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This fright has turned into a reality in many developed markets like US, where the accelerated shift of Americans shopping via internet has pushed several retail companies into bankruptcy. Approximately 8,640 stores with 147mn square feet of retailing space is...

Sizable issuances The emergence of GCC bond markets have been a fallout of the low oil prices and decline in foreign reserves, which has forced the regional governments to look for alternative routes to fund their diversification plans. Recently, debt...

Value traded in July reflected the positive sentiments in the market, with volume traded increasing by 8% while the turnover in the market increased by 10%. All MENA markets, barring Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Egypt, witnessed gain in liquidity. Kuwait...

  YTD Performance    Apple Google Amazon Netflix Facebook Microsoft S&P 500   2017 26% 20% 21% 16% 16% 8% 6% Source: Reuters; Returns as of July 30, 2017 Trading at a premium would be an understatement to refer to FAANG...

How can GCC Individuals invest in Cryptocurrencies? Though GCC has been a slow starter in the cryptocurrency space, there has been a spurt in the number of bitcoin trading exchanges in the GCC, especially in the United Arab Emirates in...

The first round of production cuts was agreed in November 2016 and was effective during January 2017 and was aimed at cutting down 750,000 barrels of oil per day from the global supply. Second round of the production cuts announced...

Institutional constraints such as barriers to invest across boundaries, limitations on repatriation of investment income, varying corporate governance standards, higher transaction costs and currency risk have been put forth as possible reasons. Interestingly, closer to home regional mutual funds in...

In Saudi Arabia, there are more than 35 companies that are licensed to provide insurance services, further there are 150+ companies that offer insurance support services and allied activities. Together, they generated business, as measured by gross written premium, worth...

The GCC region too has caught-up with this global phenomenon and has some successful start-up stories to boast about. Start-ups are being projected as forerunners of economic growth through job creation and also pursued as the solution for job creation....

Threat of disruption of a business now extends to almost all of the divisions – finance, operations, customer data, sales, R&D, IP. While this should make cybersecurity a mandate of the board and stakeholders, in many of the organizations the...