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Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... expand to more countries in Africa and the Middle East are becoming reality. But it is the autocrats of Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain, Iran and now Libya that are trembling... not the financial markets. Darn it, another opportunity to pick up bargains gone! ...

Malaysia pioneers Islamic Finance framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... courting of the Islamic investment world follows the move last year of their $350 billion Malaysia bourse to partner with the Bahrain bourse in the offering of Islamic investment products. At $7 billion the Bahrain bourse is a minnow but the strategic ...

Posh playground turns sandpit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... cost of credit default swaps on emerging market debt surging. "Contracts linked to Saudi Arabia climbed 18 to 108, while Bahrain rose 30.5 to 225, CMA prices show. Debt swaps linked to Abu Dhabi government bonds increased 18.5 to 155, Vietnam rose 39 ...

Macquarie eyes Middle East with JV

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... partnership is the subject of a confidential memorandum of understanding signed by the parties in a private ceremony in Bahrain on the 24th of August. "The strategic relationship would bring together GFH and Macquarie to create the standard in Shariah ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... trends in the investments industry and developments in the Gulf Cooperative Countries namely the Persian Gulf states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. "Although the economic slowdown across the world does not ...

Allianz opens Mid East office and funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
Allianz Global Investors is opening an office in Bahrain and launching two Shariah compliant equity funds to extend its investment and product distribution capabilities to the oil rich countries of the Middle East. The Bahrain based Allianz office will ...
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