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Islamic finance forum to discuss Shariah growth opps

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... trillion worth of Shariah compliant assets available worldwide, as at April 2012 and the likes of Malaysia, Indonesia, Qatar, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates' governments continue to issue investment grade Shariah bonds. To benefit from the growing ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... protests Yemen teeters as generals defect Moroccans call for curbs on monarchy And, of course, there were side stories about Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and... All point to higher crude oil prices. And we know that when dearer oil strikes, consumer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... European stocks fell, despite an earlier bounce in Tokyo, with sentiment hit by fears over Japan's worsening nuclear crisis, Bahrain unrest and a ratings downgrade for Portugal. Aside from Japan, investors remain jittery over Bahrain, where King Hamad ...

Unknown unknowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... fell. Even oil. West Texas crude is now trading below US$100 a barrel even as news reports tell of rising tensions in Bahrain. So much so that it wouldn't be an understatement to declare that investor confidence had been shattered - stabbed to death ...

Mystery surrounds sovereign fund billions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... wealth fund overview stating other countries in turmoil also have significant sovereign wealth funds including Algeria and Bahrain, in the report Collective Significance: Sovereign Wealth Funds Investing in Real Estate. "Collectively these institutions ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... this before haven't we? Perhaps not Tunisia, but when the Jasmine Revolutionaries marched on the streets of Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Iraq, Morocco, Djibouti, Jordan, Oman, etc. financial markets have already factored in that the unrest would spread. So ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... more than enough in excess reserve to fill the gap. The problem is that other major oil-producing nations like Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iran are also in the thick of protests for regime change. Round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows. ...

Bloomberg opens doors to Islamic finance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... fears that the trillion-dollar sector has been stalling, however. Last year its $350 billion bourse partnered with the Bahrain bourse to offer Islamic investment products. In more evidence that the Islamic markets are taking steps to increase sophistication ...

Yakety yak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... scalps of Ben Ali of Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. People power fever is spreading across the deserts of Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Libya and Yemen and is now threatening to head eastwards into Asia. The Age website reports that, "CHINA has cracked ...

Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... At least this is way better than the "if you can't stop 'em, beat and shoot 'em" tactic employed by the governments of Bahrain and Libya on their protesting people. Wall Street activity overnight was just like a repeat of the trading action yesterday ...