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SWFs jump 16% to $4.62tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... private equity projects are domiciled, nearly three-quarters of SWFs seeking the exposure are based in Asia or the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), highlighting how the petro dollar economies are increasingly integrated into the North American economies. ...

Indonesian inflation falls to 4.25pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... Oil Price that the archipelago nation has to pay being 15% above budget forecasts due to geopolitical tension in the Middle East. Nonetheless, core inflation in Indonesia this year is down to 4.25%, almost half what it was two years ago notwithstanding ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... European sovereign debt crisis. Check. Tepid growth in America. Check. Slowdown to a crash landing in China. Check. Middle East, North Korea, oil. Check. These challenges were all there - and then some - yet Wall Street produced its best first quarter ...

Bennelong Group appoints new director

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... Bennelong Group is an investment and funds management group based in Australia with commercial interests in London, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Debt crisis has 15 yr shelf life

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... more suitable method to rate valuations however there are opportunities in some equity markets such as Russia, the Middle East and countries in Peripheral Europe.

Goldman Sachs defends reputation after scathing NY Times op-ed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... strongly worded resignation letter published in the New York Times. The former head of US equities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa left Goldman Sachs yesterday after nearly 12 years, blaming a "decline in the firm's moral fibre". "I can honestly ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... out I say and while you're at it, throw in the spike in oil prices resulting from the on-going instability in the Middle East - yes, the one in Syria and the nuclear sabre-rattling between Iran and Israel (and the US). And voila! We get a sharp sell-off ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... risks..." from Europe. "Advanced economies are experiencing weak and bumpy growth... " and an oil supply shock in the Middle East "would lead to a much stronger and unprecedented disruption of global oil supply". Ahh yes, downside risks and Europe. A ...

Crescent Wealth partners with US fund manager

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... "There is enormous potential to grow Islamic-compliant investment in Australia from investors here and in Asia and the Middle East. Crescent Wealth estimates that the potential pool of funds seeking Islamic-compliant investments within Australia today ...

AMP Capital expands Aus Equities team

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... Capital and will allow us to launch a global resources fund to meet increasing demand from our clients in Asia and the Middle East," said Brown.