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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... significantly lower. Oil and precious metals surged again as the US dollar dropped on tension in the Middle East and North Africa. On the ASX 24 at 0840 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was 18 points higher at 4,803. In economics news ...

Queen Qaddafi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... heads and those with literary licenses - the Jasmine Revolution currently doing its tour in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region would send oil prices soaring and derail the fledgling global recovery or ignite inflation or both - stagflation. ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... cares they're at parity now - and Bloomberg prints, "Oil prices may surge to $220 a barrel if political unrest in North Africa halts exports from Libya and Algeria, Nomura Holdings Inc. said." My, oh my! Goodbye global economic recovery! Goodbye bull ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... Leppinus said the sharemarket was vulnerable in the short term, given the bad news coming from the Middle East and North Africa. Worries about increasingly violent unrest in Libya saw the Dow Jones industrial average lose 178.46 points, or 1.4 per cent ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
ave the grizzlies driven the dip buyers away? Americans came back from their President's Day holiday and saw that nervy days are back again. The S&P 500 index dropped by 2.1 per cent overnight - its biggest in 6 months - and the VIX or "fear index" ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
The Australian market has received mixed to negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with nervousness stemming from unrest in the Middle East and concerns over possible economic tightening in China contrasting with positive economic news in Europe. ...

Macquarie eyes Middle East with JV

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... venture will form a platform that offers wholesale Shariah complaint financial services products to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The deal is still subject to board, internal and regulatory approvals by both parties. It also includes ...

Deutsche extends MENA services

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Deutsche Bank continues to broaden its Middle East and North African (MENA) equities capability, adding trading, sales trading and equity capital markets services to its platform and hiring two senior executives. Former UBS executives, Ahmed Beydoun ...

ML appoints SWF head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... importance continues to swell. Noujaim was also appointed president of the firm's business in the Middle East and North Africa. Prior to this appointment, Noujaim was vice chair of the board of directors and member of the presidents advisory committee ...

Allianz opens Mid East office and funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... office will be managed by Sami Zghal, chief representative and head of business development in the Middle East and North Africa. "We believe that there is a growing demand over the long term for Shariah compliant funds, especially those based on proven ...