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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$523.2M
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Global Investment House is a Kuwaiti investment company licensed by the Central Bank of Kuwait. Since its founding in 1998, Global has grown to become one of the leading asset management and investment banking companies in the GCC and the wider Middle East and North Africa ("MENA") regions. Global was established to meet the high expectations of local and international clients, enhance the investment service industry in Kuwait and implement the ambitious goals of an experienced management team and a sophisticated list of shareholders. Our business philosophy is to build distinguished relationships with our clients, business partners, shareholders, and staff based on professionalism and trust resulting in stronger returns to all parties involved. Global has one of the largest asset management businesses in the region by reference to assets under management ("AUM"). Global also has one of the largest principal investment and proprietary trading operations in the region by asset size. As an investment bank, Global is a leading manager of private placements and public offerings and acts as a strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions and individuals in the GCC region. Global has access to a large client base comprised of individuals and institutions investors that are predominantly based in the GCC region. ...
Executive Vice President, Local, GCC Investments
Bader A. Al SumaitNumber of Employees 457
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NAICS Code Portfolio Management: 523920
Recent Events
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Kuwait's Global makes Q3 loss of $19.6 mln
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Fresh appetite for Gulf IPOs seen after Ramadan?
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Feature: Company profile - Equities emerge from the East.(Company overview)
- 2008-12-01
Byline: Ceri Jones Kuwaiti investment company Global Investment House, one of the largest asset management and investment banking companies in the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC, was co-founded in Kuwait in 1998 by Maha Al-Ghunaim, managing director, who has become its best-known face, ...
Global Investment House: Kuwait Stock Exchange performance.
- 2007-10-02
Oct. 2--Global Investment House- Kuwait- Kuwait Stock Exchange Performance -- September 2007 -- During the month of September' 2007, Kuwait market continued its northward movement. "Global" General Index reported a monthly increase of 0.77% as it ended the month of September-07 at 393.98 points. The market...
Global Investment House: GCC aluminum sector ? Attracting strong investments.
- 2007-06-24
Jun. 24--GLOBAL INVESTMENT HOUSE -- GCC Aluminum Sector Aluminum, also called aluminium, is the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust and constitutes 7.3% by mass. The Aluminum industry makes a significant contribution to the global economy as well as to more than thirty individual...
Global Investment House: Kuwait market recorded 2.68% gain in February.
- 2007-03-04
Mar. 4--Global Investment House- Kuwait- Kuwait Stock Exchange Performance -- February 2007 -- Kuwait market ended the month of February on a positive note as the "Global" General Index reported a monthly increase of 2.68% and ended the month of Feb-07 at 296.66 points. The...
BMA authorizes Islamic fund managed by Global Investment House.
- 2006-08-03
Aug. 3--The Bahrain Monetary Agency BMA has authorized an Islamic equity fund, sponsored by leading Kuwait-based asset management firm, Global Investment House. The Global GCC Islamic Fund aims to raise US$300 million for investment in a portfolio of Shari'a-compliant companies in the GCC ...
Special Supplement: GCC - Kuwait In The Comfort Zone - Huge Oil Revenues Place Kuwait In An Economic Comfort Zone That Helps To Diminish Political Tensions, While Kuwaiti Banks Are Looking Across The Region For Opportunities, Writes Eleanor Gillespie, Wit
- 2006-08-01
Byline: ELEANOR GILLESPIE WITH JON MARKS Kuwaiti financial institutions face an enviable problem: where to invest the fruits of an oil boom in which, according to National Bank of Kuwait's NBK July economic brief, gross domestic product GDP rose by 35% to reach $81bn...
Takaful reinsurer opens in Kuwait.(News)(Al Fajer Retakaful Insurance Co.)(takaful industry)( Global Investment House)(Brief article)
- 2006-07-17
Byline: Michael Bradford SAFAT, Kuwait-A reinsurer that is committed to operating in accordance with Islamic law has been launched by Global Investment House, a Safat, Kuwait-based investment company. Al Fajer Retakaful Insurance Co. was capitalized by Safat, Kuwait-based Global with 50...
Special Supplement: Kuwait - Incomplete Oversight - Regulatory Failings In Kuwait's Stock Exchange Have Led To Calls For The Setting Up Of A Capital Markets Authority.
- 2006-06-01
Kuwaitis were traders long before oil first appeared and trading has remained in their blood. It is no surprise therefore that Kuwait became the first state in the Gulf to develop an appetite for trading financial instruments - securities trading began in 1952 - and was also...
Icelanders rumoured to be behind bid for investment group chaired by
- 2006-01-07
Savoy Asset Management, the investment group chaired by Ken Clarke MP that has just seen off a shareholder revolt, revealed yesterday that it had received a takeover approach. The company did not name the potential suitor but speculation centred on the bid interest coming from an Icelandic...
Savoy investor leads calls to oust Ken Clarke
- 2005-10-08
A Kuwaiti businesswoman has called a shareholder meeting at Savoy Asset Management to try to oust Ken Clarke, the Conservative Party leadership contender, as the company's chairman. Dr Souad Al-Sabah, who is related to the country's ruling family, owns 25.5 per cent of Savoy through Global Investment...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Bader A. Al Sumait | Executive Vice President, Local, GCC Investments |
| Omar M. El Quqa | Treasury & Executive Vice President, Corp Finance |
| Sameer A. Al Gharaballi | Executive Vice President |
| Khawla B. Al-Roomi | Senior Vice President, Personnel & Admin |
| Ahmed Chougule | Assistant Vice President, Finance |
| M. Saidu Muhammed | Assistant Vice President, Marketable Securities |
| Moustafa N. Zantout | Assistant Vice President, Marketing |
| Rasha Al-Awadi | Vice President, Settlements |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Maha K. Al Ghunaim | Chairman & Managing Director |
| Alan H. Smith | Board of Directors |
| Khaled J. Al-Wazzan | Board of Directors |
| Marzook N. Al-Kharafi | Board of Directors |
| Sheikh Abdullah J.A. Al-Sabah | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Global Investment House | Executive Vice President, Local, GCC Investments | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Global Investment House | Treasury & Executive Vice President, Corp Finance | Current |
| Global Investment House | Founder | Current |
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| Global Investment House | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Global Investment House | Senior Vice President, Personnel & Admin | Current |
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| Global Investment House | Assistant Vice President, Finance | Current |
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| Global Investment House | Assistant Vice President, Marketable Securities | Current |
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| Global Investment House | Assistant Vice President, Marketing | Current |
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| Global Investment House | Vice President, Settlements | Current |
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| Global Investment House | Chairman & Managing Director | Current |
| Global Investment House | Board of Directors | Former |
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| Global Investment House | Board of Directors | Current |
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| Global Investment House | Board of Directors | Current |
| Global Investment House | Vice Chairman | Current |
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| Global Investment House | Board of Directors | Current |
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