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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... So is Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman (that other oil producer) -- the Jasmine Revolutionaries are now marching in his Kingdom. Their subjects are telling them to hit the road, and not to come back no more, no more, no more. But there's one man who's ...

Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... Germany 2.4 8. Saudi Arabia 2.4 9. Korea, South 2.2 10. Canada 2.2 11. Mexico 2.1 12. France 1.8 13. Iran 1.7 14. United Kingdom 1.7 15. Italy 1.5 Note that the G-7 - the world's biggest economies - along with China and India are in the list of the 15 ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... as supply goes, there's enough in reserves even if Qaddafi turns Libya into rubbles. Similarly, while the King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - OPEC's biggest oil producer - and that of Kuwait's - another major oil producer - maybe losing sleep over ...

Ratings firm expands fund coverage

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... beyond the US to provide analyst research reports and ratings to CEF-equivalents such as investment trusts in the United Kingdom and listed investment companies in Australia. The research has set its sights on covering about 100 CEFs traded in the United ...

Tax reforms bolster local funds management

MEDIA RELEASES  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... domestic investment advisers." It will align Australia's taxing rules with international practice, such as the United Kingdom's Investment Manager Exemption. The new regime addresses a key finding of the Johnson Report - that the tax law discouraged ...

UK pension tenders $800m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... fund management services for an $800 million active currency hedging mandate. The four-year mandate is with the United Kingdom's 12th largest fund within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), Avon Pension Fund, with assets as at March 2009 of $2.96 ...

Antin raises $1.5bn

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... commitments from approximately 35 investors from diverse countries: Scandinavia, France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia in particular," said Mark Crosbie, managing partner. "The confidence placed in the Antin Infrastructure ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
Dateline 1 July 1997. Many will remember this day, the day that the United Kingdom handed Hong Kong back to the People's Republic of China. There was much trepidation and fear in the air leading up to the expiration of the UK's 99-year lease on the ...

India funds in short supply

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... identify with China to a greater extent than India, simply because of Australia's export relationship with the middle Kingdom. Keenan said he could not rule out an India-specific ETF in the future but that the idea is not high on the list. Keenan said ...

The Fed did it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... this would be interpreted as, "this is exactly what the doctor ordered". But not now. Now we're in big trouble. United Kingdom. In its quarterly inflation report, the Bank of England said that the country's economic recovery would be slower than previously ...