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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 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
... that have been coming out of China recently, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has said that it will restrict foreign investment in real estate in addition to what had previously been described as full capacity industries, namely the steel, cement and ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... yesterday that an inquiry into the takeover of Qantas by a Macquarie Bank-backed consortium would not delay a Foreign Investment Reveiw Board decision on the issue and the airline and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said it would not ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... investors wanting to access its so-called A grade stockmarkets in Shanghai and Shenzhen. The current level of foreign investment is presently $10 billion. Qualified Foreign Investors Status(QFII) has been relaxed so that, for instance, in the case of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
... around it. Costello, who will chair the meeting, said that some of the oil producing nations should allow more foreign investment with improved technology that will allow lacking commercial operations to be turned around. Meanwhile the LPG discussion ...