Marmore Articles

In order to keep up with the workforce needs of the time, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations need an interdisciplinary skills policy to mobilize and deploy skills throughout the ecosystem. The skills policy needs to be interdisciplinary in terms...

Average crude oil prices have trended upwards for four consecutive months in 2019. The perception of oil risk due to factors like increasing geopolitical tensions triggered by the drone attack on Saudi oil vessels, the end of waivers for US...

The use of drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for commercial purposes has significantly received attention in the recent years. Adoption of drones is powered mainly by factors such as the increasing need for automation in firms, digitization of internal...

Rise in automation is changing the ways of doing business. Similar to the digital and technological revolution, big business houses have been the first to adopt automation across their activities in the form of driverless cars, robot assistants, and delivery...

Euromonitor International projects that the retail sales across Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and UAE will increase by more than USD 24 billion over the next five years. The UAE retail industry currently (worth USD 55 billion) will lead the trend...

Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) raised USD 12 Billion with the help of its first ever-international bond issuance in the month of April. Aramco marketed a U.S. dollar-denominated debt issue split into five tranches with maturities ranging from three...

Kuwait Blue Chip Companies – Banks Outperform on Regulatory Reforms. Kuwait’s GDP growth returned to positive territory in 2018, with higher input from its non-oil sectors, increased government investment to boost growth and improvement in the oil prices. Reforms to...

The labor market is undergoing a perceptible shift from one that is characterized by stable or permanent employment to what is called a “gig economy” (BMO Wealth Management). The gig economy is one that is defined by temporary (or contracted)...

According to recently published Monthly Market Review for the month of March, performance of GCC equity markets improved with Kuwait being the top performer, followed by Saudi Arabia. Qatar remained flat while Oman and Dubai continued to retract. Globally, China‘s...

This article was originally published in Islamic Finance News Innovation in Islamic finance, large-scale capital needs to fund infrastructure investments, and a slump in traditional revenue streams among oil-exporting Islamic countries has spurred Sukuk issuance in the recent past. Sovereign...