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...
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...
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...
The Netherlands’ fund provider ING Investment Management is well known for maintaining a fund management team permanently in the Mena region. Nick Fitzpatrick talks...
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...
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...
The closure of many local brokerage businesses in the Mena region means custody is less available. Though at the same time international custody banks...
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...