Dr. Amin El Kholy is Managing Director Asset Management at Arqaam Capital, a specialist emerging markets investment bank. Arqaam AM offers funds covering MENA, GCC and Pan-Africa, including a long/short hedge fund. Dr. El Kholy has been specializing on the MENA region since 1996. In this Opalesque.TV BACKSTAGE video, he speaks about:
* Why MENA, including Turkey, is a fertile ground for stock pickers
* What drives investment returns from the MENA region? How is MENA different from typical frontier or emerging markets?
* What is the "New Silk Road"?
* Details about structure, liquidity profiles and recent developments of the capital markets in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, UAE and Qatar
* How to exploit less liquid opportunities while maintaining the integrity and return of your strategy.
Arqaam Capital's Asset Management business focuses on the development and management of MENA-focused and emerging markets funds and portfolios for institutional clients, family offices and high net-worth individuals. Prior to joining Arqaam, Dr. Amin El Kholy was Chief Investment Officer and Head of Asset Management at Shuaa Asset Management where he oversaw the management of funds with total AUMs of USD 1.7 billion. In this role he restructured and led the investment team, designing and implementing rigorous investment processes.
In 2004, Mr El Kholy joined the National Bank of Dubai ("NBD") as Head of Asset Management where he initiated and ran the in‐house asset management activities offering new products to the market. During this time the NBD's GCC fund outperformed both its benchmark and its peer group with total AUM reaching USD 300 million. Mr El Kholy spent the first thirteen years of his career working in the UK at institutions such as HSBC and United Bank of Kuwait ("UBK"). This included being a founding member of the first equity funds to span All Arab markets at UBK London as well as being part of the team which launched The Arab Gateway Fund at Primecorp Invest Management in collaboration with Shuaa Capital in 1999. Mr El Kholy holds a MEng (Hons) degree and a PhD from Imperial College London.
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Dr. Amin El Kholy is Managing Director Asset Management at Arqaam Capital, a specialist emerging markets investment bank. Arqaam AM offers funds covering MENA, GCC and Pan-Africa, including a long/short hedge fund. Dr. El Kholy has been specializing on the MENA region since 1996. In this Opalesque.TV BACKSTAGE video, he speaks about:
* Why MENA, including Turkey, is a fertile ground for stock pickers
* What drives investment returns from the MENA region? How is MENA different from typical frontier or emerging markets?
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