The country is set to spend billions on foreign aid, hotels and build-out for the World Cup. Orlando Crowcroft asks if Qatar can afford it.

Despite controlling billions of dollars of assets, Islamic endowments have not yet become clients of the asset management world. George Mitton finds out if this will change.

Funds Global profiles the seven stock exchanges in the Mena region that are members of the World Federation of Exchanges

Good equity performance may mask deep political problems in Egypt, while tensions remain in Tunisia. Orlando Crowcroft reports.

Oman is trying to improve conditions for local people by imposing minimum wages and workforce quotas, while dealing with dwindling energy resources. George Mitton reports