Middle East
CDS spreads reach 18-month high in Bahrain
Bahraini authorities crack down on protesters as spreads rise across the Middle East and North Africa.
Emerging markets: braced for the end of the party?
Emerging markets: braced for the end of the party?
Oil to reach over $150/bbl in 12-18 months
A prominent hedge fund manager says oil price will break through historic highs within the next 12-18 months
Reshaping Russia and China’s energy alliance
In the pipeline
Editor's letter: February 2011
Editor's letter: February 2011
Building sharia products from the bottom up
Bottom-up sharia structures
Middle East deal of the year – Emirate of Dubai
Middle East deal of the year – Emirate of Dubai
CME’s CCP to clear Middle East products and reduce 'black swans'
Clearport courts emerging market derivative exchange products in a bid to reduce systemic risk in commodity markets
Risk Middle East Rankings 2010: Dealers adjust to new pricing realities
Globally, big derivatives dealers are making wholesale changes to their pricing practices, and the Middle East is no exception. Clients are also becoming more sophisticated, according to Risk’s first ranking of dealers in the region. Research by Ana…
Q&A – Standard Chartered Bank’s Afaq Khan
The sharia effect
Russia to tap Islamic finance to help meet $1 trillion infrastructure bill
Russian corporates and infrastructure companies are increasingly turning to Asia and the Middle East to help meet their financing needs
Gulf One's Rowan: Op risk value lies in strategy
The thinker
Emerging markets specialist tips Middle East property and Kazakh financials
Profile: John Bates
Emerging markets analyst joins Insparo Asset Management
Emerging markets analyst joins Insparo AM
Middle East maelstrom
Middle East maelstrom
A turning point for crude oil indexes
Battle of the benchmarks
Turkey power market set for expansion
Turkey turns on the power
Ethical credit investment set to surge
Growing participation in fixed income by pension funds and sovereign wealth funds with ethical mandates is spurring interest in socially responsible credit investment.
Daiwa appoints heads of fixed income and debt capital markets
Vince Purton becomes Daiwa head of debt capital markets for Europe and the Middle East, and Chris Brown becomes deputy head of fixed income, also for Europe and the Middle East
Nomura recruits EMEA co-heads of fixed-income sales
Nomura appoints Guy Cornelius and Raffaele Ricci joint heads of fixed-income sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa
Scuppered by sukuk
Dubai World was bailed out by Abu Dhabi in December, but the near default of sukuk issued by Dubai property company Nakheel could have much broader implications for the development of Islamic finance. By John Ferry
Masdar and E.on create carbon trading venture
Abu Dhabi-based renewables company Masdar has joined forces with German utility E.on to form E.on Masdar Integrated Carbon (EMIC), a company focused on developing carbon emission reduction projects.
Markit to start trading emerging market sovereign credit risk index
The Markit iTraxx SovX CEEMEA (Central and East European, Middle East and Africa) index will start trading on January 20. The index is part of the Markit iTraxx SovX family of sovereign credit default swap indexes.