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ARCH buys FPG stake

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... stake in FP Group, which has more than $1.3 billion under advice, in a bid to expand their presence in the Asia and Middle East retail markets. FP Group has a strong presence in these regions, particularly for their personalised investment, wealth management ...

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 ...

JPMorgan buys DME stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... date," said Ahmad Sharaf, DME chair. "Furthermore, it affirms the strong future prospects for the exchange, the broader Middle East and Dubai in particular, which has emerged as an important financial hub and energy trading centre." Tom Leaver, DME chief ...

Vision pumps $450m into Millennium Global

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... MGI currently manages in excess of $17.9 billion for institutional clients across Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East and now Australia. MGI employs active currency management using a distinctive fundamental discretionary investment philosophy ...

SWFs back alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
The $3.8 trillion sovereign wealth funds sector is expected to pour more money into alternatives to diversify their portfolios, new research shows. "We can expect that sovereign wealth funds [will] progressively diversify into a broader range of investment ...

Templeton opens SWF arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... funds and most recently was executive vice president of Franklin Templeton Institutional and head of sales in Europe, Middle East and Africa. "[Smart's] longstanding international relationships and experience managing and advising supranational pension ...

UK's Cambridge wins Aust mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... excess of $800 million in alpha programs - from markets in North America, Europe, Asia and a developing interest in the Middle East, since it opened for business in 2004. "The initial focus of our entry into the market is the institutional superannuation ...

Northern Trust exposes fixed income assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... explain where performance is coming from - and where it isn't," said Jim Trotter, Northern Trust head of IRAS Europe, Middle East and Africa. "At the same time, asset owners are demanding increased transparency around their investments." Trotter said ...

Peak oil bigger problem than climate change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... European levels, we will need two or three Saudi Arabias to meet their supply needs, notwithstanding much of stated Middle East oil reserves figures are highly suspect, said Dunlop. Highlighting why rising demand contrasted against falling supply is ...

The nub of being a hub

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... cent for US investors. But where Australia can really use its investment expertise to ramp up offshore FUM is in the Middle East and India. To date, local fund managers are running a tiny 0.3 per cent and 0.1 per cent in each region respectively. Dunnin ...