Bermuda has established a double tax agreement (DTA) and a joint trade committee with Qatar as part of a strategy to attract the Islamic financial services industry
The $8bn Water and Power Employees' Retirement Plan is looking to reduce its exposure to Sudan and Iran, following its dissatisfaction with government policies, Mena FM has learned
The $8bn Water and Power Employees' Retirement Plan is looking to reduce its exposure to Sudan and Iran, following its dissatisfaction with government policies, Mena FM has learned
The $6.5bn Michigan Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is currently searching for one or more active frontier markets equity managers for a $100m mandate, Jeb Burns, chief investment officer confirmed to Mena FM
Following years of groundbreaking work, DSAM has turned its Kauthar Gold Fund into the first ever Shariah-compliant hedge fund available to retail clients. Ahmed Bin Sulayem and Eric Meyer describe the painstaking process of taking it to market
Money market funds offer much-need liquidity to a nervous investor community, promising the possibility of good returns with minimal risk. But how can Mena managers maximise this time-tested strategy?
Despite the ongoing global risk factor, there are still reasons to be optimistic on Mena’s chances of recovery in 2012, as the region is shielded from key challenges such as over-leveraging
US universities are among the most adventurous investors on the planet but they have yet to embrace the Mena fund manager. In the search for greater diversity and better performance, Florida State University Foundation is opening its arms and welcoming all comers