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Through ETFs, iShares has long offered exposure to equity markets like Canada and Italy. Soon, the firm will provide access to an even larger market.

The iShares MSCI Kuwait ETF which has a relatively high expense ratio and limited stability, seeks to mitigate those flaws with a near 6% yield. Kuwait's oil-based activities are expected to see a meaningful pickup from H2-25 while lower inflation readings are expected to result in a more favorable interest rate environment. Kuwaiti banks, accounting for 66% of this portfolio, will benefit from superior GDP growth and credit expansion, supported by lower policy rates and a potential government-induced infrastructure thrust.

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The Gulf Cooperation Council area has so far withstood global challenges, with year-on-year GDP growth accelerating to 6.9% in 2022, driven by high oil prices and stronger growth rates in non-oil sectors. Inflation rates in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries remain below the regional and global levels and are subsiding faster, expected to average about 2.7% in 2023, down from 3.2% in 2022.

KWT PUNE, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, October 1, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Pune’s real estate mogul, Kohinoor Group, and CBRE, a worldwide leader in real estate services and investments, have collaborated for Kohinoor World Towers (KWT), one of Kohinoor’s ambitious commercial real estate projects in PCMC near Pune. Both parties are excited and optimistic about the difference this […]...

Late last year, MSCI upgraded Kuwait from a "Frontier" to an "Emerging Market" status, and iShares launched the iShares MSCI Kuwait ETF. Around seven years ago, we saw a similar upgrade and iShares launch on two neighboring markets: Qatar and the UAE, with both benchmarks delivering negative total returns since.
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