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According to the Equity Markets October 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as measured by the MSCI GCC IMI Index declined by -2.7% MTD. UAE’s DFM Index was the top performing regional Continue
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November 07, 2017 |
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According to the Equity Markets October 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as measured by the MSCI GCC IMI Index declined by -2.7% MTD. UAE’s DFM Index was Continue
October 30, 2017 |
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According to the new cooperation agreement, NBK will issue prepaid card holders to customers who have undertaken a loan from KFIC. Continue
October 09, 2017 |
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Kuwait was upgraded by FTSE Russell to an emerging market status, which will become effective by September 2018. The upgrade could prompt cash inflows of approximately USD 700mn from foreign Continue
September 13, 2017 |
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According to the Equity Markets August 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as indicated by the MSCI GCC IMI Index increased by 0.83%. Kuwait’s Weighted Index Continue
July 11, 2017 |
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According to the Equity Markets June 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), MSCI decided to include Saudi Arabia on its watch-list for potential addition to Emerging Market Continue
June 07, 2017 |
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According to the Equity Markets May 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), Saudi Arabia signed billions of dollars of deals with US companies during President Donald Trump’s Continue
May 14, 2017 |
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According to the Equity Markets April 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as indicated by the MSCI GCC IMI Index, fell by -1.2%. Abu Dhabi’s ADX General Continue
May 03, 2017 |
"At this point the lowering of the oil prices and the deficit that we are going through has had a marginal effect on the real estate sector. As we all know, the real estate sector here in Kuwait has Continue
May 01, 2017 |
"At the beginning of 2016, the management predicted that it would be a tough year. We knew it would be very difficult for us to achieve our targets. Our budget would have to be conservative. We have Continue
April 26, 2017 |
"The economy here is highly dependent on oil, oil production, and oil prices, and it has a high correlation with the energy markets. We expect the Kuwait economy to grow between 2.5 to 3 percent, this Continue
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Dr. Yousef Al-Ibrahim, Economic Adviser at Al-Diwan Al-Amiri, Minister's Degree
"With the vision of His Highness the Emir, quite a long time ago Kuwait started to pay a lot Continue
Elham Mahfouz, CEO of Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK)
"Our strategy for 2017 and 2018 centers on the retail customer, the corporate customer, Continue
Tarek Sultan, Vice Chairman and CEO of Agility
"We do business in over 100 countries, with a strong presence in emerging markets. We are Continue
Abdullah Al Sharhan, Chairman of Australian College of Kuwait (ACK)
"Education at ACK aims to enhance the potential of employability of our graduates; be it Continue
Faisal M. Sarkhou, CEO of KAMCO
"In our sector, the investment sector, and through being a specialized, client-driven, asset Continue
Faisal Hasan, Chief Business Development Officer & Head of Investment Research Department at KAMCO
"Overall, we feel that the non-oil economic growth is going to outperform the oil economic Continue
Bader Al Humaidhi, Former Minister of Finance
"Corruption is rife, Kuwait jumped up 20 places in the ranking for corruption. Unfortunately Continue
Bader Al Humaidhi, Former Minister of Finance of Kuwait
Actually it’s a very crucial time for all the oil exporting countries, but mainly for my Continue
Faisal Hasan, Senior VP of Investment Research Department at KAMCO
Kuwait is an oil related economy, with the energy sector dominating the economy. Oil and oil Continue
Faisal Hasan, Senior Vice President and Head of Research and Publications of Global Investment House
Interview with Faisal Hasan, Senior Vice President and Head of Research and Publications of Continue
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May 03, 2017 |
"At this point the lowering of the oil prices and the deficit that we are going through has had a marginal effect on the real estate sector. As we all know, the real estate sector here in Kuwait has Continue
May 01, 2017 |
"At the beginning of 2016, the management predicted that it would be a tough year. We knew it would be very difficult for us to achieve our targets. Our budget would have to be conservative. We have Continue
April 26, 2017 |
"The economy here is highly dependent on oil, oil production, and oil prices, and it has a high correlation with the energy markets. We expect the Kuwait economy to grow between 2.5 to 3 percent, this Continue
March 21, 2017 |
"I have a friend who is a specialist in oil, he said to me “if you ask me tomorrow what would be the price of oil, I would not judge it”. In the past, if you remember, the oil prices in a week or Continue
March 14, 2017 |
Peter Matay
"We are undertaking the CFP Mina Al Ahmadi Package project valued at around 4 billion US dollars. We have a stake in this project, we were awarded the Package in April 2014 and this is our Continue
March 14, 2017 |
Peter Matay
"If you look at Kuwait and the market in general in the last 3 years you can distinguish three major projects that were tendered and awarded and that are in the execution phase," explains Jad H. Continue
July 15, 2015 |
Peter Matay
Faisal Hasan, Senior VP of Investment Research Department at KAMCO talks about Kuwait's economy and GDP. He believes that the major challenge for the economy is implementation of mega projects, Continue
July 15, 2015 |
Peter Matay
Faisal Hasan, Senior VP of Investment Research Department at KAMCO talks about current account and trade surpluses in Kuwait. Continue
July 12, 2012 |
Ben Novak
Ahmed Al-Jarallah, Editor-in-Chief of Arab Times argues that Kuwait's political system is slowing down the economic growth of Kuwait. Continue
July 11, 2012 |
Ben Novak
Investment companies in Kuwait have been waiting for the economic reform and privatization for long time. Continue
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November 07, 2017 |
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According to the Equity Markets October 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as measured by the MSCI GCC IMI Index declined by -2.7% MTD. UAE’s DFM Index was Continue
October 30, 2017 |
Scherzando Blaise Karasu
According to the new cooperation agreement, NBK will issue prepaid card holders to customers who have undertaken a loan from KFIC. Continue
October 09, 2017 |
Scherzando Blaise Karasu
Kuwait was upgraded by FTSE Russell to an emerging market status, which will become effective by September 2018. The upgrade could prompt cash inflows of approximately USD 700mn from foreign Continue
September 13, 2017 |
Scherzando Blaise Karasu
According to the Equity Markets August 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as indicated by the MSCI GCC IMI Index increased by 0.83%. Kuwait’s Weighted Index Continue
July 11, 2017 |
Scherzando Blaise Karasu
According to the Equity Markets June 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), MSCI decided to include Saudi Arabia on its watch-list for potential addition to Emerging Market Continue
June 07, 2017 |
Scherzando Blaise Karasu
According to the Equity Markets May 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), Saudi Arabia signed billions of dollars of deals with US companies during President Donald Trump’s Continue
May 14, 2017 |
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According to the Equity Markets April 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as indicated by the MSCI GCC IMI Index, fell by -1.2%. Abu Dhabi’s ADX General Continue
April 13, 2017 |
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According to the Equity Markets Quarterly Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as indicated by the MSCI GCC IMI index, fell by -1.3% QTD in Q1 2017. Bahrain’s BB Continue
March 14, 2017 |
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The Kuwaiti government’s education budget had grown relentlessly in recent years, allocating almost 10% of its annual budget to Kuwait’s education sector in 2016, as the leadership has continued Continue
March 08, 2017 |
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So whilst the effects of declining oil revenues have been considerable, Kuwait, which boasts large fiscal reserves accumulated over the past few decades, has been able to stave off the precipitous Continue
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