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Move over BRICs, Middle East is coming

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... potential in BRIC economies remains high yet will stabilise as China exhibits 'bubble' characteristics, but if the Middle East continues to liberalise it will offer even bigger potential. Speaking at the FPA conference last week, Allan Conway, head of ...

Oil prices a two-way street

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
Record high oil prices is fuelling the Middle East to export nearly as much capital as they do oil, tying their economies to that of the west and acting as a brake on ever higher fuel prices. Saudi Arabia produces about one-third of the world's oil ...

Portfolio Partners predicts 30-year resources boom

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... relatively low level of Chinese urbanisation and population growth in emerging economies like India, Russia and the Middle East would result in a sustained Australian resources boom. The comments come only two weeks after Schroder's head of Australian ...

Investec arrives in Aus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... and individual investors. The group manages more than $65.5 billion for third party clients in the US, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa. Hendrik du Toit, chief executive at Investec, said Samuelson's role in expanding Investec's operation in South ...

Race to the pump

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... up now, and expect to pour more cash into the tank next time, as new supply problems and increasing tensions in the Middle East have the price of oil flirting with US$94 a barrel for the first time ever. It's official; the price of oil has climbed a ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... al-Badri said prices were high due to refinery bottlenecks, seasonal maintenance, ongoing geopolitical problems in the Middle East and fluctuations in the US dollar, the main currency for oil trading. NYMEX November heating oil settled up 3.15 cents ...

NASDAQ casts net in the Middle East

... stock exchange Borse Dubai are in talks to sign a series of deals which will see NASDAQ expand its footprint in the Middle East, shares in the London Stock Exchange to change hands and Borse Dubai to own a stake in one of the world's largest stock exchange. ...

Northern Trust appoints new Asia Pacific head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
... commercial banking business. From 1995 on, he held a variety of positions within the bank, most recently as head of Europe, Middle East, and Africa asset servicing 2005, until returning to Chicago in May this year.

Water investments the next frontier

... report also confirmed that water supplies are rapidly depleting particularly in some parts of China, Africa and the Middle East. It also suggested that water would be potentially priced higher to encourage more efficient use of the existing supply and ...

Symantec appoints co-heads to fin services team

... years' experience in the financial services and IT industries and has worked in Asia, Australia, the USA, and the Middle East. Prior to joining Symantec, Kastner worked at EMC, PA Consulting Group, Ernst & Young, Saudi Cairo Bank and Price Waterhouse ...