Special Report

While the region goes is growing tremendously, the insurance industry is facing a major challenge related to its profitability, but, if well managed, can put the industry at the forefront …

In my 16 years within the Middle East Life Insurance industry, I have never witnessed such tremendous growth in sales for individual life insurance products as in the last three …

Takaful is NOT an Islamic contract or structure in itself, but rather the result of the combination of two or more Islamic contracts, and in general is the combination of …

When the Middle Eastern crème de la crème of insurance professionals gathered in Bahrain earlier this year for the biennial convention of the regional industry body, the General Arab Insurance …

Across the region’s private equity landscape, there are a large number of financiers, whose mixture of know-how and ability to gather capital from a solid investor base introduced new ideas …

Across the developing world, telecom companies battle to provide populations with the most efficient services. Combining price, service, and convenience, mobile telecom firms and fixed-line businesses are looking for new …

With a geographic size that dwarfs its neighbors in the Gulf in particular, and the Middle East in general, Saudi Arabia is in the sights of private equity firms who …

Most businesses in the region are owned and operated by families. The level of trust between members has also been offered to the extended family.  This process is hardly the …

Regional financial markets have shown their correlation in responding favorably to private equity firms and the efficiency they provide to businesses over a diverse range of sectors. Many firms claim …

Many investors around the globe are familiar with ethical funds, and even more so in the Muslim world where Islamic funds, compliant with shari’a rules are common. Among these funds …