Geopolitical analyst, Peter Zeihan, believes that North America has the capacity to become energy self-sufficient by 2020 and predicts a US that adopts a more economically isolationist stance. Read More
Category Archives: Economics
28 March 2013
Peter Zeihan: The World Should Watch Out for a Shift in U.S. Foreign and Economic Policy
This entry was posted in Economics, News, Speakers and tagged Arab Spring, economics, energy, Geopolitics, Middle East Investment Conference. Bookmark the permalink.
26 March 2013
Avinash Persaud: Who Will Win the Currency Wars?
“The Americans or the Chinese?” asks risk expert and chairman at Intelligence Capital Limited, Avinash Persaud, at the CFA Institute Middle East investment Conference. Read More
22 March 2013
Malik and Awadallah: Economic Fragmentation of the Arab World
Adeel Malik from the University of Oxford and Bassem Awadallah, founder and CEO of Tomoh Advisory, analyse the deep roots of the relative economic failure of the wider Arab world. Read More
This entry was posted in Economics, News, Speakers and tagged Arab Spring, economics, Islamic Finance, MENA, Middle East Investment Conference. Bookmark the permalink.
20 March 2013
Arnab Das: We Are Caught in a Trap of Excessive Debt
Arnab Das, managing director of research and investment strategy at Roubini Global Economics, argues the most important parallel issues are the distribution between creditors and debtors and the balance between future and present economic activity. Read More
This entry was posted in Economics and tagged Debt, economics, Financial Crisis, Middle East Investment Conference. Bookmark the permalink.
Positive Change in the Investment Industry Must Start With All of Us
Opening the Middle East Investment Conference in Dubai, speakers recognise the challenges facing investment professionals in the Middle East and call for change. Read More
This entry was posted in Economics, News, Speakers, Standards, Ethics & Regulations (SER) and tagged Arab Spring, economics, Financial Crisis, Middle East Investment Conference, Trust. Bookmark the permalink.
Video: Yacoub Nuseibeh, CFA, on the Issues Facing Investment Professionals in the Middle East
In an interview at the kickoff of the fourth annual CFA Institute Middle East Investment Conference, CFA Society Emirates President, Yacoub Nuseibeh, CFA, discusses issues on the minds of investment professionals in the region. Read More
This entry was posted in Economics, News and tagged Economic outlook, Financial Crisis, Islamic Finance, Middle East Investment Conference. Bookmark the permalink.
14 February 2013
Avinash Persaud on Euro Zone Risks
Avinash Persaud sees the European Union risking bigger booms and more devastating national busts. Persaud will be speaking at the Fourth Annual CFA Institute Middle East Investment Conference in Dubai. Read More
This entry was posted in Economics, Investment Topics, Risk Management and tagged economics, Economies, Eurozone, London Business School, Middle East Investment Conference. Bookmark the permalink.
11 January 2013
Geopolitical Analysis from Peter Zeihan
In these videos, Peter Zeihan’s analysis ranges from the North Pole’s natural resources to South America’s political tensions. Zeihan will be speaking at the Fourth Annual CFA Institute Middle East Investment Conference in Dubai. Read More
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4 April 2012
Islamic Finance: Bringing Ethics to the Center of Finance
Tarek El Diwany believes the core value proposition of Islamic Finance is to bring ethics to the center of finance and when this is achieved, everyone stands to gain. Read More
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30 March 2012
Livestream: The Changing Economic and Political Landscape of the Arab Region
Henry Azzam, chairman of the Middle East and North Africa region at Deutsche Bank, discusses the key challenges ahead at the CFA Institute Middle East Investment Conference. Read More
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