Spring 2012

EGYPT EQUITIES: Rallying to a different tune

While tear gas billowed over Tahrir Square, Egypt’s fund industry suffered heavy losses. However, a stock market surge and the prospect of an elected...

EGYPTIAN STOCK EXCHANGE: Weeks of highs – and lows

This month marks one year since the Egyptian stock exchange reopened for business. Stefanie Eschenbacher looks at trading activity. Egypt’s football riots last month evoked...

FUND LAUNCHES: Home is where the heart is

Saudi Arabia dominates Funds Global’s latest fund launch review, both in terms of investment and as a domicile. Stefanie Eschenbacher finds that Mena asset...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Going Dutch

The Netherlands’ fund provider ING Investment Management is well known for maintaining a fund management team permanently in the Mena region. Nick Fitzpatrick talks...

US EQUITIES: The best assets in the universe?

That’s an American fund house’s view of US equities. Nick Fitzpatrick asks if the same sentiment is to be found in Dubai. Since the beginning...

ECONOMICS: Fuel for thought

Oil companies carry surprisingly little weight in Mena equity markets but the energy sector continues to propel the regional economy. Stefanie Eschenbacher reports. Oil and...

CUSTODY BANKING: Protection on a domestic front

The closure of many local brokerage businesses in the Mena region means custody is less available. Though at the same time international custody banks...

CUSTODY BANKING: Keeping in with the locals

Building their business among domestic investors is a priority for some international custodian banks, finds Nick Fitzpatrick. HSBC is widely recognised as the largest custody...

PERFORMANCE: Saudi Arabia takes the lead

Five of the top fund performers in the Mena region in the fourth quarter were Saudi-focused and four of these were sharia compliant, according...

REMOTE EXPOSURE: All the world’s heir stage

Some of the most important companies in the Middle East are global players. George Mitton profiles firms from five sectors that are expanding in...