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Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (trading week ending: 11th September 2025. Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. RSISX Index Change RSISX Index Closings Change (w/w) (%) Change (YTD) (%) RSISX IQD Index 2,325.1 -0.2% 3.4% RSISX USD Index […]
By Jon Wilks, for the Atlantic Council. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Dispatch from Basra: Glimpses of hope in Iraq's forgotten south There is perhaps nowhere else where the high hopes of the new Iraq were so dashed as in […]
By Ahmed Tabaqchali, Chief Strategist of AFC Iraq Fund. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. "Southern Mesopotamia: A tour of Ur, the Marshes, and Al-Qurna" "The world's surprise boomtown: Baghdad" is the title of The Economist's September 4th article highlighting Baghdad's construction […]
From the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC): IBBC hosts 40 Iraq SMEs at UK Trade conference IBBC team brought over 40 Iraqi SMEs to a bespoke conference in London's Clayton hotel in Chiswick, presenting how to 'Trade with and Invest in the UK ', The IBBC Baghdad team arranged for several high-profile speakers covering all […]
By Ahmed Hankawi, Shayma Aziz, and Abdulhadi AlShimary, Partners, Etihad Law. Etihad Law is proud to announce the publication of our new Pharma Legal Handbook: Iraq. The pharmaceutical sector in Iraq is one of the fastest-growing industries, yet it remains one of the most legally complex. To help businesses, investors, and compliance professionals navigate this […]
From The Economist. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The World's Surprise Boomtown: Baghdad Iraq's population has grown by 20 million since America's invasion. Read the full article here (subscription needed).
From the Al-Bayan Center for Planning and Studies. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Legislative determinants of foreign direct investment in Iraq Foreign investors are strongly influenced by the host country's legal and regulatory environment: clear, stable, and investor-friendly laws and streamlined […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani attended the Iraq-Oman Business Forum in Salalah on Thursday, accompanied by his ministerial delegation. He praised the organisers, noting that the visit lays the groundwork for genuine cooperation between the two countries, following the signing of 24 memoranda of understanding and two agreements across multiple sectors. Al-Sudani […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (trading week ending: 4th Sept 2025. Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. RSISX Index Change RSISX Index Closings Change (w/w) (%) Change (YTD) (%) RSISX IQD Index 2,329.0 -0.9% 3.5% RSISX USD Index […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Cabinet has approved a mechanism to address the outstanding dues of companies investing in the electricity sector. The decision authorises the Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) to take the necessary steps to purchase debts owed to investment companies against amounts due from the Ministry of Electricity. The State Oil Marketing […]
From the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC): IBBC and UAE-UK BC agree on mutual partnership arrangements. The UAE-UK Business Council and IBBC have agreed to partner each other on a mutual basis. The two organisations have overlapping memberships and very similar values and objectives, and are at heart, British in origin. The IBBC will be […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani met on Sunday with a group of businessmen and representatives of 17 Turkish companies from various sectors, in the presence of the Chairman of the National Investment Commission (NIC), the Executive Director of the Iraq Development Fund, several advisers, and the Turkish Ambassador to Iraq. The press […]
