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Chief economist update: Easing restrictions narrow oil demand-supply equation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... OPEC+ agreement takes effect and production declines elsewhere. For some OPEC countries, e.g. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE, lower May production is from record highs in April. Led by the United States and Canada, April supplies from countries outside ...

Advice firm expands to Dubai

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... decision. "The Gulf region has always been a significant jurisdiction for Atlas Wealth Management, with clients located in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar, and we are looking forward to getting boots on the ground to ensure that Australian expats ...

Praemium revenues inching towards $50m mark

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... about half a million dollars on restructuring costs including UK regulatory consulting for MIFID11 and GPDR implementations, UAE fund registrations and completion of Asia-downsizing.

Praemium FUA surpasses $8bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... technology solutions. In June, Praemium set out to sell its Smartfund range of funds directly to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It gained regulatory approval from the Securities and Commodities Authority to offer three Smartfunds (growth, balanced and ...

Praemium moves Smartfunds into UAE

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... Authority to offer three Smartfunds (growth, balanced and cautious) and two Smartfund 80% protected funds (growth and balanced) in UAE. Dubai stock exchange-listed Mashreq Bank will act as Praemium's local promoter for the funds. Mashreq Bank has ...

Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Corporation (CIC), which posted strong AUM growth, largely boosted by recent stronger-than-expected Chinese economic growth. UAE's Abu Dhabi Investment Authority placed third with US$828bn in assets. Kuwait Investment Authority (US$524bn), Hong Kong ...

Rubik signs with Pakistan bank

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... international presence in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, a wholesale banking unit in Bahrain and a representative office in the UAE. The bank services more than one million corporate, institutional, retail, small business, agricultural, Islamic and asset financing ...

Australia a priority for HSBC despite job cuts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... Canada, Egypt, India and Taiwan. Other growth areas for HSBC will be China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UAE and the United Kingdom. "The world is increasingly connected, with Asia expected to show high growth and become the centre of ...

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... (the heydays of the global economy). Sure, sure, weep...if you're a producer (or maybe not, in the case of Saudi Arabia, the UAE or Kuwait - they want it to kill off competitors), but consumers should rejoice and... there's more of 'em than suppliers. ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... Agency's (IEA) cut its global oil demand forecast for next year. There may be more pain in store if Suhail Al-Mazrouei's - the UAE's energy minister - statement that OPEC is "not going to change our minds because the prices went to $60 or to $40". Oh-em-gee! ...