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Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 25th March 2021). Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD914 (-4.0%) / $812 (-3.3%) (weekly change) (+26.0% and +22.5% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
By Mohammed Koperly (LLB, PstgD), Associate, Al Nesoor Law. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq finally says YES to Arbitration. The Law on the Accession of the Republic of Iraq to the New York Convention 1958 on the Recognition and Enforcement […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 18th March 2021). Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. The RSISX index ended the week at IQD952 (+7.8%) / $840 (+7.8%) (weekly change) (+31.2% and +26.7% YTD change, respectively). The number of week traded […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Parliament has ratified a previous decision of the Iraqi Cabinet to accede to the New York Convention (1958) on the arbitration of international disputes. The law will be implemented from the date of its publication in the official gazette. It is expected to give greater protection to international companies doing […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has spoken of creating a "New Mashreq", to harness the broad common interests between Iraq, Jordan and Egypt in order to create a prosperous economic zone that will benefit all countries in the region and in which Iraq would play a major role. Addressing staff at the headquarters […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 11th March 2021). Note: ISX will be closed on 14th and, 21st of March due to lockdown according to the decision of new Supreme Committee for National Health and Safety. Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated […]
By Ahmed Tabaqchali, CIO of Asia Frontier Capital (AFC) Iraq Fund. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Market Review: "Market Roars Back to Life" The market, after January's 9.3% sell-off, resumed the rally that was ignited by the 22.6% devaluation of the […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 4th February 2021). Note: ISX will be closed on 7th of March due to lockdown according to the decision of new Supreme Committee for National Health and Safety. Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has received a delegation from the Egyptian General Authority for Investment and Free Zones, headed by Counselor Mohamed Abdel-Wahab. The Prime Minister stressed the importance of cooperation and economic ties between Iraq and Egypt, and expedited the completion of the integrated industrial zone that was agreed to be […]
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 25th February 2021). Note: ISX will be closed on 28th of February, and 7th of March due to lockdown according to the decision of new Supreme Committee for National Health and Safety. Please click here to view a table of listed companies and […]
Kuwaiti-based logistics provider Agility has said foreign investors "should think carefully about the perils of investing" in Iraq, following a ruling by an international arbitration panel to deny its claims that Iraqi officials expropriated $380 million invested by Agility in an Iraqi telecom company. The ruling, by a panel constituted by the International Centre for […]
By Omar Sirri, for the London School of Economics (LSE) Middle East Centre. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Destructive creations: social-spatial transformations in contemporary Baghdad This working paper examines social-spatial transformations in contemporary Baghdad by zooming in on two of the […]
