Sovereigns Nearly Double the Size of Hedge Funds February 11, 2008 Money News.com <http://moneynews.newsmax.com/money/archives/st/2008/2/11/85440.cfm> http://moneynews.newsmax.com/money/archives/st/2008/2/11/85440.cfm Without much notice, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) – those government-directed funds stuffed with Arab oil money or export earnings, as is the case with China – have grown in size to control almost twice the assets of hedge funds. […]
State Funds May Not Bolster Freedoms By BOB DAVIS February 11, 2008; Page A2 Free traders have long argued that expanded trade is a force for political freedom abroad, and point to South Korea and Taiwan as proof. In both places, exports boosted living standards for millions of workers, while expanded imports and foreign investment helped […]
Congressional Committee Warns of SWF Risks February 8, 2008 Memri Economic Blog http://memrieconomicblog.org/bin/content.cgi?news=1059 Hat Tip-Margo I. Members of congress, federal officials and academics warned yesterday that sovereign wealth funds owned by governments pose a risk for US national security. Linda Chatman Thomas, Director, Division of Enforcement, US Securities and Exchange Commission, told a congressional […]
Inquiry and Analysis Series – No. 418 January 31, 2008 No. 418 From the MEMRI Economic Blog http://memrieconomicblog.org/ Sovereign Wealth Funds: From Obscurity to Front Page[1] By: Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli * Introduction The World Economic Forum (WEF), which concluded its meetings over the weekend in Davos, Switzerland, appears to have devoted an inordinate amount of […]
http://www.worldnet daily.com/ news/article. asp?ARTICLE_ ID=59969Arab nations eye control of U.S. companies Ready to move with $1.7 trillion in windfall profits from oil-price spike _____ Posted: January 31, 2008 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi C 2008 WorldNetDaily. com Sovereign Wealth Funds in six Persian Gulf countries – including Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and […]
January 28, 2008 12:28amThe Australian US makes a U-turn on foreign buyers jserve.write(“/SITE=TAUS/AREA=NEWS.FINANCE.FTBUSINESS/AAMSZ=110X40/”); ipt> Bob Davis and Dennis K.Berman | January 28, 2008 TWO years ago, the US Congress pressured the Arab emirate of Dubai to back out of a deal to manage US ports. Today, governments in the Persian Gulf, China and Singapore have […]
Shariah Capital-Press Releases-Learn who the players are, and use this to educate yourself about the risks of Shariah Law and Finance
Welcome to Shariah Capital’s News and Press Releases page. Below, please find all recent press releases and news articles for Shariah Capital. If you would like to inquire further, please contact Joseph Gau: [email protected] 11.20.2007 Shariah Capital Awarded Master of Islamic Funds for 2007, Shariah Capital Press Release 11.12.2007 Shariah Capital Announces Shariah Advisory […]
Wall Street Journal Video re: The potential impact and reach of foreign gov investment funds on the US economy and article re; Soverign Wealth Fund Map
Sovereign Wealth Fund Map (This was in a WSJ article below) http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-foreignSWF08.html Video: WSJ’s Dennis Berman discusses the potential impact and reach of foreign government investment funds on the U.S. economy. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid452319854/bctid1380790724 Lobbyists Smoothed the Way For a Spate of Foreign Deals By BOB DAVIS and DENNIS K. BERMAN January 25, 2008; Page A1 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120120895483414521.html WASHINGTON — Two […]
Financial Times FT.com MARKETS On Asia // <![CDATA[ if(typeof window.close != “undefined”) {document.write( ‘ Close ‘ ) }// ]]< Close // <![CDATA[ if(typeof subs!=”undefined” && subs==”Y”) {document.write(‘ Subscription page ‘);}// ]]> // <![CDATA[ if(typeof window.print != “undefined”) {document.write(‘‘) }// ]]> On Asia: Suspicion over sovereign fund investments By Sunny Tucker Published: January 25 2008 19:19 […]
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