MSCI

Tadawul enters index talks amid Saudi liberalisation rumours
8 Dec 2011
MSCI, News, Russell, S&P, Saudi Arabia, Tadawul
Global index providers have entered talks with Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul as rumours mount that the market is ready to open to foreign investors
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Six more months
16 Aug 2011
Expert Comment, Features, MSCI, Qatar, UAE
For more than a year the financial centres of Qatar and the UAE have been implementing strategic changes in the hope of winning MSCI’s coveted emerging market status. But the decision has now been held back until December prompting mixed feelings on what this means for Mena
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Indices rush to upgrade UAE before MSCI decision
12 Aug 2011
Emerging Markets, MSCI, News, Russell, S&P Indices, UAE
Russell’s Global Index has upgraded the UAE from frontier to emerging market status, and S&P Indices is likely to follow suit, Mena FM has learned
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MSCI upgrade delay keeps FIIs out of UAE, Qatar
15 Jul 2011
Lansforsakringar, Montreal Transit Corporation, MSCI, News, Pension Funds, Qatar, Searches, UAE
Investors are stalling on the UAE and Qatar until MSCI reaches a decision on reclassification, according to industry sources.
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Mind the gap
23 May 2011
Expert Comment, Features, MSCI, Qatar, QFC
Qatar is one of the most exciting investment destinations in the world, with a thriving LNG-based economy, a World Cup coming up and emerging market status on the horizon. So why is there such a dearth of locally based fund managers?
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Pension funds bearish on Mena pending MSCI decision
20 Apr 2011
Allocations, Emerging Markets, MSCI, News, Pension Funds, Searches
European pension funds are bearish on Mena, but may reallocate to the region if the UAE and Qatar win emerging markets status from the MSCI indices
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Egypt avoids MSCI downgrade
29 Mar 2011
Egypt, MSCI, News
Egypt’s stock exchange has avoided being downgraded from the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, but market volatility continues to threaten funds with Egypt exposure.
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Expulsion impact
3 Dec 2010
Expert Comment, Features, Index, MSCI
Amrith Mukkamala, director, asset allocation/advisory, Kuwait and Middle East Financial Investment Company, looks at the effects of Saudi Arabia being removed from the MSCI indices
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Managers rally behind MSCI in Tadawul licence dispute
18 Sep 2009
MSCI, News, Saudi Arabia, Tadawul
Mena fund managers have lent their support to index provider MSCI Barra over its ongoing dispute with Tadawul, despite fears that MSCI may be forced to cease calculating its Saudi indices
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