US VP Mike Pence Traveling to Asia-Pacific to Address ‘Problems’ US Vice President Mike Pence is opening his trip to the Asia-Pacific region to address the tensions in North Korea over the tiny impoverished, starving nation’s nuclear and missile programs. VP Pence arrives Sunday in South Korea as President Donald Trump vows that Kim Jong […]
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to open Hong Kong office The office will be ADIA’s only overseas location Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world’s richest sovereign wealth funds, said last Thursday it would open an office in Hong Kong to pursue more opportunities in China and other Asian markets. This is ADIA’s 1st […]
Gold, the #1 Explored Natural Resource in 2015 $GLD, $SLV, $ABX, $GG.V The Africa region had the highest in situ value for reported reserves and resources at primary Gold projects, with values totaling $1.48-T. A recent report shows that despite the Y-Y decline in the global exploration budget in Y 2015, Gold’s $3.94-B allocation made […]
Qatar Investment Authority Acquires $2.5-B Singapore Tower $BLK, $JLL, $GOOGL, $C The acquisition of Asian Square Tower 1 marks the largest single tower real estate transaction in Asia Pacific Sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has acquired a 43-story office tower in Singapore from US private equity firm BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) in a $2.45-B transaction. […]
