Personal wealth in the UAE is forecast to rise by 8% per annum over the next five years – despite not having yet developed the wealth management market to capitalise on the growing wealth, according to a report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund, the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), has recorded $19 billion profit from its investments in a number of global firms, according to Kuwait’s finance minister Nayef Al Hajraf.
Bahrain-based alternative asset manager Investcorp has closed its first Indian private equity fund after raising $142 million in capital commitment.
Egypt-based investment bank and asset manager EFG Hermes is reportedly planning to launch a fund in 2020 to focus on the real estate sector.
Veteran banker Amr Al Menhali has been appointed as the new chief executive of Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Waha Capital.
Amid a fresh wave of American sanctions, Romil Patel spoke to Meysam Hamedi, director of financial markets and instruments at Iran’s Securities & Exchange Organization (SEO).
In 2016, global consulting firm PWC forecast the emergence of five global ‘megatrends’ in the next two decades. Stephen Anderson, its Middle East clients and markets leader, talks about their...
With the MENA region at a tipping point, our panellists talk about economic diversification, the impact of regulation and the delayed Saudi Aramco listing. Chaired by Romil Patel in Dubai.
Our cross-industry panel discuss the positive backdrop in Egypt, the Dana Gas controversy and the potential index upgrades of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Chaired by George Mitton in Dubai.
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