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Tag Archives: Qatar
Credit Suisse: Saudi Arabia and Qatar Set to Lose Big After UBS Deal (Middle East Eye)
Posted in Frontier / Emerging Market News, Middle East
Tagged Middle East, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
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MENA Equities: Five Key Themes and Reasons for Optimism (Franklin Templeton)
The global economy is currently facing headwinds because of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, but there are several reasons to be optimistic about the outlook for equities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, according to Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets … Continue reading
Posted in Fund Manager News & Research, Middle East
Tagged Asia, Middle East, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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The “Halo Effect” of Saudi Arabia’s Emerging Markets Arrival (Franklin Templeton)
Saudi Arabia’s inclusion in the MSCI Emerging Market Index marks a significant milestone for the MENA region, according to Salah Shamma, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity’s Head of Investment, MENA. He explains the “halo effect” from this move that mirrors … Continue reading
Posted in Fund Manager News & Research, Middle East
Tagged Asia, Kuwait, Middle East, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It (NYT)
Among Persian Gulf states, Qatar was the picked-on little sibling. Gas riches and an independent-minded ruling family changed that. Now it’s in the fight of its life. READ MORE
Posted in Frontier / Emerging Market News, Middle East
Tagged Asia, Middle East, Qatar
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Qatar Long-Term Rating Lowered To ‘AA-‘; On Watch Negative (S&P)
On June 7, 2017, S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term rating on Qatar to ‘AA-‘ from ‘AA’ and placed the rating on Credit Watch with negative implications. S&P believes the current diplomatic isolation moves will exacerbate Qatar’s external vulnerabilities and … Continue reading
Posted in Frontier / Emerging Market News, Middle East
Tagged Asia, Middle East, Qatar
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FLASHBACK: Moody’s Downgrades Qatar Rating to Aa3 But Changes Outlook to Stable from Negative (Moody’s)
On May 26, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Qatar’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings to Aa3 from Aa2 and changed the outlook to stable from negative. The key drivers for the rating downgrade are a weakening of Qatar’s external … Continue reading
Posted in Frontier / Emerging Market News, Middle East
Tagged Asia, Middle East, Qatar
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Frontier Markets: Small, Concentrated & Misunderstood (Financial Advisor)
A recent lengthy article in Financial Advisor noted the growing popularity of the frontier markets asset class but also pointed out that two key aspects of the space (measured or categorized by the MSCI Frontier Market Index) are often overlooked … Continue reading
Posted in Investing Tips, Middle East
Tagged Asia, Middle East, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Frontier Market ETFs Have 72% Exposure to Oil-Dependent Countries (FT Adviser)
The MSCI Frontier Markets index outperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets index throughout 2013 and much of 2014; but since last October and as oil prices started to plummet, the former has fallen by 9.4% while the latter has risen by … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Commodities, ETFs, Investing Tips, Middle East, Southeast Asia
Tagged Africa, Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, SE Asia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Vietnam
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How MSCI’s Removal of Qatar & UAE Impacts the Frontier Markets Landscape (MM)
Back in May, MSCI announced that both Qatar and United Arab Emirates, which together make up a third of the MSCI Frontier Markets index, had been upgraded from frontier market to emerging market status. The index now incorporates 24 countries … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Investing Tips
Tagged Africa, Asia, Kuwait, Middle East, Nigeria, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Fund Managers’ Opinions on the UAE and Qatar’s Emerging Markets Upgrade (The National)
The National, an Abu Dhabi based newspaper, has a lengthy interview with four fund managers in Singapore, New York, London and Abu Dhabi to answer questions related to the entry of the UAE and Qatar into the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. … Continue reading
Posted in Fund Manager News & Research, Middle East
Tagged Middle East, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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How the MSCI Emerging Markets Index Changes Will Impact Investors (P&I)
Pensions & Investments has a must read article (“MSCI revision alters frontier markets’ makeup”) about how the subtraction of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar from the MSCI Frontier Markets Index and their addition to the MSCI Emerging Markets … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Investing Tips, Latin America, Middle East
Tagged Asia, Gulf States, Kenya, Latin America, Middle East, Nigeria, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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History Says Investors Get Gored by MSCI Upgrades (Reuters)
MSCI upgrades of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar to emerging market status at the end of this week have already sent their stock markets soaring. In fact and since MSCI announced the upgrade last June, Dubai’s main index … Continue reading
Posted in Investing Tips, Middle East
Tagged Gulf States, Middle East, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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