Arqaam Capital eyes two new fund launches | GulfNews.com

Arqaam Capital eyes two new fund launches | GulfNews.com:

"Arqaam Capital’s asset management business is focused on Frontier and Emerging markets. Having started with the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) based asset classes, the bank is now preparing for two new fund launches with underlying assets from GCC and Africa.
The new funds include a GCC focused equity fund that would have stocks picked from a universe of consistent dividend payers and an Africa fund that has direct growth linkages to South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa, Dr Ameen Al Kholy, Managing Director of Asset Management at Arqaam Capital told Gulf News in an interview.
Arqaam funds have a history of consistently beating market benchmarks, according to figures on Zawya and Bloomberg. Alpha Fund, a risk managed hedge fund will complete four years on December 1 is up 24 per cent till date, beating regional indices such as the S&P Pan Arab Index which is up 13.5 per cent, the MSCI Frontier Market Index and the MSCI Emerging Market Index which are up 12.3 per cent and 8.5 per cent up respectively."

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