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• The rise in the oil price is driving investment growth

• The power of sovereign wealth funds will magnify as the petrodollar gains ground

• This special report is available as a click and carry PDF - -

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Boomtime in lands of oil and money

The rise in the oil price is driving investment growth, says Roula Khalaf

Sovereign wealth funds: Power magnifies as petrodollar gains ground

Simeon Kerr says their assets are expected to rise to about $17,500bn in
the next 10 years

Investment banking: Oil spoils need to be invested

Gillian Tett says western banks are responding by beefing up their local presence

Private equity: All eyes on new buy-out funds

Gillian Tett says the spread of privatisation is helping to create potential targets

Profile: Keba Keinde

Simeon Kerr meets Millennium Finance Corporation’s CEO

Capital markets: Demand for sukuk surges

David Oakley says strong demand for the Dana Gas issue suggests the market is not slowing down

Banking: One merger does not signal a trend

Roula Khalaf says the talk of industry consolidation may be premature

Limited impact of credit squeeze

Roula Khalaf says on the whole, the financial sector in the region has escaped unscathed from the international mayhem

Insurance: Sector likely to quadruple

Simeon Kerr says the market, now worth $1.5bn, could rise to $8bn

Exchanges: Bourses at war for business

Qatar and Dubai are in a struggle for supremacy, says Simeon Kerr

Profile: Sameer al-Ansari


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