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Interviews & Viewpoints | Essa Kazim, Chairman, Dubai Financial Market (DFM): Interview from The Report: Dubai 2018
Articles & Analysis | Awaiting developments: The sector continues to innovate, but external factors could affect further advancement from The Report: Dubai 2018
Dubai is home to a domestic stock exchange, an international market with one of the largest concentration of sukuk (Islamic bonds) in the world, as well as equity futures and three derivatives platform operators: the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) and Nasdaq Dubai. The emirate continues to attract...
Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Dubai 2018
Dubai is home to a domestic stock exchange, an international market with one of the largest concentration of sukuk (Islamic bonds) in the world, as well as equity futures and three derivatives platform operators: the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange, Dubai Mercantile Exchange and Nasdaq Dubai. The emirate continues to attract major international sukuk listings and all of its exchanges are...
Articles & Analysis | Legally mandated health insurance coverage enforced in Oman from The Report: Oman 2018
In August 2017 the Ministry of Health announced that private sector companies would be obliged to begin providing insurance for their employees starting in 2018. The move has set up the health coverage market, which has expanded in recent years, to generate even faster top-line growth. Speaking to OBG in January 2018, the regulator, the...
Articles & Analysis | Growth to accelerate in Oman's insurance sector from The Report: Oman 2018
The Omani insurance market has witnessed robust growth in recent years, which has helped gradually boost penetration rates. As in many countries, compulsory motor insurance has long been the leading branch in the sector, but previously underdeveloped segments including life and health are now expanding rapidly; the former has seen significant...
Articles & Analysis | Capital market performance in Oman to improve on listing activity and new products from The Report: Oman 2018
The sultanate is home to a well-developed stock exchange, the Muscat Securities Market (MSM), which was founded in 1988. The equity market has seen a decline in initial public offering (IPO) activity in recent years; however, it witnessed a resurgence in 2017 thanks to government-driven offerings, more of which are set to take place in 2018....