The development of Islamic financial services (IFS) in Kuwait over the past decade and a half corresponds to the rise and fall of real estate throughout the GCC over the same period. From the early 2000s until the international financial downturn in 2007-08, local sharia-compliant banks and companies invested heavily in the regional real estate...
The two firms that constitute Kuwait’s reinsurance industry are looking forward to increased activity, driven by strong demand for reinsurance capacity in local and regional markets alike. Indeed, in an effort to diversify their revenue sources, both Kuwait Reinsurance (Kuwait Re) and Al Fajer Re-takaful (Al Fajer Re) have worked to expand their...
Islamic financial institutions have become an increasingly important component of Kuwait’s banking sector over the past decade and a half. As of September 2012, the country’s five Islamic banks accounted for 42.3% of total banking assets, up from 33% at the end of 2011, according to data from Kuwait Finance House (KFH) and Ernst & Young (E&Y...
ZAIN price & index relative performance ZAIN market ratios THE COMPANY: Zain Group is a Kuwait-based public shareholding company engaged in the provision of mobile telecoms and data services in eight MENA countries. Zain was incorporated in June 1983 and listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange in March 1985. Zain currently ranks fourth in terms of...
The rise of investment companies (ICs) in Kuwait began in the late 1990s, when easy access to bank credit and low regulatory barriers to entry resulted in a jump in the number of firms participating in the country’s capital markets. According to data from the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK), by the end of 2001 the nation was home to 26 conventional ICs...
set swapping. The NOC offers contractors three main investment options: an NOC pre-approved offset project; a project proposed by the contractor with NOC post-approval; or participation in offset funds developed or approved by the NOC. There is variation in the type of offset projects that the NOC can accept as proposals or propose itself, including joint ventures, greenfield...
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