To what extent have external forces impacted the Kuwaiti private equity markets?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Nayef Al Hajraf, Chairman and Managing Director, Capital Markets Authority (CMA): Interview from The Report: Kuwait 2016
Articles & Analysis | Kuwait's evolving investment framework bodes well for future growth of trade and investment from The Report: Kuwait 2016
With strong foreign reserves, a rapidly improving investment framework and a major state-led development programme under way, Kuwait is well positioned to attract growing levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade in the coming years. While the government has cut back on current spending recently, capital expenditure has continued...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, on the importance of addressing regional security within the GCC: Viewpoint from The Report: Kuwait 2016
Kuwait’s security is an integral part of the security system of the GCC, and any threat targeting the security of one of the GCC countries will be treated as a threat to the security of Kuwait and to the rest of the GCC countries. We reject threats and cooperate to defeat them. This was reflected in practice when Kuwait suffered brutal...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Yousef Mohammed Al Ali, Minister of Commerce and Industry: Interview from The Report: Kuwait 2016
How will new e-government procedures being rolled out serve to shorten both inter- and intra-ministerial communications and processes?
Articles & Analysis | Meeting the needs of the GCC region's growing youth population from The Report: Kuwait 2016
One of the most important issues currently facing the Middle East is the changing composition of its demography. A massive cohort of young people – known as a youth bulge – is challenging policy makers, with youth policy affecting security, education, the labour market and welfare programmes, among other areas. Given the relative stability and...
Articles & Analysis | GCC region's bond market activity reaches unprecedented heights from The Report: Kuwait 2016
A combination of factors has led to a rise in bond issuances from GCC member states across the first half of 2016. Over the period, bonds and sukuk (Islamic bonds) issued in the GCC hit $39bn, accounting for 15% of the region’s total outstanding bonds ($263bn) as of June 2016, and nearly equalling the value of issues in the whole...