By Ahmed Tabaqchali, 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. Iraq needs to address the economy's structural imbalances to halt the dinar's volatility A planned implementation of global procedural requirements for cross-border payments by the Central Bank of […]
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. Iraq Market Report: Market Begins to Discount Currency Upheavals The market, as measured by the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index, was down 5.0% for January. F or […]
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. Iraq Market Report: Currency Upheavals Disrupt Market Activity The market, as measured by the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index, was down 1.0% for the month and down […]
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. Iraq Market Report: Supermarkets and Stability The market, as measured by the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index, was down 4.2%, and down 2.9% for the year. The […]
By Ahmed Tabaqchali, 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. Kurdistan positioned in prominent role in global gas markets A new report, The Kurdistan Region of Iraq's Gas-Export Potential: Deja Vu All Over Again, authored by Atlantic Council […]
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. Banks and the Predictability of Earnings The market, as measured by the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index, which over the last two months discounted and looked through […]
By Basima Abdulrahman, Rania Baker and Ahmed Tabaqchali, for the Institute of Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS). The opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq Economic Review: KRG's Financial Conundrum | Iraq's Real Estate Boom […]
By Ahmed Tabaqchali, Chief Strategist of Asia Frontier Capital (AFC) Iraq Fund. This article was originally published by the LSE Middle East Centre. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's Wealth and the Forty Thieves: Structural Enablers of Corruption with Impunity The […]
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. Markets Continue to Discount and Look through the Political Impasse The market, as measured by the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index, was up 3.7% for the month, […]
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. Markets Discount and Look through Violent Clashes The market, as measured the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index, was up 2.1% for the month, and up 1.2% for […]
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. "Sell in May and Go Away - in July !!!" The market, as measured by the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index, was down 5.6% for the month, […]
By Alexandra Kaiss and Mariah Smith, 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. Iran and Iraq: The struggle for tenable relations On July 25, the Atlantic Council's Iraq Initiative and Future of Iran Initiative hosted a virtual event […]
