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9 January, 2023

StanChart back in play as Abu Dhabi bid revealed

Euromoney, January 9 2023 First Abu Dhabi Bank looked long and hard at Standard Chartered, and others will […]
5 January, 2023

Sovereign funds lost $1 trillion in 2022. But where?

Euromoney, January 5 2023 A new study attempts to quantify the damage of 2022 for sovereign wealth funds. […]
21 December, 2022

Can investors still find an edge in private markets?

Euromoney, December 21 2022 The world’s sovereign wealth and pension funds have poured headlong into private and illiquid […]
15 December, 2022

Stoehr the most senior of Credit Suisse’s Asia exodus

Euromoney, December 15, 2022 The Greater China CEO represents a loss seniority, experience the gravitas. And his is […]
12 December, 2022

What went wrong with the ASX blockchain landmark?

Euromoney, December 12 2022 The Australian Securities Exchange took a leap of faith in commissioning Digital Asset to […]
30 November, 2022

The Philippines gets a sovereign wealth fund

Euromoney, November 30 2022 Maharlika Investments Fund looks like it will be a development vehicle that takes Indonesia […]
28 November, 2022

China Investment Corporation had a fine 2021, but how will this year look?

Euromoney, November 28 2022 CIC’s annual reviews are always out of date, but they provide clues to what […]
24 November, 2022

MUFG’s consumer finance deals show southeast Asia is Japan’s banking future

Euromoney, November 24 2022 The purchase of Home Credit’s businesses in the Philippines and Indonesia fits with a […]
24 November, 2022

Rum & Coal

Rum & Coal Calvi Publishing, November 2022 One day in 2019, I was contacted by Amanda Talbot, widow […]
21 November, 2022

Have private markets reached saturation?

Euromoney, November 21 2022 Sovereign wealth funds have swamped private markets over the last decade, but there are […]
17 November, 2022

Temasek bares its soul on FTX failure

Euromoney, November 17 2022 In a highly unusual step, Singapore’s sovereign wealth vehicle has spelled out how and […]
16 November, 2022

How Georgia turned a neighbour’s war to its economic advantage

Euromoney, November 16 2022 The country has one of the world’s best-performing economies with one of the few […]