Middle East & Africa Archive

January 24, 2012

Poor market infrastructure hampering Africa’s appeal to investors

Poor capital market infrastructure and limited liquidity in African companies are larger concerns for institutional investors already investing in the continent than fears about bribery and corruption, a survey by Middle Eastern investment asset manager Invest AD along with the Economist Intelligence Unit has found. read more>

January 19, 2012

Saudi Stock Exchange poised to allow foreign direct investment

Saudi Stock Exchange poised to allow foreign direct investment

The Saudi Stock Exchange – known as the Tadawul – is expected to open up to direct foreign investment later this year, as part of a reform agenda aimed at modernising the country’s securities markets. read more>

December 15, 2011

Fixnetix partnership to boost JSE’s global ambitions

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has established a point-of-presence (PoP) at a UK data centre with low-latency service provider Fixnetix, facilitating access to its bourse for non-domestic market participants. read more>

December 15, 2011

MSCI refuses status upgrade as Qatar ignores institutional demands

Qatar's inability to improve foreign ownership limitations and continuing fears over how the UAE deals with failed trades have stopped index provider MSCI from upgrading the two countries to emerging markets status. read more>

November 25, 2011

Bahrain Financial Exchange main bourse goes live

The Bahrain Financial Exchange, the first multi-asset exchange in the Middle East and North Africa region, has commenced trading on its conventional market segment. read more>

November 15, 2011

BT continues exchange link project with Qatar Exchange

UK telecoms provider BT has added market data from the Qatar Exchange to its Radianz Cloud community as it continues to build up its exchange connectivity network. read more>

November 02, 2011

Deutsche offers DMA to Israel

Deutsche Bank is now providing direct access to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, allowing institutional clients to access the bourse through the German bank’s Autobahn Equity business. read more>

September 19, 2011

Bloomberg partners with SHUAA to offer UAE DMA

Bloomberg partners with SHUAA to offer UAE DMA

Global agency broker Bloomberg Tradebook has launched a DMA trading platform that will connect local and international institutional investors to two United Arab Emirates stock exchanges. read more>

July 20, 2011

US broker expands Turkish presence with IS Investment deal

Auerbach Grayson, a New York-based broker specialising in global trade execution and research services, has announced a partnership with IS Investment, the investment banking arm of Turkey-based Isbank. read more>

June 22, 2011

DvP concerns delay Qatar, UAE reclassification by MSCI

Index provider MSCI has said that it will extend the review period for the potential upgrading of the MSCI Qatar and UAE indexes from frontier to emerging market status. read more>