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EUR 907.06 For Business Accounts Only

Key themes to play in Egypt

​Attractive returns for portfolio investors

  • ​Full free float, rather than a managed one, should help Egypt avoid a prolonged currency predicament like Nigeria’s, with the current real exchange rate looking more attractive than ever during the past 15 years.
  • Bringing foreign ownership to 25% in the stock and bond market should result in inflows of USD 16.5bn (USD 4.5bn and USD 12bn respectively), further aided by the incremental USD 12bn IMF package.
  • We play banks (NIM expansion outweighing pressure on CAR) and stocks that benefit from USD hedges, while avoiding MENA stocks (mainly consumer) with high EGP exposure and/or a short-term margin squeeze.

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Arqaam Capital

Established in 2007, Arqaam Capital is a specialist emerging markets investment bank, bringing regional and international product offerings to the emerging markets. Arqaam Capital combines international best practice with expertise in the markets in which we operate. Our primary role is to provide financial intermediation and create investment opportunities for frontier and emerging markets investors looking to invest in their own markets and abroad, as well as international investors seeking opportunities in target frontier and emerging markets. Arqaam Capital is headquartered in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), with additional offices in Libya, Lebanon, Egypt, and South Africa. 

Arqaam Capital's research platform provides the largest coverage footprint of MENA equities and one of the largest on the African continent with a total of 300 stocks under coverage. Arqaam Capital is ranked as one of the leading research providers in the region - a reflection of its broad coverage universe, its in-depth and high quality research, as well the compelling investment ideas that the team generates. The analysts closely analyze their sectors and issue in-depth company and sector research while the strategy team connects the micro with the macro, focusing on index analysis, macroeconomics and strategy research. 

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