Category Archives: Speakers

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

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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

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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

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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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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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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

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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

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Richard Dallas on Investing in Private Equity

How are private equity investments in the Middle East typically structured and funded, and what should private equity investors look for? Richard Dallas of Gulf Capital will share his insights at the Middle East Investment Conference. Read More

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Watch Live Broadcasts from the Middle East Investment Conference Online

CFA Institute Middle East Investment Conference presentations from Pippa Malmgren and Henry Azzam will be broadcast online Monday, 26 March. Read More

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Michael O’Sullivan Recommends Safe Havens for Middle East Investments

Michael O’Sullivan of Credit Suisse will discuss the economics of the Arab Spring at the Third Annual Middle East Investment Conference in Doha, Qatar. Read More

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