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Schroders Greater Middle East fund raises $630m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... region. The Middle East countries are growing at a much faster rate than those of the developed world, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth at roughly six per cent, or three to four per cent above developed market growth rates. This trend is expected ...

Abu Dhabi opens investment doors

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... industry. The government of Abu Dhabi is seeking to increase the private sector's contribution to The Emirate's gross domestic product (GDP) from 18.2 per cent in 2007 to 32 per cent by 2015. By restricting the role of government, it's expecting to encourage ...

Markets down, national happiness in positive territory

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... that "current measures of how well Australia is doing tend to be economic, objective indicators such as Gross Domestic Product, house prices and so on." But we focus on these hard measures because we can and so Australian Unity and the report's author ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... at noon, the March share price index contract was 29 points higher at 5445. In the news, Australian real gross domestic product rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.6 per cent in the December quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. Analysts said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... - US stocks fell on Thursday as worries about the economy grew after a weaker-than-expected reading on gross domestic product and a warning from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the weak housing market probably will cause some bank failures. ...

US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... sub-prime contagion spreads from the financial sector into other parts of the economy. "The growth of real gross domestic product held up well through the third quarter despite the financial turmoil, but it has since slowed sharply. Labor market conditions ...

G'day Vietnam

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... Nguyen said VECL listed on the NSX because it required less capital to list compared to the ASX. Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) last year was 8.5 per cent and foreign direct investment into the country is expected to reach 8.1 per cent year on ...

Australian super funds sticking with equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... Australian superannuation fund asset represented almost 105 per cent of the value of Australia's annual Gross Domestic Product, compared to just 46 per cent a decade ago.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... in positive territory at noon, fuelled by a solid lead from Wall Street overnight and Australia's strong gross domestic product figures released yesterday. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 21.8 points to 6315.1 and the All Ordinaries ...

Australian economy to lose shine in 2025

... overtaken by India and Mexico. Speaking at this year's Fidelity Investment Forum held in Sydney, McRae drew on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data from Goldman Sachs and Laggan Enterprises to make predictions on who would be the top ten players in world ...