Marmore Articles

Though the idea is enticing and could – assuming a flat-rate remittance tax of 10 per cent – add US$10 billion to the non-oil income of the GCC region on an aggregate basis, the introduction of such as tax has...

S&P GCC rose marginally by 1.1% in June, to close at 91 points. Global investor reaction to the Brexit outcome had unnerved GCC investors, and speculation over a possible contagion in Europe had led to panic driven trading in the...

Corporate profits and net margins at an aggregate level have been on a clear downward trend but the aggregate profit margin conceals diverging performances between the different sectors. Profit margins in sectors such as basic materials, industrials, energy, utilities and...

GCC Investors have flocked into British Real Estate Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) & private investors from gulf, particularly Qatar, Kuwait, KSA and UAE, have purchased prolific properties in Britain, largely in London. Indeed, a part of London is referred to...

GCC markets remained relatively unscathed except for UAE markets; Dubai index lost 3.3% while Abu Dhabi lost 1.8%. Dubai being largely a service economy driven by trade & services, tourism and real estate witnessed a fall as British pound lost...

Though UAE and KSA, the major markets in GCC have regulations for REITs, restriction on foreign ownership of property, with the exception of few places in Dubai, and restrictions for foreign investments in capital markets pose challenges to the development...

The article originally appeared in The National | Business. Is this the perfect time for GCC private equity and venture capital to scale up? After the global financial crisis, private equity activity in the GCC declined tremendously. Fundraising became anaemic, despite...

The Tadawul All Share Index plans to increase the listings to 250 companies from about 170 now, over the next seven years. Its current market capitalization of $396 billion is expected to add close to $ 120-130 bn post the...

S&P GCC also declined by 5.1% in May, to close at 90 points. Worries over contraction in the construction industry and possibility of rise in provisions and non-performing loans in regional banks made investors wary of taking long-term positions in...

Three questions predominate the narrative: Is the current fall in oil price cyclical or structural? When can we see a strong rebound? (2016 or 2017 or beyond) & Can GCC survive a long spell of low oil price? In fact,...