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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Suez Canal: Egyptian Economy Will See A Bump-upBut How Big?

At a lavish ceremony last month, the Egyptian government inaugurated the new Suez Canal, marking an expansion of the original project, which dates to 1869.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Forging New Economies

GCC Regional Report 2015 | Special Economic Zones Special economic zones are allowing GCC countries to diversify their economies away from oil and provide jobs to their citizenry.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

GCC Regional Report 2015

Introduction Regional wealth funds, free-trade zones and the Saudi Stock Exchange are expected to boost GCC economic growth and spur development—even if oil doesn’t cooperate.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

GCC Sees Its Future In Trade

GCC Regional Report 2015 | Trade GCC With oil prices not expected to top $100 a barrel anytime soon, breaking down trade barriers is the one sure way to boost the GCC’s economic prospects.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Oil’s Well That Ends Well

GCC Regional Report 2015 | Oil Prices GCC countries are weathering low oil prices surprisingly well, cushioned by sovereign funds, economic diversification and development.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Equities | Foreign Institutions To Deepen Saudi Stock Market

Saudi Arabia | When the Saudi Arabian stock market, or the Tadawul as it is known, opens to direct investment by qualified foreign institutions for the first time on June 15, it will begin a transformation of the biggest bourse in the Middle East.

Award Winners

Islamic Finance 2015 | Growth Strategies In Lebanon

Q&A with Moataz Natafji, general manager, BLOM Development Bank, the Islamic subsidiary of BLOM Bank, Beirut, Lebanon

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

FRONTIER MARKETS | THE OMAN DILEMMA

Frontier Markets Report | Oman The sultanate’s proximity to the Gulf has long been an attraction. But with war in neighboring Yemen, its location could be a drawback.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

HAS IRAN FINALLY COME IN FROM THE COLD?

Milestones | Iran It may have taken 12 years to reach, but the framework agreement struck between the so-called P5+1 (Russia, China, France, Britain, and the US, plus Germany), the European Union and Iran has enough momentum, say analysts, to yield a full accord by June 30.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

ISRAEL | ECONOMIC REFORMS COMPLICATE NETANYAHU’S FOURTH TERM

Newsmakers | Israel Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s success among center-right political parties, which saw him recently elected for a fourth term, may have provided a stable political platform, but international pressure and recent social unrest could see the country change economic direction.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

PRIVATE EQUITY FLYERS: DUBAI FAST-TRACKS PE FUNDS

Capital Markets | Private Equity TVM Capital Healthcare Partners in late March became the first company to register a private equity fund under simplified rules implemented by the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC).

Banking

BANK CEO INTERVIEWS

Interviews with the CEO's of Al Ahli Bank, Gulf Bank, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, and Qatar National Bank