of Russian oil and gas reserves. With Europe requiring most of its energy needs to be imported within a couple of decades, the pressure ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2006
... pulled down by oil major Royal Dutch Shell after its results failed to inspire, although Centrica provided a cushion after Russian gas giant Gazprom confirmed takeover interest. The FTSE 100 share index closed down 54.3 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 5,747.3. ...

US: New York oil hits all-time high of $US43.85

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
New York\'s main crude oil contract shot to an all-time high on Friday night as a financial crisis at Russian oil titan Yukos unleashed a fresh wave of speculative buying. New York\'s benchmark contract, light sweet crude for delivery in September ...

Oil hits record high as Yukos told to stop sales

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
Oil prices hit their highest level in at least 21 years overnight after bailiffs ordered beleaguered giant Russian oil company Yukos to stop sales, threatening further strain on tight international supplies. The news intensified concerns over the lack ...

APEC launches five-day Investment Mart

... Financial Standard that the current APEC summit, which will see the likes of the US, Chinese, South Korean, Mexican and Russian presidents attend and make public addresses, is not going to have a lasting effect on markets but will help the nations gel ...