http://www.hbgholdings.com/roundtable.phpFinancial Equity Feedhttp://www.hbgholdings.com/rssfeed/203.htmlMarch 15th, 2011US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) will provide up to US$2 billion to catalyze private sector investment in the MENA region. OPIC is the US Government’s development finance institution. With an emphasis on SMEs, the financing is available for projects in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories and potentially Algeria, Oman and Yemen.

 

]]> http://www.hbgholdings.com/rssfeed/183.htmlJune 28th, 2010More than half of private equity investors have seen their annual net returns from the asset class fall to 10 per cent or less, as the financial crisis has taken its toll says an article in the Financial Times.

]]> http://www.hbgholdings.com/rssfeed/146.htmlFebruary 24th, 2010MENA FDI inflows in 2008 multiplied 25 times when compared against the average FDI inflows during the 1990’s says a report by Arabia Monitor on MENA Outlook. It further adds that oil at US$50 per barrel will earn the GCC a cumulative US$4.7 trillion in the next 10 years or 2.5x cumulative earnings of the last 14 years.

]]> http://www.hbgholdings.com/rssfeed/125.htmlJanuary 10th, 2010 http://www.hbgholdings.com/rssfeed/76.htmlSeptember 21st, 2009Recent advances in science and medicine make it possible that plenty of children born today may, in fact, live until 120, according to a report in the Times of London.

]]> http://www.hbgholdings.com/rssfeed/72.htmlSeptember 19th, 2009Three of Dubai's leading real estate developers have pulled out of Cityscape 2009, according to a report in Business 24/7. Understandable in the current economic environment but one wonders how the biggest event in the conference calendar will cope without support from Limitless, Nakheel and Emaar. Is anyone still planning to attend?

]]> http://www.hbgholdings.com/rssfeed/71.htmlSeptember 19th, 2009It wasn't that long ago when Microsoft was the "good guy".They were known to be cutting edge, youthful and revolutionary. Their founder, Bill Gates, was the only nerd on the planet that everyone wanted to emulate. Fast forward a couple of decades and the same Microsoft is considered to be "too big" and anti competitive.

 

 

]]> http://www.hbgholdings.com/rssfeed/18.htmlJune 02nd, 2009The World Economic Forum on the Middle East was held in Jordan on May 15th/16th. The event was marked with various key discussion forums for the regional business community. The response to the economic crisis was to put more emphasis on reform rather than intervention by governments.

]]> http://www.hbgholdings.com/rssfeed/3.htmlMarch 22nd, 2009Over the last 10 years, the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region, which comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, has expanded its GDP by approximately 65% according to a report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit entitled "The GCC in 2020".

]]> http://www.hbgholdings.com/rssfeed/4.htmlFebruary 25th, 2009A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit entitled “Global economic outlook 2009 – 2010” makes for alarming reading. Its conclusions are many including:

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