TECHNOLOGY

LEGAL EASE: Sun and wind power

Plans for renewable energy in the Middle East should provide considerable opportunities for private sector investment in the future, both in power generation facilities,...

EGYPT: Searching for treasure

The historic centre of the Arab world is undergoing a fraught transition to democracy. Is Egypt a compelling investment opportunity or ‘a basket case’?...

TECHNOLOGY: The waiting game

Technology vendors that hope to sell into the Mena market are having to bide their time, discovers Nicholas Pratt. There are sovereign wealth funds, stand-alone...

INSIDE VIEW: Fire, ready, aim

You could spend millions of dollars and a year of your life buying and implementing an IT system. Scott Williams,of Investit MENA, offers advice...

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...

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...

PRIVATE EQUITY: Sunny days ahead for energy investors

Private equity is playing an ever more significant role in the Mena economies. Nick Fitzpatrick finds out why renewable energy is a target for...

ROUNDTABLE: Following the spring

Stability may be returning to the Mena region after months of political unrest, albeit slowly, but how has this affected the markets and how...

ROUNDTABLE: Following the spring

Stability may be returning to the Mena region after months of political unrest, albeit slowly, but how has this affected the markets and how...

ASSET MANAGEMENT PANEL: The right kind of presence (part 2)

Gulf business models vary. The Funds Europe Asset Management Panel, hosted in Bahrain, discusses useful strategies and reasons to invest in them. (part 2) Douglas...