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29 March 2024

Asiya Investments launches advisory services arm in Dubai

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Asiya Investments announced the launch of its Advisory firm in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), marking a considerable expansion of operations by the group.

The Firm's establishment in Dubai will soon be followed by the launch of Asiya Investments Hong Kong, acting as the new base for the group's asset management activities.

Among the primary aims of the Firm is to address the imbalance in GCC investor portfolios between the 21st Century growth markets of Asia and traditional legacy markets. Despite low rates of growth, Arab capital invested overseas remains largely concentrated in Western markets. Conversely, in 2011, developing Asian economies (ex Japan) accounted for around 20% of world GDP in nominal terms. Supporting Asiya Investments' drive is the emergence of a "New Silk Route", an important East-East corridor. This resurgence has resulted in intensifying political and economic engagement and rapidly increasing levels of trade and investments on which Asiya aims to capitalize on behalf of it shareholders, clients and co-investors.

The business is being inaugurated alongside a seminar titled "The Arab Investor's Route to Asia," on 16 May 2012 featuring a keynote address by Mr David Eldon, Chairman of HSBC Middle East and former Chairman of the HSBC Group, on the historic trade linkages and affinity between the Middle East and Asia, why they are regaining importance and the need for the right partner in order to effectively participate in the growing opportunities for trade and investment between the two regions.

The group is the first (and only) GCC based investment firm focussed entirely on investing in Asia as well as providing advisory services to cater to capital flows between the Middle East and Asia. In particular, Asiya Investments looks to build upon the increasing trade and financial flows between the GCC and the emerging Asian economies (ex Japan), which currently in 2012 account for nearly 50% of global growth in real terms.

The Firm more specifically concentrates on sectors that continue to grow as a result of rising domestic demand, driven by population growth and accelerated urbanization. Key sectors for the Firm include: Energy, Financial Services, Real Estate, Consumer Products and Infrastructure. Within these sectors, investments are undertaken through an in-house developed thematic approach. Investment ideas are generated by identifying patterns of growth across these sectors and economies in emerging Asia. It is this original approach that ultimately enables Asiya Investments to identify and capture profitable investment opportunities that are unique.