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Abu Dhabi may be bailing out Dubai World, but it seems that the pockets of its sovereign wealth fund, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), are still deep enough to fund 'trophy' foreign investments. After all, what is the US$10bn Dubai World bailout, for a country with the world's biggest wealth fund sitting on US$500-700bn in assets? ADIA is buying a 15% stake in London's Gatwick...
2010-02-05If you have a read through the newspapers at the moment, you could be excused for believing that we have gone back in time to the post-war era. All the concepts that are presented as a foundation for a post-crisis financial system are borrowed from the post-war era: suffice to mention the Tobin tax, Kenynesian economics and the latest revival by US President Obama of the Glass-Steagall...
2010-02-01UK-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is to acquire a 91% stake in Indonesia's Matahari Department Stores (MDS), a subsidiary of retail group Matahari Putra Prima, in a deal worth IDR7.2trn (US$768mn). Indonesia's largest ever private equity deal, the relatively high value of the purchase of the 88-outlet-strong network, has been attributed to the country's sustained...
2010-02-03That US banking power is concentrated is not a matter for debate: the big four have half of the market for mortgages and two thirds of the market for credit cards; five banks have over 95% of the market for over-the-counter derivatives; three US banks have over 40% of the global market for stock underwriting. What is more contentious is whether size equates with financial instability....
2010-02-05The race is on. With the Brazilian economy forecast to face increasing headwinds in 2010, local companies are racing to access the nation's capital markets before the window begins to close as the year draws on. It seems Brazil may well become a victim of its own success. The strong recovery in the South American nation in H209 has red-flagged concerns about the economy overheating...
2010-01-27Italy's Eni, Occidental Petroleum and Korea Gas have just signed a deal to develop the Zubair oil field in southern Iraq, in a 20-year contract which involves US$20bn in investment. Eni has a 32.81% stake in the venture, while Occidental Petroleum holds 23.44%, Kogas 18.75% and Iraq's state-run Missan Oil holds 25%. This oil deal comes a week after Royal Dutch Shell and Petronas...
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