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Dubai: a lesson learned, poll voters say

08 January 2010

The main victim of the Dubai debt crisis has been the reputation of quasi-government debt, according to the majority of Global Investor / isf website readers

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The main victim of the Dubai debt crisis has been the reputation of quasi-government debt, according to the majority of Global Investor / isf website readers who voted for the Dubai poll. The majority of voters (43%) believe that the crisis is going to result in a reappraisal of quasi-government debt, whether in Dubai or anywhere else.

The effect of the crisis has been to force investors in the region to focus their...


 

Poll

What will UCITS IV mean to the market?

It will increase economies of scale and reduce costs for UCITS investors
34%
It will provide more choice, transparency and investor protection
17%
It will encourage the consolidation of funds
17%
It will result in a push by firms to domicile in a single location as opposed to multiple
17%
No real effect at all
14%