The oil boom of the last three years has accelerated growth in financial market activities across the Gulf region and in Islamic financial and banking activities overall. The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE) are one of the fastest growing parts of the world economy. Burgeoning wealth has strengthened the demand for more sophisticated financial services. Rising transaction volumes have made a compelling case for building the infrastructure to expand services ...
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The oil boom of the last three years has accelerated growth in financial market activities across the Gulf region and in Islamic financial and banking activities overall. The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE) are one of the fastest growing parts of the world economy. Burgeoning wealth has strengthened the demand for more sophisticated financial services. Rising transaction volumes have made a compelling case for building the infrastructure to expand services while justifying the cost. These investments in financial market capability have accelerated the development of a financial services industry in the region and introduced new instruments, prompting banking and financial institutions to set up in the Gulf. This book examines the Gulf region as a financial center and an economic power hub, focusing on its role in the world economy and capital markets. In particular, the authors address the issue of whether wealth alone is enough to create an international financial center. They also assess how many financial centers the Gulf can support and who has the best chance of making the transformation from regional player to global leader. This timely book is the first to provide an overall analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the region, assessing its global aspirations and exploring long-term trends. Contributors include Ahmet Akarli (Goldman Sachs), Alexander B???hmer (OECD), Florence Eid (Pantera Capital LP), Tarek Fadlallah (Nomura), Ghaleb Faidi (ILMAM), Andrea Goldstein (OECD), Daniel Hanna (Standard Chartered Bank), Michael Hume (Lehman Brothers), Stephen Jen (Morgan Stanley), Vanessa Rossi (Chatham House and Oxford Economics), and Andrew Rozanov (State Street Global Advisors).
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Very good. xv, [1], 219, [1] pages. Footnotes. Tables. Figures. References. Index. Decorative cover. No dust jacket present. John Nugée is a senior advisor at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF). From 2000 to 2013, he served as a senior managing director of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), head of SSgA's Official Institutions Group and a member of its Senior Management Group. His responsibilities included advising its central bank, sovereign wealth fund and other official sector clients. Previously, he also was a member of the board of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), a member of ICMA's Asset Managers and Investors Council Executive Committee (AMIC), and an adviser to the Macro-Economic and Financial Management Institute of Africa (MEFMI). Prior to joining SSgA in 2000, Mr. Nugée worked in official reserves management for central banks, including as the chief manager of reserves management at the Bank of England. He was also a director of the European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund. Mr. Nugée is a regular commentator on sovereign asset and central bank reserves management issues. He has published, including a major book on the Gulf as a new force in global finance, co-edited with Chatham House, and the textbook Foreign Exchange Reserves Management for Central Banks. Paola Subacchi is Professor of International Economics and Chair Advisory Board at the Global Policy Institute at the University of London and was Director of International Economics Research at the Royal Institute of International Affairs for over ten years. The oil boom of the last three years has accelerated growth in financial market activities across the Gulf region and in Islamic financial and banking activities overall. The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE) are one of the fastest growing parts of the world economy. Burgeoning wealth has strengthened the demand for more sophisticated financial services. Rising transaction volumes have made a compelling case for building the infrastructure to expand services while justifying the cost. These investments in financial market capability have accelerated the development of a financial services industry in the region and introduced new instruments, prompting banking and financial institutions to set up in the Gulf. This book examines the Gulf region as a financial center and an economic power hub, focusing on its role in the world economy and capital markets. In particular, the authors address the issue of whether wealth alone is enough to create an international financial center. They also assess how many financial centers the Gulf can support and who has the best chance of making the transformation from regional player to global leader. This timely book is the first to provide an overall analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the region, assessing its global aspirations and exploring long-term trends.