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Economy

Importance of SMEs in GCC: Challenges amid COVID and way forward

May 19, 2021

Interview with Mr. M. R. Raghu, CEO, Marmore MENA Intelligence

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Business Sector

How can GCC Banks reset for growth beyond COVID-19?

May 04, 2021

GCC Banking Industry - How can GCC Banks reset for growth beyond COVID-19?

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Capital Market

IMF forecasts steeper fall in GCC countries’ 2020 GDP

November 09, 2020

What is IMF’s current outlook for GCC countries’ economy?How does it compare with IMF’s April forecast?

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Business Sector

COVID-19 derails traditional Kuwait retailers

October 14, 2020

Has COVID-19 derailed the progress made by Kuwait's retail industry in the past few year?

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Capital Market

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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Others

Has Coronavirus cases peaked in the World and GCC

September 01, 2020

Almost 7 months into the pandemic has COVID-19 cases peaked in the GCC region?

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Capital Market

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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Capital Market

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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Capital Market

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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Capital Market

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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Capital Market

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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Economy

COVID-19: GCC has mostly resorted to monetary measures

July 07, 2020

Amid COVID-19 GCC has mostly resorted to monetary measures to contain the virus. Strained budgetary position has led to smaller size of stimulus measures.

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Capital Market

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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Economy

Saudi Arabia’s move towards a cash less economy propelled by COVID-19

June 29, 2020

Will enforcement of social distancing be a near-term growth driver for cashless payments in Saudi Arabia? The ratio of POS transactions to ATM withdrawals in Saudi suggests so.

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Capital Market

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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Capital Market

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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Business Sector

Will COVID-19 reduce the appetite for renewable energy projects in the GCC?

June 10, 2020

Global investments towards renewable energy has been resilient despite COVID-19, suggesting that they could be the way forward

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Capital Market

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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Capital Market

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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Capital Market

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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Capital Market

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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