Macrobond is joined by experts exploring the driving forces behind Saudi Arabia's economic boom.

Emerging markets equities have been through tough times in 2022, and China equities were hit especially hard. Given the continuing war in Ukraine and the slowdown of Chinese economic growth, what is to be expected in 2023?

The FT looks at what the football World Cup means for the country, and what will happen to the stadium infrastructure and the future of the Fifa tournament.

Eimear Daly and Brian Daingerfield discuss the impact of rising Israel/Iran tensions on FX markets, touching on potential for further escalation, the prospect of reduced oil supplies, and drivers of oil supply and demand outside of geopolitics.

In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Giuseppe Porcaro sits down with Karen E. Young and Alicia García-Herrero to discuss the growing economic relations between China and the Gulf States. They mention the changing dynamics of trade, investment, currency as well as potential political alliance shifts in the region. They…

Saudi Arabia is racing to finish the $22B Riyadh Metro in time to modernize its capital city and open its doors to the world. With the country set to host the World Expo 2030 and as a frontrunner to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, this is a golden opportunity for Saudi Arabia to transform its economy and improve its human…

A recent report suggests economies reliant on oil and gas risk losing trillions of dollars in revenue. But reducing this dependence on fossil fuel revenues requires significant investments in new technologies, retraining the workforce, and diversifying sources of income. And as the FT’s Jamie Smyth explains, that may not be…

Experts from S&P Dow Jones Indices discuss the growth in passive investing by Middle Eastern investors.

In this webinar, Moody’s Analytics economists discuss the Middle East’s macroeconomic outlook.

How are indices helping expand the range of Shariah-compliant tools for market participants? S&P DJI’s John Welling and Chimera Capital’s Sherif Salem join Dubai Financial Markets’ Eric Solomon for a look inside how S&P DJI’s Shariah-compliant and Sukuk indices are helping investors evaluate and access local,…

See the latest insights from experts at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

In episode 1 of 'Your Property Pulse' podcast, Faisal Durrani, Partner, Head of Middle East Research at Knight Frank, is joined by Adam Wynne, David Crook and Umberto Bevilacqua from the UAE Commercial real estate team, discussing the UAE's commercial nerve centres, focusing specifically on the UAE's two biggest commercial…

In this virtual event, panelists present the landscape and the process of issuing Labelled Sukuk in order to mobilise financing for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the context of IsDB Member Countries (especially Uzbekistan, the host country for this year’s Annual Meetings), discuss market trends and share the…

Josette Rizk, Director of Institutional Clients for the Middle East & Africa at Invesco, discusses their study on the consequences of the pandemic on public finances for the Middle East's sovereign wealth funds and central banks. She speaks with Bloomberg's Manus Cranny on 'Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East…

As the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals company, Saudi Aramco continues to invest in technologies and innovative business models to enable the sustainable use of hydrocarbon resources across the value chain. In this podcast David Ledesma discusses with Yasser Mufti, Vice President Strategy & Market…

Jan Friederich, Head of MEA Sovereigns, and Toby Iles, Lead GCC Sovereign Analyst, discuss GCC fiscal prospects amid higher oil prices, Oman’s medium term fiscal plan and the tension between fiscal consolidation and diversification in the region.

Middle-East based DLA Piper partner, Paul Latto, joins a panel of experts including Tony Chacko Joseph, from UAE's Ministry of Finance; Khalid Saad, Board Member at CoinMENA; and Phil Reynolds, Board Director and Co-founder at Pyypl, to discuss the rapid growth in mobile payments and platforms the UAE's FinTech has…