White papers and surveys covering issues relating to Middle East Investors. Private wealth in the Middle East region is unusually concentrated and some of the most frequently viewed research on Middle East issues covers family offices and private wealth management. Reports on trends in the sovereign wealth fund landscape have been popular, with SWFs such as ADIA and SAMA featuring prominently. Retirement attitudes and approaches to savings and retirement in the MENA region are also given coverage. Amongst the most popular articles in this section are those examining future trends in the Gulf, the investment outlook for Middle East markets and white papers on geopolitical issues in the MENA region.
This paper by the National Bank of Abu Dhabi looks back at the year that's been, and forward at the prospects for 2017. It focuses on the global economy, with a special focus on economies in the MENA region and the 'new normal' of lower oil prices.
Islamic economic thought and finance are rooted in Islamic ethics. Their ideals and means are not, however, exclusive to Islam. The principles of Islamic finance emphasize market-based risk-sharing modes of financing that promote assets and enterprise, deploy finance in service of the real economy, and facilitate redistribution of wealth and opportunity. ...
This is the World Bank's latest report on the global economy's state and prospects. It covers a wide range of themes from emerging market debt levels, to recent developments in specific regions, to emerging characteristics of global trade.
The world is changing at an unprecedented pace. In the medium and long term, Arab societies and economies will experience widespread change on the back of underlying global trends and potential risks. This paper explores the the new economic context will mean for MENA economies.
As oil prices have declined dramatically over the past several years, MENA governments have been forced to develop and implement reforms to their economies and markets. This Letter from the Manager reviews the programs and their potential impact on individual MENA countries. We believe that 2017 will be the year when these regional reforms create the basis of a new norm, with ...
The world is about to experience the greatest geopolitical transformation in at least the past three generations. The United States’ need for oil has greatly diminished, and its goals in the Middle East have changed. The United States now views the world wholly in relation to its other interests. Global and local demographics, new outsiders in the area, and a new contest shaping ...
This 15-page paper by PwC examines the global trends impacting the Middle East and how governments and businesses in the region can succeed amidst these changes.
We expect oil prices broadly to stabilise in 2017—but prices will continue to be affected by geopolitical shocks in the region, which will also create tremors on financial markets.
Global recovery remains restrained. Growth is expected to remain weak in the GCC region, while fiscal and external balances have deteriorated. GCC policymakers continue to face a challenging environment with sustained low oil prices. Countries need to accelerate structural reforms to diversify their economies away from hydrocarbons and boost the role of the private sector.
This 14-page report details remuneration for investment professionals in a variety of investment and marketing roles, operating across a variety of illiquid funds, including buyouts, secondaries, venture capital, co-investment, distressed, credit, growth, direct lending and FOFs. The report details salaries depending on role, experience, fund size, location, education and other ...
This research report, based on 3 years of Chatham House Future Trends research under the auspices of the GCC project, focuses on youth perspectives in a selection of Middle Eastern countries. It includes workshop partnerships with local research centres in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar, investigating political Islam, citizenship, the economy, law, internal community relations, ...
This paper by the World Economic Forum uses the latest available data, including through a research partnership with LinkedIn, to provide a concise overview of the region’s education, skills and jobs agenda. It is intended as a practical guide for leaders from business, government, civil society and the education sector to plan for the needs of the future. It is also a call to ...
In this presentation, Bassam Fattouh of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies has provides insights into Saudi oil policy within the context of a changing global oil market.
This industry study comes at a time when Islamic financial services are increasingly playing a crucial role in financing development and infrastructure projects in the Middle East. Needless to say, this industry creates numerous opportunities for both governments and private sector corporates to diversify their sources of capital and project funding. The study examined energy ...
A long term global view with a focus on MENA. The mediterranean Economies in a changing world. The world is changing its economic center of gravity from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Growth will be concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region, (80% in the next ten years).
The business environment in which Owner Managed Businesses (OMBs) operate within continues to evolve with the emergence of new technology, innovation, changes in financial management, client needs and increased regulation. Change can often be predicted and thus prepared for, however at times this can be unexpected and unavoidable, requiring robust infrastructure not only externally ...
The collapse in oil prices since 2014 has presented serious economic challenges for the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), underscoring the need to diversify their economies away from oil and develop their private sectors. In response, the GCC states have devised wide-ranging economic reform plans, central to which are, in many cases, options to privatize state-owned ...
The new environment of low oil prices has led to a deterioration in the growth prospects of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies. The drop in oil prices since mid-2014 is prompting significant fiscal adjustment, which is dampening growth prospects. In contrast to international experience, past growth in the GCC has been driven by factor accumulation. Supporting growth ...
