Ibrahim Warde, adjunct professor at Tufts University, argued that since the 1990s, Islamic finance has gained much more international acceptability but that it continues to grapple with the fundamental form-versus-substance debate. Read More
Category Archives: Speakers
28 March 2013
Peter Zeihan: The World Should Watch Out for a Shift in U.S. Foreign and Economic Policy
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
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
25 March 2013
Impact Investing: Making a Financial and Social Return
Dr. Harry Hummels, professor of ethics, organisations, and society at Maastricht University, believes impact investing is about making both a financial return and a positive impact. Read More
This entry was posted in Alternative Investments, News, Speakers and tagged Alternative Investments, economics, Impact Investing, Middle East Investment Conference. Bookmark the permalink.
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
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.
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
This entry was posted in Economics, Investment Topics, News, Speakers and tagged Geopolitics, Middle East Investment Conference. Bookmark the permalink.
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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27 March 2012
Hedge Fund Returns: Revenge of the Clones
Professor Narayan Naik has devoted the last decade to researching factors that can explain hedge fund performance and appears to have devised a clone that can replicate the performance of hedge fund indices. Read More
This entry was posted in Alternative Investments, News, Performance Measurement & Evaluation, Portfolio Management, Speakers and tagged Alpha, Hedge Funds, Investors, Middle East Investment Conference, Narayan Naik. Bookmark the permalink.
26 March 2012
Livestream: Geopolitical Factors for Investors
Watch Pippa Malmgren, president and founder of the Canonbury Group and Principalis Asset Management, present on geopolitical factors for investors at the CFA Institute Middle East Investment Conference. Read More
This entry was posted in News, Speakers and tagged Geopolitics, Middle East, Middle East Investment Conference, Pippa Malmgren. Bookmark the permalink.
