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Silk Road Fund Said To Weigh Offer For $2B Glencore Mine
2016-07-07T13:05:07.595085-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/silk-road-fund-said-to-weigh-offer-for-2b-glencore-mine-20160707627/
China’s Silk Road Fund, a $40 billion pool set up to invest along the nation’s ancient trade routes with Central Asia, is discussing a joint bid for Glencore Plc’s gold mine in Kazakhstan The post Silk Road Fund said to weigh offer for $2b Glencore Mine appeared first on DealStreetAsia.
Kazakhstan A Real Assets Investment Haven
2016-06-13T15:19:57.889071-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/kazakhstan-a-real-assets-investment-haven-20160613395/
It is the right time to invest in Kazakhstan, taking advantage of the country’s transformation process, which involves diversifying its revenue and opening up its economy to the world.
Kazakhstan Replaces Energy Minister As Oil Output Falls
2016-03-28T09:42:35.982707-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/kazakhstan-replaces-energy-minister-as-oil-output-falls-20160328259/
Kazakhstan names Kanat Bozumbayev, a former head of the country's power grid, as its new energy minister.
$400B In Oil Projects Delayed In '15, More To Come
2016-01-15T14:30:19.816186-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/400b-in-oil-projects-delayed-in-15-more-to-come-20160115610/
The development of 68 major projects, representing 27 billion barrels of oil reserves — many of which were expensive, deep-water projects as well as projects in Africa and Kazakhstan — were pushed back last year, according to an industry report by Wood Mackenzie, an energy consulting firm.
Kazakhstan Looks To Private Equity For Help With Its $93B Cash Pile
2015-12-29T14:33:20.064725-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/kazakhstan-looks-to-private-equity-for-help-with-its-93b-cash-pile-20151229876/
KKR & Co. founder Henry Kravis, Blackstone Group LP Chairman Stephen Schwarzman and Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein were among the guests when Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev hosted a dinner in New York. Apart from the dining at the Four Seasons Hotel, there was access to a possible $93 billion on the table as Nazarbayev, who presides over Central Asia’s biggest energy exporter, seeks to boost returns on the country’s wealth...
Kazakhstan Looks To Up Sovereign Real Estate Investments
2015-12-29T10:48:25.979176-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/kazakhstan-looks-to-up-sovereign-real-estate-investments-20151229846/
The Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan is seeking to boost returns on a possible $93 billion in wealth funds, and some of real estate’s biggest private equity players could be the beneficiaries.
American billionaire Jim Rogers considers investing in Kazakhstan
2015-11-30T17:22:29.684708-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/american-billionaire-jim-rogers-considers-investing-in-kazakhstan-20151130300/
American billionaire and investor Jim Rogers is thinking about investing in Kazakhstan. He came to Kazakhstan for the Astana Invest 2015, an international investment forum held on October 29-30 in Ka...
Real Estate Baron Chetrit Settles Money-Laundering Case
2015-11-16T16:48:23.813101-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/real-estate-baron-chetrit-settles-money-laundering-case-20151116524/
Joseph Chetrit, the developer of the most expensive New York City apartment ever listed for sale, settled a lawsuit claiming he helped launder money stolen from Kazakhstan by pouring it into two ritzy condominium projects.
Oil Producers Locked In Brinkmanship To Ensure Market Share
2015-10-26T15:05:18.850658-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/oil-producers-locked-in-brinkmanship-to-ensure-market-share-20151026274/
<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">The urge to coordinate and the push to elbow out competitors continue to be the hallmarks of the emerging global crude equation.</span>
Chinese Energy Giants' Overseas Buyouts Back In The Pipeline
2015-10-19T10:45:38.594801-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/chinese-energy-giants-overseas-buyouts-back-in-the-pipeline-20151019824/
Overseas acquisitions by state-backed oil and gas giants are expected to pick up soon from a multiyear low blamed on a continuing corruption crackdown and a sharp fall in oil prices that have weakened their financial positions, according to analysts and deal advisers.
Lawsuit Says Manhattan Real Estate Was Used To Launder Money
2015-10-19T10:41:00.140222-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/lawsuit-says-manhattan-real-estate-was-used-to-launder-money-20151019821/
A banker and a former politician from Kazakhstan tried to launder tens of millions of dollars of stolen money through New York real-estate holdings, a civil lawsuit alleges.
China's Silk Road Strategy Takes Shape In Khorgos
2015-10-19T10:38:39.106885-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/chinas-silk-road-strategy-takes-shape-in-khorgos-20151019820/
China is looking to increase investment in a new government-owned dry port in Kazakhstan as part of its Silk Road plan.
Zinc Jumps Most In 4 Years, Other Metals Rally
2015-10-09T14:10:02.001300-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/zinc-jumps-most-in-4-years-other-metals-rally-20151009374/
Zinc prices surged on Friday after Glencore, the biggest producer of the metal, said it plans to cut output by about a third, adding to signs that commodity producers are willing to scale back supplies to combat slumping prices, boosting the prospects for a global deficit.
Primus Power Raises $25M in Series D
2015-09-10T17:41:24.467925-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/primus-power-raises-25m-in-series-d-20150910986/
HAYWARD, CA, Leader in grid-scale energy-storage technology, announced today that it secured $25 million in financing for its Series D funding round.
Primus Power Raises $25M to Bring Flow Batteries to Kazakhstan
2015-09-10T17:31:34.021523-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/primus-power-raises-25m-to-bring-flow-batteries-to-kazakhstan-20150910980/
Primus Power, a flow battery startup that’s worked primarily with the U.S. military to date, has raised a $25 million Series D round, led by a group of investors that wants to try its technology out at megawatt scale in Kazakhstan.
Dave McClure’s 500 Startups Closes Fund III With $85M
2015-09-04T14:24:36.169373-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/dave-mcclures-500-startups-closes-fund-iii-with-85m-20150904760/
Startup investor Dave McClure isn’t slowing down, despite changes in the public markets and the skeptical reception his venture firm 500 Startups has received among U.S. institutional investors. The number of limited partners in its funds is approaching 500, Mr. McClure said.
'New Silk Road': Is China building bubbles or oases?
2015-08-26T12:03:12.744967-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/new-silk-road-is-china-building-bubbles-or-oases-20150826287/
A development wave is transforming an area along China's border with Kazakhstan that just three years ago boasted little more than a wealth of rocks and sand.
Kazakhstan and Shady London Real Estate Deals
2015-07-23T15:03:52.431605-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/kazakhstan-and-shady-london-real-estate-deals-20150723256/
An investigation by money-trail watchdog Global Witness has concluded that Rakhat Aliyev and his son Nurali are closely linked to shady real estate deals in London. According to the report Mystery on...
APIP CEO Lee Cashell on current Ulaanbaatar Real Estate market
2015-04-06T14:35:37.267371-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/tomorrows-emerging-markets-today-apip-ceo-lee-cashell-on-current-ulaanbaatar-real-estate-market-20150406649/
There is no hint when standing in the desolate Yarmag district of Ulaanbaatar that you are near the centre of one of the world’s fastest growing economies. But what today is just a mostly empty valley, for developers will be the next magnet for Mongolia’s rising middle class – unless a property crash happens.
As Russia Prepares for Economic War, Putin Increases Reserves
2014-11-13T13:12:15.500004-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/as-russia-prepares-for-economic-war-putin-increases-reserves-20141113664/
Russia has taken advantage of lower gold prices to pack the vaults of its central bank with bullion as it prepares for the possibility of a long, drawn-out economic war with the West....
$2.7B from National Oil Fund for New Infrastructure Projects
2014-11-13T13:11:06.423401-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/27b-from-national-oil-fund-for-new-infrastructure-projects-20141113663/
$2.7 billion out of the Kazakhstan’s National Oil Fund accumulating windfall oil revenues is going to be earmarked to finance infrastructure projects, a Tengrinews.kz journalist reports....
Kazakstan's Sovereign Fund Publishes Rules of Assets Divestiture
2014-07-09T14:00:03.979659-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/8245-kazakstans-sovereign-fund-publishes-rules-of-assets-divestiture-20140709245/
By late July, the Fund's management plans to meet with potential investors to answer all questions on the divestiture of assets.
Companies interested in acquiring the assets of the Fund's group of companies and wishing to participate in the event can send their contact details (company, title, name, telephone number) to the address press@sk.kz.
The exact date of the meeting will be published later.
Ozon, Russia's largest online retailer, raises $150 million in funding
2014-05-01T10:20:16.553705-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/7049-ozon-russias-largest-online-retailer-raises-150-million-in-funding-20140501049/
Under the agreement, both Sistema and MTS have invested $75 million for a 10.8% stake each, valuing the business at roughly $700 million. Both companies get a seat on Ozon's board of directors accord...
Invesco Chief Economist: "Growth in 2014 will be slower than in the past couple of years"
2014-04-07T16:46:06.842236-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/6653-invesco-chief-economist-growth-in-2014-will-be-slower-than-in-the-past-couple-of-years-20140407653/
The outlook for developed economies is for a gradually strengthening recovery led by the US, with the UK and Japan as an intermediate pair, and with the euro-area lagging considerably behind. In the emerging world, economic conditions have worsened over the past year...
Kazakhstan SWF Hit with "Commercial Activities" Exception in Securities Fraud Suit
2014-03-14T14:16:08.539494-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/6319-kazakhstan-swf-hit-with-commercial-activities-exception-in-securities-fraud-suit-20140314319/
Recognizing that state actors are generally immune to suit in a U.S. court, Judge Furman held that the sovereign wealth fund's actions fit the "commercial activities" exception to the rule:...
How Will ExxonMobil Boost Its Oil and Gas Production?
2014-02-03T13:22:56.571319-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/5442-how-will-exxonmobil-boost-its-oil-and-gas-production-20140203442/
Despite a wave of new projects slated to start up over the next few years, boosting oil and gas production remains a major challenge for ExxonMobil. - Arjun Sreekumar - Energy...
Norway's Oil Fund Heads For $1 Trillion; So Where Is Alberta's Pot Of Gold?
2014-01-14T16:04:21.570533-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/4934-norways-oil-fund-heads-for-1-trillion-so-where-is-albertas-pot-of-gold-20140114934/
Every man, woman and child in oil-rich Norway became a theoretical millionaire this week. The country’s oil fund — which collects taxes from oil profits and invests the money, mostly in stocks — excee...
Resource Capital Partners Invests in Kazakh Mine, Changes Name
2013-09-23T13:17:58.195640-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/1717-resource-capital-partners-invests-in-kazakh-mine-changes-name-20130923717/
Resource Capital Partners (RCP), a private equity fund management company with offices in Denver and Almaty, Kazakhstan, announced today the Fund's first investment...
Cracking Down on Corrupt Mining Industry Deals - Businessweek
2013-07-02T11:11:17.190611-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/569-cracking-down-on-corrupt-mining-industry-deals-businessweek-20130702569/
For a business that routinely makes multibillion-dollar deals with governments and controversial leaders in the developing world, the mining industry has been remarkably free of regulatory scrutiny. N...
New deputy chairman of board appointed in Kazakh Sovereign Wealth Fund - Trend.Az
2013-06-07T16:24:11.611618-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/241-new-deputy-chairman-of-board-appointed-in-kazakh-sovereign-wealth-fund-trendaz-20130607241/
Erdebai Dauren Imanzhanuly was appointed to the post of deputy chairman of board of the Kazakh Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna, the fund said today....