Marmore Articles

J.P. Morgan has recently said that Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar sovereign bonds would be added to its Emerging Market Bond Index (EMBI) from January 2019, a decision that can potentially bring up to USD 60 billion of...

According to our recently released Monthly Market Review for the month of September, GCC equity markets remained flat despite the surge in crude oil prices witnessed during the month. Kuwait stock market, however, hogged the limelight as the first part...

As a part of their economic diversification strategy, Gulf countries have been increasingly focussing on the expansion of service sectors such as tourism, business, logistics and financial services. The huge stock of fiscal and foreign reserves  in the Arabian Gulf...

The global financial crisis has been the turnaround for the private debt market as it is now widely accepted as an asset class of its own. The increase in both supply and demand is having a significant impact on how...

Saudi New Bankruptcy Law. Saudi Arabia had no single bankruptcy law in place that prescribes procedures for businesses that face financial difficulty. The courts have traditionally refrained from declaring a debtor to be bankrupt until all feasible methods of debt...

Globally, private-equity (PE) firms manage about USD 3 trillion of capital for various investors such as pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and High Net worth Individuals (HNWI). However, less than USD 18bn of that (approximately, 0.6%) is managed by...

According to our recently released Monthly Market Review for the month of August, the positive momentum that prevailed in the recent months among GCC indices has halted during the month as the investors booked their profits. Turmoil in Turkey and...

Turkey has been making headlines these past few weeks due to the massive rate at which the Turkish currency, Lira, has been depreciating against the dollar. The economy is under stress with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) downgrading the growth...

A residential house that is a shape of rotor with contemporary style with wooden flooring, furnished with appliances from Samsung, constructed within 24 hours. Imagine making an own range of jewelry, trinkets or tiny add-ons for daily lives. Can we...

According to our recently released Monthly Market Review for the month of July, the second half of the year started on a good note for the stock markets of Kuwait and its regional peers, as they continue to yield positive...