Beyond Convention report sheds light on wealth
The Report found that wealthy families in the Middle East have a strong entrepreneurial spirit, want to play an…
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Expats accounted for 94% of Qatar's labour force in 2012
Expatriates accounted for 94% of the country's total labour force of 1.3mn in 2012, shows a new report. This,…
Wealth Managers Face Tall Hurdles to Build on Rebound – RESEARCH
Faced with troublesome industry trends that will likely lead to lower growth and profitability over the next five years, wealth…
Israel's capital market has too much money ahead (and that's a problem)
Prophesy, as everyone knows, is given to fools. So we'll risk sounding foolish and say that the Israeli capital market…
GCC women's wealth estimated at USD224bn
Kuwait Financial Centre " Markaz " has recently published a report titled "When GCC Women Invest: An Underserviced Market". Based…
QE to keep supporting shares – Coutts
Despite some conflicting signals from Federal Reserve (Fed) officials last week, we remain confident that quantitative easing (QE, or asset…
Big Hedge Fund vs. Small Hedge Fund
Last year, a year of mediocre returns for hedge funds in general, saw small hedge funds with less than $100m…
Amazon’s Web Services Threatens Almost All IT, Says Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley’s Scott Devitt, in a longish (32 pages) report in conjunction with colleagues Keith Weiss, Ehud Gelblum, Simon…
IIFM releases 3rd edition of Sukuk report 'A Comprehensive Study of the Global Sukuk Market'
The International Islamic Financial Market released its much awaited IIFM Sukuk report (3rd edition) which consists of 'A Comprehensive…
CBO Publishes Its First Report on Financial Stability
The Central Bank of Oman today issued its first report on financial stability. The report aims at identifying the…
Ten IT-enabled business trends for the decade ahead
Three years ago, we described ten information technology-enabled business trends that were profoundly altering the business landscape. The pace of…
Gulf pension funds ramp up assets amid Arab Spring
State pension funds in the Gulf are sharply increasing their investments in new assets on the back of the…