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Australian Islamic finance presents opportunities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... interested in all Australian mums and dads". MCCA is also reported to be in advanced discussions with an unnamed Middle Eastern company with a view to setting up a $180 million mortgage fund, a $150 million property fund, a $180 million Sukuk fund and ...

Sukuk demand to reach US$900bn in five years

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... increased appetite for Sukuk that extends to fund managers and high net worth individuals. "Major South East Asian and Middle Eastern companies are tapping into the international Sukuk market to raise Shari'a compliant funds. Global financial firms are ...

'Brownfield' infra better suited to pension funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... Europe," Crosbie said. "Canadian investors have been making acquisitions in different parts of Europe and we're seeing Middle Eastern investors do the same, so I think a lot of investors are seeing the current eurozone challenges as an opportunity to ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... managers indices have picked up towards the close of 2010." Here, I was correct until... the Jasmine Revolution sent Middle Eastern and African dictators quivering and oil prices soaring. Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... 2010, bullish arguments were largely focused on a "good enough" United States and an emerging market boom. With Middle Eastern sociopolitical turmoil taking center stage in that region, Japan in shambles, Europe using Scotch tape to fix budgets, and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... Rival Wesfarmers, which owns Coles supermarkets, was up one cent at $33.08. Also in news, Leighton Holdings Ltd's Middle Eastern subsidiary, Al Habtoor Leighton, said it may need a cash injection from its parent firm if ongoing legacy projects are not ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... Report. "The market obviously fell very heavily at the beginning of the month on the Japanese nuclear crisis and the Middle Eastern tensions and both of those issues, while not completely resolved, have settled down," Mr Saffer said. "So, the last few ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... showed prices rose at their fastest pace in 27 months in February fuelled in part by rising world food prices and Middle Eastern turmoil pushing up energy costs. Markets were partly responding to Wall Street, where sentiment was dented by comments from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... Chinese data showing that January inflation came in at 4.9 per cent, while oil rose as unrest flared in several Middle Eastern states. Chinese annualised inflation was lower than expected, but concerns remained that it was still high, especially given ...

Perennial ramps up international business strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... Perennial Investment Partners has appointed an international business development manager to gain more UK, US and Middle Eastern clients. Michael Crivelli, executive chair at Perennial, said a number of the fund manager's boutique strategies are highly ...