Three years after the financial crisis and there are still lawsuits flying around the Middle East of allegations that wealth managers mis-sold complex products that lost their clients money. George Mitton reports.

Iraq and Palestine are among the world’s most troubled regions, and yet frontier fund managers insist there are big returns for brave investors, writes George Mitton.

Private equity is playing an ever more significant role in the Mena economies. Nick Fitzpatrick finds out why renewable energy is a target for investors, and looks at the development of the asset class.

The United Arab Emirates and Qatar are tantalisingly close to being upgraded to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. But where one other index provider is concerned, UAE already is an emerging market. Nick Fitzpatrick looks at the world of index classification.

Growth possibilities for the Gulf fixed income market are enormous, but expansion needs the support of a robust asset management industry to reach its potential, says Michael P. Grifferty of the Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association.