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Faisal Mansour Sarkhou shares his analysis of the capital markets sector in Kuwait and the GCC and discusses the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on KAMCO Invest and the sector. He also shares his perspective for the future of the financial sector in Kuwait and the GCC region and gives an overview of KAMCO Invest, the fifth largest asset manager in the region.
According to the Equity Markets October 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as measured by the MSCI GCC IMI Index declined by -2.7% MTD. UAE’s DFM Index was the top performing regional index, followed by Abu Dhabi’s ADSM Index. Kuwait’s Weighted Index fell by -2.5% with negative performance coming from Consumer goods -9.2%, Telecom -7.9% and positive gains came from Oil & Gas +1.4%.
According to the Equity Markets August 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as indicated by the MSCI GCC IMI Index increased by 0.83%. Kuwait’s Weighted Index was the top performing regional index and Qatar’s QE index was the worst performing index.
“In our sector, the investment sector, and through being a specialized, client-driven, asset management investment bank, our focus is on building and continuing to maintain our strong leadership position,” says Faisal Sarkhou, Chief Executive Officer of KAMCO.
So whilst the effects of declining oil revenues have been considerable, Kuwait, which boasts large fiscal reserves accumulated over the past few decades, has been able to stave off the precipitous corrections that have hit some other petro-states in recent years.
“In our sector, the investment sector, and through being a specialized, client-driven, asset management investment bank, our focus is on building and continuing to maintain our strong leadership position. Part of that is the trust that is bestowed upon us by our clients and our various stakeholders.”
“Overall, we feel that the non-oil economic growth is going to outperform the oil economic growth. OPEC has implemented production cuts in order to stabilize oil prices, and Kuwait will be adhering to those cuts. That will have an effect on the real GDP growth because Kuwait is such a highly energy dependent economy. It all depends on how the oil markets behave.”
Faisal M. Sarkhou, CEO of KAMCO talks about the effects of the introduction of CMA in 2011.
Faisal M. Sarkhou, CEO of KAMCO talks about oil prices and investing. He believes that the second half of 2015 will bring return of growth and stabilization of markets.
Faisal M. Sarkhou, CEO of KAMCO talks about investing in 2015, investing in Kuwait and other investment related subjects.
