Summer 2018

New income streams

Although it is awash with oil and, therefore, capital, the Gulf region is at a critical juncture: it must diversify its economy away from...

SAUDI ARABIA: A new dawn

Saudi Arabia has been pursuing economic diversification since the 1970s with varying levels of success. Romil Patel looks at the petro-state’s latest efforts to expand...

ALTERNATIVES: Winning over the sovereigns

Investors worldwide are continuing to seek out alternative assets. Romil Patel looks at their growing prominence in the Middle East. Much like the physical one...

INTERVIEW: Totally mega

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...

MENA ROUNDTABLE: ‘The story is about reforms’

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...

EVENT REPORT: Under African skies

Companies from across the custody, asset management and administration sectors convened in Cape Town to discuss topics such as market growth, disruption and cyber...

SOUTH AFRICA ROUNDTABLE: Airline syndrome

Our panellists tell us that instead of launching competing national projects, African countries should work together for the sake of a bigger capital market. Chaired by...

BEHIND THE BUSINESS CARD: From Riyadh with love

Michael Slater, head of Northern Trust in the Middle East Previous company and job title: I have worked at Northern Trust for 13 years, 11...

US EQUITIES: One way or another

Could a trade war end ten years of strong performance for US equities? Perhaps not, finds Fiona Rintoul – but a recession may be...

CYBER SECURITY: Surviving an attack

The funds industry is ramping up cyber security defences. Nicholas Pratt looks at what to do in the event of an attack. In March, the...