What effect will Kuwait’s new FTSE emerging market status have on market inflows? Some are expecting to see inflows of around USD700mn as a result of the inclusion on the index. Other investors are giving more conservative estimates because Kuwaiti stocks might have a combined weight of only 0.11% of FTSE Emerging Markets. In general, […]
The many challenges that Egypt currently faces present many opportunities for us to contribute on both the individual and corporate levels. Here at EFG Hermes, we believe that giving back to our communities is just as important as serving our clients and delivering returns to our shareholders. The creation of the EFG Hermes Foundation in […]
For more than a decade now corporations around the word have been told that it’s part of their civic duty to give back to the communities in which they do business, which meant that every civic-minded business had to allocate a portion of their proceeds to causes that they deemed worthy. These allocations were largely […]
Upon receiving the invitation to write this blog, I sat there thinking about the topic that would be most interesting to tackle. While it is quite liberating to have the choice, it is also somewhat inhibiting because you want to come up with something that makes sense not just to you but to the reader […]