Investors reassessing asset allocations
Speculation that the US Federal Reserve may tighten its quantitative easing policy has caused investors to reassess their asset allocations.…
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Qatar's Barwa eyes expansion in US, UK, Turkey
Barwa Group, Qatar’s largest real estate company, is to expand outside the Gulf state and is exploring potential projects…
Economist calls for a new global currency
The economist calls for a new international ‘cocktail or basket of major world currencies’ Amman: Robert Mundell, an economist and…
Expats accounted for 94% of Qatar's labour force in 2012
Expatriates accounted for 94% of the country's total labour force of 1.3mn in 2012, shows a new report. This,…
Top wealth owners prefer to invest in the Mideast
The Middle East, whose wealth is estimated to be in excess of $4.5tn with about 35 billionaires, is the…
Can Turkey rival M'sia as world's top sukuk issuer?
When Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan came to power a decade ago it would have been almost unthinkable for…
Swiss private bank Plans Hunt for African Rich With Wealth Management Expansion
UBS, the Swiss bank seeking to boost profit from wealth-management, said it plans to expand in Africa as economic growth…
Wealth Managers Face Tall Hurdles to Build on Rebound – RESEARCH
Faced with troublesome industry trends that will likely lead to lower growth and profitability over the next five years, wealth…
Insights into Islamic Investment Management from a Charterholder in Jordan
To gather insights into Islamic investment management from experienced CFA charterholders from different countries, we will be conducting a series…
Israel's capital market has too much money ahead (and that's a problem)
Prophesy, as everyone knows, is given to fools. So we'll risk sounding foolish and say that the Israeli capital market…
QE to keep supporting shares – Coutts
Despite some conflicting signals from Federal Reserve (Fed) officials last week, we remain confident that quantitative easing (QE, or asset…
Big Hedge Fund vs. Small Hedge Fund
Last year, a year of mediocre returns for hedge funds in general, saw small hedge funds with less than $100m…