Oman

While global equity markets have experienced something of a short-term bounce in the last few days, markets in the Middle East have recovered strongly from the region-wide correction... 2008-02-19

We are encouraged by recent news that Dow Jones Indexes, in conjunction with the Muscat Securities Market (MSM), has launched the Dow Jones MSM Index (DJMSMI) in order to measure... 2008-01-17

With the US Federal Reserve cutting rates by 25bps to 4.25% yesterday we examine the implications of the move on the Middle East region.

The speed at which the Kuwaiti monetary authorities have chosen to revalue again (just two weeks after the last upwards move), and the magnitude (1.7% compared with previous revaluations... 2007-07-25

BMI View : We believe that a GCC currency union will take place in either 2010, or potentially 2012. However we have reservations about the long-term sustainability of a single... 2007-01-18

Oman's decision to opt out of monetary union is significant, not so much in the act itself, but in the comments it drew from GCC finance ministers, particularly the Saudi minister,... 2006-12-13

The insurance industry across the Middle East is growing rapidly, with various estimates projecting annual growth of around 20% in insurance premium payments over the coming years.... 2006-12-06

In a region where equity markets are growing so fast that locals are giving up their day jobs to trade on them, yet another new all-time high is hardly news. But the case of Oman's... 2005-06-08

Although our view remains that the oil market will continue to be well supported, the lower prices seen recently should serve as a timely reminder to the Gulf states that rely on... 2005-05-25

The storming of the Bangladeshi embassy in Kuwait this week by more than 700 migrant workers angry over employment conditions in the Gulf was symptomatic, in our view, of a major... 2005-04-29