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

Investors looking to Kuwait are starting to see greater opportunities as stricter regulations are implemented across the market. But with a volatile political background, financial budgeting continues to be put on the back foot

The failure of the UAE and Qatar to win MSCI emerging market status for the second time highlighted the significance of reclassification in the current investment environment. But frontier markets have plenty to offer to willing investors, according to Mark Mobius

Over the years, BankMuscat has quietly grown from locally-facing mutual fund manager, to a trailblazing, multi-strategy player with its sights set on expansion. As the firm lines up a series of innovative new products, key men S.R Krishnan and Ali Said Ali tell Mena FM the secret of its success

A relatively new investment strategy, ETFs have proven popular with the world’s fund managers, but Mena has been harder to convince. NBAD launched the GCC’s first ETF in 2009 and remains bullish on the strategy, as more and more players begin to realise its benefits