The 2020 stock market crash has impacted the sectors of the GCC economy in different ways. Which sectors have fallen the most during this crash? Which sectors made the most gains?
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How has liquidity in Saudi stock changed in the light of COVID-19?What factors have driven market liquidity?
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What makes GCC’s fiscal position vulnerable? How have COVID-19 and the measures to contain its spread heightened the fiscal challenges faced by the GCC?
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Many GCC stock indices have high dividend payout ratios of greater than 50%.Speculation of dividend cuts triggered a sellof in Kuwaiti banks.
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The lack of future return expectations for the Tadawul index has been a hurdle for investors willing to consider Saudi stock market in their portfolio.
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With Global COVID-19 cases exceeding higher than 10 million, how have markets reacted to it? what kind re-opening strategies are being followed by countries?
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While some sectors in Kuwait like airlines came to an absolute standstill, some sectors like technology stand to gain from the lockdown. How has this reflected in their equity performance?
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The economic disruption caused by COVID19 has changed the landscape for financial and real assets, causing Global fund houses to revise their long-term Capital market expectations.
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What drives the performance of the asset classes in the light of COVID19 and lower oil prices? How has the impact been thus far?
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Prevalence of buy-and-hold culture perpetuated by scarcity of sukuk issues had led to dearth of liquidity in secondary markets.
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What has caused many investors to dump GCC REITs, many of which trade at 52 week lows? UAE and Saudi listed REITs worst affected. Did Covid-19 excarcebate the already struggling REITs, particlularly in UAE? What is the scope for their recovery?
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The recent collapse in oil prices caused by demand destruction on account of COVID -19 was exacerbated by the OPEC+ disagreement
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To cushion the impact caused by the twin shock of COVID-19 and low oil prices, GCC governments need to act fast and consider massive measures to alleviate economic pain and steer it in the path of recovery.
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On an overall basis, GCC economy is expected to contract by 2.7 percent in 2020. Due to lower oil income receipts and increasing expenditures to combat the covid-19 pandemic, fiscal deficit for GCC is expected to be at 10.4 percent of GDP.
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The COVID-19 outbreak has led to a severe economic downturn and has affected numerous sectors of the economy. Amazon, Netflix, Zoom among others emerge as winners from the COVID crisis.
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As the coronavirus imperils gulf economies, the GCC governments and central banks unleash unparalleled economic measures.
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To reduce volatility, stock exchanges in Kuwait, Dubai and Abu Dhabi have reduced the circuit breaker lower limit to 5%. We look at the history of circuit breakers and their effectiveness in curbing volatility.
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Markets worldwide have experienced unprecedented volatility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Similar to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2008, state authorities have announced a slew of policy measures including aggressive fiscal measures to minimize the economic impact.
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With the global economy already reeling under the pressure of COVID-19, the timing of the oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia couldn't have been much worse.
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The Islamic finance industry, whichcurrently comprises of nearly 1,400 institutions globally, has thepotential to reach close to US$3.8 trillion by 2023.
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Sukuk are useful instruments for issuers as well as investors. They are a liquidity management tool for Islamic banks and shariah compliant institutions
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