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Praemium moves Smartfunds into UAE

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... promoter for the funds. Mashreq Bank has 44 branches in the UAE and a strong retail presence in the gulf region including Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. "All five registered Smartfunds will be on the Mashreq's panel for distribution by advisers within ...

Demographic darlings and disasters revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... demographic landscape, as well as its ability to attract investment. RBC describes countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Malaysia, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia - which score well on both fronts - as "demographic darlings" while those that score ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Wednesday was also the announcement that Airbus will not deliver its first next-generation long-haul jet, the A350-900, to Qatar Airways. Its shares plunged 10.42 per cent to close at 43.175 euros. The euro firmed to $1.2398 from $1.2378 late in New ...

Australia among the big guns in millionaire stakes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... households reached 16.3 million in 2013 - up from 13.7 million in 2012. The highest density of millionaire households was in Qatar (175 out of every 1,000 households), followed by Switzerland (127) and Singapore (100). The US had the largest number of ...

MSCI upgrades heighten frontier market concentration risk

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... Advance Emerging Capital chief investment officer Dr. Slim Feriani. The changes, which come into effect in May 2014, will see Qatar and the United Arab Emirates now included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Meanwhile, Morocco has been downgraded from ...

Islamic finance forum to discuss Shariah growth opps

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... $1 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 ...

Frontier markets poised for strong 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... 12 months, according to HSBC Global Research. The MSCI Frontier markets index - which includes economies such as Nigeria, Qatar and Vietnam, thought to be the world's next emerging markets - have disappointed in recent years but HSBC believes the recent ...

Water an alternative with yield

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... more than 8%, said Lourey. International institutional investors such as Hassad Foods, the agricultural investment arm of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund currently invest in the Australian water market at far higher rates than domestic funds. While Tyndall ...

Investment banking scale down: Barclays

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... over the Libor rate-rigging scandal. Barclays also revealed last week the Serious Fraud Office was probing payments made to Qatar Holding, which it tapped for funds at the height of the 2008 global financial crisis to avoid part-nationalisation, said ...

Barclays announces new CEO amid new investigation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... executive, just one day after the announcement the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had launched an investigation into a 2008 deal with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. Jenkins has been brought in to replace Bob Diamond, who resigned last month amid the scandal ...