Sunday 22, January 2012 by Robin Amlôt

Kuwait Capital Markets Authority hires HSBC

The Capital Markets Authority has asked HSBC to advise on plans to privatise Kuwait’s stock exchange and sell at least part of the company in an initial public offering. If the proposal goes through the Kuwaiti exchange would become the second listed equity market in the region after the Dubai Financial Market.

Features & Analyses

Economics IMF updates on Iraq economy

Recent macroeconomic developments have been broadly positive in Iraq. Economic growth in Iraq reached 8.4 per cent in 2012 and… read more