Dubai was the region's highest gainer, registering a monthly gain of 5.5 percent, followed by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Qatar, all up between 0.4 and 4.9 percent. The Omani and Bahraini bourses recorded declines of 1.1 and 0.8 percent, respectively....
On the investment banking side, we haven’t seen too many IPOs in the past period. There is a lot of talk of new IPOs in the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, and there is some talk in Kuwait, but we expect that once that begins to flow, sentiment will also gather momentum. World Fi...