Category Archives: News
With China Slowing, Can Asia Still Be the World’s Growth Engine?
With recent report that China’s growth disappointed in 2014, some financial professionals have concerns about economic growth in Asia. A broader view of the entire region yields important insights. Read More
Developing Strategic Plans for the New Reality — In the Middle East and Beyond
In Kuwait, the complexities of changing economic models and shifting priorities emphasize the challenges of investing in new realities. Read More
Investing in New Realities: Commodities, Disruptive Megatrends, and State Capitalism
Selections from CFA Institute Conference Proceedings for investment professionals ready to re-consider new investing realities by engaging with the latest thinking on global economics, frontier markets, innovative investment techniques and disruptive industry trends. Read More
Little Market Reaction in a World of Risk
Old geopolitical risks have been replaced by new ones, but Nouriel Roubini sees financial markets largely unaffected. Read More
Financial Warfare: The Threat May Be Enough to Keep the Peace, but There’s No Room for Complacency
How do investors navigate a climate in which currencies are potentially unstable and the Fed and central banks stand accused of becoming printing presses? Read More
SMEs Are Crucial to Economic Development in the Middle East
Small- and medium-sized enterprises arguably hold the key to the economic development of the Middle East, but poor access to financing presents a challenge for entrepreneurs. Read More
GIC’s Russell Read, CFA, on the Alpha and Beta of Commodities Investing
Commodity strategies have a major and multidimensional role to play in a diversified portfolio — especially for investors in the MENA region. Read More
Islamic Finance Should Contribute More to Sustainable Economic Development: Volker Nienhaus
There is much potential for Islamic finance to promote sustainable economic development through such approaches as widening access to finance (including microfinance), financing infrastructure projects, and expanding the reach of takaful (Islamic insurance). Read More
An Important Report on Middle Eastern High-Net-Worth Individuals
At the Middle East Investment Conference, Khaled Sifri, CEO, Emirates Investment Bank provided unique transparency into Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) high-net-worth individuals. Read More
A President’s View of the Art of Negotiation
It isn’t often that you get a chance to listen to a former sitting president discuss the art of negotiation; and it is rarer still that you learn negotiating secrets from a leader whose peace treaty helped to end an intractable conflict and garnered him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. Read More
