2020 was a year like few others that came before. Whilst there are acres of column inches on what the economic convulsions might mean to 2022 and beyond, much of it is guesswork with little precedence from which to draw conclusions. Our writers take the…

After four years of damaging division that reached much further than the Gulf, the recent agreement which whilst still being ‘I’ dotted and ‘t’ crossed broadly has one winner, Qatar. One face-saver, Saudi Arabia. And one loser, the UAE, which finds itself in the cold.…

This has been an emotional year for many of us.  Whether you lost a loved one, were made redundant or had to close your business and layoff staff.  We will all be glad to see the back of 2020! From a markets and trading perspective,…