ABANA’s 2008 conference addresses recent developments in the global capital markets that have focused worldwide attention on investments into and out of the Middle East, including the rise of the region’s sovereign wealth funds and their widespread effect on cross-border investments, and the impact of the latest market trends on investments in the Islamic finance industry.
Current Trends in Gulf Investing
Speakers
A. Usama DeLorenzo
Investment Manager
Saturna Capital
Emad Tinawi
Vice President, Middle East & North Africa
Monitor Group
Isam Salah
Senior Finance Partner
King & Spalding
Jeanne S. Archibald
Managing Partner
Hogan & Hartson
Laura Osman
Senior Managing Director & Portfolio Manager
Concord International Investments Group, L.P.
Mahmoud Mamdani 1
Vice Chairman & Managing Director
Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley
Mahmoud Salem
Managing Director, Depositary Receipts Division
Head of Global Marketing & Middle East Region at BNY Mellon
Robert Seber
Partner
Vinson & Elkins
Shaykh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo
Chief Shariah Officer
Shariah Capital
Stephen L. Ranzini
President & Chief Executive Officer
University Bancorp
Tarek Abdel-Meguid
Founding Partner
Perella Weinberg Partners
Udaibir S. Das
Division Chief, Sovereign Asset & Liability Management Division, Monetary & Capital Markets Department
International Monetary Fund
Wael O. Bayazid
Managing Director
The Carlyle Group
William R. “Bill” Rhodes
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Citibank N.A.
Ziad Makkawi
Chief Executive Officer
Algebra Capital