2016 is shaping up to be an excellent year for the US tech sector, with US startups receiving a massive 15.3 billion USD in investment from venture capitalists in the first quarter of this year alone. This represents a 20…
By Himanshu Khandelwal, Investment Director – Asas Capital, DIFC. India’s strong macro fundamentals meant a relatively stable rupee in 2015 though this year the tables turned as the worst performing currencies turned out to be the best performers. India benefitted…
Recent figures from research and consulting firm GlobalData shows that the Saudi pharmaceutical market will grow from an estimated 4.5 billion USD in 2015 to a whopping 6 billion USD by 2020. Saudi Arabia already boasts one of the largest…
The member states of the GCC – Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – are investing heavily into healthcare ventures to support the increasingly varied healthcare needs of their rapidly growing populations. In the…
According to a recent projection by analyst firm Gartner, governments across the Middle East and North Africa will spend 11.5 billion USD on information technology this year – a 2 percent increase over the 2015 expenditure figure. Though 2 percent…
In a sign that China’s dedication to boosting its domestic healthcare industry remains as strong as ever, three Chinese investment firms have recently announced a 150 million USD investment in CStone Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., a bio-pharmaceutical company that is developing…
Following Saudi Arabia’s recent 3.5 billion USD investment in Uber Technologies Inc., Middle Eastern investors are looking for viable tech investment opportunities abroad to capitalise on the rapid rise of tech startups like Uber and Lyft. Although Middle Eastern economies…
As Middle Eastern economies continue to diversify away from oil in the wake of the oil price crash, investors in the region are also ramping up their investments into alternative energy and cleantech. HSBC Holdings Plc. estimates that 80 trillion…
There is a healthcare revolution taking place in the Middle East, with investors in the region increasingly pursuing opportunities in pharmaceuticals, medtech, home healthcare services and a variety of other healthcare subsectors. This is most evident in terms of regional…
Middle Eastern investors have a history of being able to unearth prime investment opportunities in growth markets, including Africa. The strong trend of Middle Eastern investors deploying capital in various African sectors like agriculture, infrastructure, natural resources, and oil and…
Chinese foreign investment has grown rapidly in the past few years, reaching 123.12 billion USD in 2015. In the first four months of 2016, an additional 110 billion USD of Chinese capital found its way overseas. Chinese investors looking to…
By Matein Khalid, Executive Director, Asas Captial, DIFC Brexit has had a traumatic impact on the GCC economies and financial markets. GCC investment banks and high net worth investors have lost several billion dollars in foreign exchange losses on investments…
في إطار سعيها لبناء اقتصاد معرفي قوي، تسعى المملكة العربية السعودية إلى تحويل إستراتيجيتها الاستثمارية السيادية. وفي وقت سابق من هذا العام، أعلن ولي ولي العهد السعودي الأمير محمد بن سلمان بأن الحكومة ستحول أسهمها في شركة أرامكو السعودية إلى…
Today’s CFO is required to operate effectively in the “Uber economy” – an environment where value creation is knowledge-based, and “sharing is caring” has transcended its nursery-rhyme origins to become the cornerstone of a new form of finance. The New…
By Dr. Sabah al-Binali, Chief Investment Officer; CEO – Credit and Advisor to the Chairman, SHUAA Capital; Contributor, The National Brexit drove me to review the European Union and see if there are lessons to be learnt, especially in light…