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Desert storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... enough in excess reserve to fill the gap. The problem is that other major oil-producing nations like Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iran are also in the thick of protests for regime change. Round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows. It's therefore ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... 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 the unfolding MidEast saga, their subjects are less restive. The ...

AIA raises US$20.5bn in IPO

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
AIA's long awaited IPO was a resounding success last week, with US$20.5 billion raised in the share sale to retail and insititutional investors, making it the third largest IPO in history, and the largest ever for the Hong Kong market. Investors scrambled ...

Abu Dhabi SWF opens it doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... ADIA only scored three out of a possible 10 on the index, ranking it in the lower half of the index below Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, China's CIC and Australia's Future Fund.

SWFs no longer at arm's length

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... of their philosophy to advocate better corporate governance. The industry has come a long way since the first SWF, the Kuwait Investment Agency, was set up in 1953. The sector is predicted to reach US$15 trillion by 2020.

Macquarie eyes Middle East with JV

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... with an aggregate value exceeding US$30 billion. Its shares are actively traded on the London Stock Exchange (GDR), the Kuwait Stock Exchange, the Bahrain Stock Exchange and the Dubai Financial Market.

SWF Institute opens trading platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... assets. The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute's membership includes the Australian Future Fund, China Investment Corporation, Kuwait Investment Authority and Singapore based Temasek Holdings.

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... 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 portray a ...

Islamic funds zone in on Malaysia

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... international financial firms to set up shop in the country. The Securities Commission (SC) has approved the applications of Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad, DBS Asset Management Ltd and CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management Sdn Bhd to open ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... overnight, May crude increased $US1.57 to $US111.71. Oil Search also gained after saying it was selling its Mena asset to Kuwait Energy for $US200 million. Oil Search rose 28 cents, or 5.87 per cent, to $5.05, Woodside Petroleum gained $1.94, or 3.57 ...