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Flurry of Bond issuances - How are GCC countries placed?

October 15, 2020

There has been a flurry of bond issuances by the GCC countries, so far. Could the pace of issuance continue?

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How deep is the impact of COVID-19 on the GCC aviation industry?

October 12, 2020

According to IATA, revenue of airlines in GCC region is expected to decline by 56% in 2020.Tech enabled processes such as self-service check-in and contactless health screening are likely to become integral part of the check-in process.

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Will COVID-19 increase the Cost of Capital in the GCC?

October 08, 2020

Learn how has the cost of capital progressed in the GCC over the years? What has been the impact of Covid-19? For Which GCC countries cost of capital has moved?

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Boursa Kuwait’s stock surges on its trading debut – Has privatization been a success?

October 08, 2020

Boursa Kuwait surges on its debut following its successful listing on the stock exchange. Could it spur further privatization and divestments?

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Estimating Corporate CapEx in Saudi Arabia

July 21, 2020

How has Covid-19 impacted Capex Utilization by Saudi Corporates in 2020 and the outlook for 2021?

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Defensive sectors in GCC-A great bet in today’s times

July 20, 2020

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 Tadawul fared during COVID-19?

July 14, 2020

How has liquidity in Saudi stock changed in the light of COVID-19?What factors have driven market liquidity?

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COVID-19 brings to the fore GCC’s Fiscal Vulnerability

July 12, 2020

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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COVID-19 may force GCC companies to cut dividend payout

July 09, 2020

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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Estimating future returns for Saudi Arabia Stock Market

July 05, 2020

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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10 million and counting: COVID -19 breaches a grim milestone

July 02, 2020

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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Kuwait Sector Indices: Comparison of declines due to COVID-19 and 2014-16 Oil Price Crash

June 17, 2020

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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Fund houses revise their long-term capital market expectations - What has changed?

June 14, 2020

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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Implications of COVID-19 on GCC Asset Classes

June 08, 2020

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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How to improve the Secondary Market for Sukuk Bonds

June 07, 2020

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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Impact of Covid-19 on GCC REITs

June 07, 2020

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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Impact of Oil Price Volatility on GCC economies, markets and businesses

May 17, 2020

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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GCC Governments should tap the idea of perpetual bonds

May 14, 2020

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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GCC fiscal deficits and financing post COVID-19

May 07, 2020

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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In the COVID-19 crisis, who are the few global winners amidst plenty of losers?

April 19, 2020

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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GCC policy interventions to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19

April 13, 2020

As the coronavirus imperils gulf economies, the GCC governments and central banks unleash unparalleled economic measures.

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