Euromoney’s annual survey invites investors to rate the quality of bank research on Middle Eastern equity and debt bearing in mind overall performance and accuracy.
Investors rate named analysts and teams for the categories indicated.
Holdings of Middle Eastern equity (excluding Turkey)
Greater than $250 million
Between $100 million and $249.99 million
Between $50 million and $99.99 million
Less than $50 million
Holdings of Middle Eastern debt (excluding Turkey)
Greater than $250 million
Between $100 million and $249.99 million
Between $50 million and $99.99 million
Less than $50 million
Regional buoyancy and declining opportunities elsewhere are pulling banks into the Gulf region, bringing with them research capability. Local firms still lead Euromoney’s poll but foreign rivals are coming up fast. Rupert Wright reports.
Only four years ago, the kind of research familiar to more developed capital markets was almost unknown in the Middle East. However, the quality of information available to investors is improving rapidly as global banks establish footholds. But Saudi Arabia, the region’s biggest market, has been left behind. Dominic O’Neill reports.