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Interviews & Viewpoints | Abdulwahab Al Bader, Director-General, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development: Interview from The Report: Kuwait 2016
To what extent does the fund coordinate with other funds and institutions to prevent overlaps and also create synergies?
Articles & Analysis | Two new initiatives aim to boost private involvement in Kuwaiti health segment from The Report: Kuwait 2016
In recent years the government has pushed to reform the nation’s health insurance segment. The state’s plans, which involve shifting the cost of medical coverage from the public to the private sector, have major implications for underwriters, expatriate residents and Kuwaiti citizens. At the heart of this effort are two initiatives. The first...
Articles & Analysis | State-led development projects may yield new prospects for Kuwait's underwriters from The Report: Kuwait 2016
Despite the slowing regional economy and strong competition among local players, Kuwait’s insurance sector has seen steady growth in recent years, due in large part to rising demand for non-life products and increased activity in the takaful (Islamic insurance) segment. In 2015 the industry brought in an estimated KD315m ($1.04bn) in...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Alex Saleh, Partner, Al Tamimi & Co, on new reforms to capital markets law: Viewpoint from The Report: Kuwait 2016
The past year was productive, as we witnessed the further development of the Kuwait capital markets. The promulgation of Resolution 72 of 2015 relating to the issuance of the Executive Bylaws of Law No. 7 of 2010, and of its amendments establishing the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and regulating securities activities in Kuwait (Executive...
Articles & Analysis | Regulatory changes and their implications for market activity in Kuwait from The Report: Kuwait 2016
On November 10, 2015 Kuwait received news through the official announcement in the Kuwait Official Gazette that the highly anticipated new bylaws governing the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and regulating securities activities were issued pursuant to Decree No. 72 of 2015 – Executive Bylaws of Law 7 of 2010 regarding the...