Marmore Articles

Emaar properties PJSC was established in 1997 and has been listed as a Joint stock company on the Dubai Financial market.  Emaar has helped in creating large scale master-planned communities as well as establishing competencies in the Hospitality & Leisure,...

According to Marmore’s UAE Asset Management report, the UAE asset management industry manages USD 1,264.8mn in assets in about 31 funds as of 21st July, 2015. In terms of products, equity funds lead the pack with 69% share, followed by specialized...

The main goal of an investor or a money manager is to create wealth - be it through capital appreciation strategy, dividend strategy or a capital preservation strategy. Unfortunately over the last 10 year period (2005-October 2015) all but Muscat...

SABIC was established in 1976 by Royal decree, and is currently ranked amongst the world’s largest petrochemicals manufacturer. According to Marmore’s company report on SABIC, the petrochemical segment contributed over 86% to SABIC’s revenue in 2014. The next big segment...

According to Marmore’s recently released Monthly Market Review, MENA markets ended mostly in red during the month of October 2015. Abu Dhabi (-4.0%) suffered the most, followed by Saudi Arabia (-3.8%), Dubai (-2.5%) and Bahrain (-2.0%). Despite the increase in...

Interview with Mr. Raghu, Head of Research, Markaz by Peter Duke, Sales Director, Fidelity Worldwide Investment. 2015 has seen oil prices drop to a new low amid a glut of supply in the region. But how will this affect the...

Last year we had published a report (Disruptive Technology: Bitcoins) on the emerging technology of bitcoins. At the time of writing that report, the value of one bitcoin had reached an all-time high of $979 against the US dollar and...

Qatar banking sector overall accounts for 126% of the country’s nominal GDP in 2014 and banks’ credit to GDP stood at 87%. According to Marmore’s report on Qatar banking, the post-crisis growth in loans, deposits, assets and revenues (2009-2014) has...

Introduction The relationship between oil price and dollar value is intriguing not only to the US and the oil-exporters, but to researchers and governments all over the world. Most commodities, including oil tend to be negatively correlated with the US...

According to a report published by Marmore (Is China Stalling?), the ensuing volatility in global markets was exacerbated by fears of rapid economic slowdown in China - the largest economy in the world (PPP terms), which stoked fears of impending...