21-24 June: World National Oil Companies Congress, London
30 June-3 July: The 21st-Century Gulf: The Challenge of Identity, Exeter
7-10 July: First Gulf Research Meeting, Cambridge
Briefings & Reports
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Need an expert briefing to support an investment decision?
GSN’s team of experienced analysts are often called on by governments and their agencies, financial institutions, and energy companies to comment on developments in the Gulf region. Our analysts are available for private briefings (either by telephone or in person) and can produce tailored reports and research on a range of topics and issues. For more information contact Mark Ford. Email:mark@cbi-publishing.com
Politics, succession & risk in Saudi Arabia report
Politics, succession and risk in Saudi Arabia is a GSN special report, published in January 2010. The new report analyses Saudi policy on issues including succession, domestic and regional politics, defence, energy and financial trends, and features extensively researched biographical entries on 1,200 Al-Sauds from the ruling family’s main branch, together with profiles of leading cadet branch businessmen, and a range of maps and graphics.
Read more about the report
Islamic Finance Report
Published in June 2009, this GSN report is an essential reference tool for both newcomers, and well-established bankers and practitioners. Read more
Endorsements
"GSN now really is doing something (and at a quality level) that isn't available anywhere else that I know."
Professor Gerd Nonneman director Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies (IAIS), University of Exeter
"I have been a genuine admirer for many years. I regard GSN as the only one that focuses properly on Arabia and on Saudi Arabia in particular. That alone makes it very special as no country in the region is less understood in the UK than Saudi Arabia."
Stephen Day, consultant and former British ambassador
"GSN is by far the most professional and well-informed report on the region."
Luc Debieuvre, Bank Audi Saradar
"The website is excellent and adds value to an already very valuable publication"
José Silva Pereira general secretary Partex Oil and Gas
"Gulf States Newsletter provides a fund of information and insights for bankers and investors who are serious about doing business in the Gulf."
Francis Beddington, Banker and Economist
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Announcements
Need an expert briefing to support an investment decision?
GSN’s team of experienced analysts are often called on by governments and their agencies, financial institutions, and energy companies to comment on developments in the Gulf region. Our analysts are available for private briefings (either by telephone or in person) and can produce tailored reports and research on a range of topics and issues. For more information contact Mark Ford. Email:mark@cbi-publishing.com
GSN Risk Grades
GSN’s Risk Management Report ‘risk grades’ are an assessment of the political and financial factors that can impact on the region’s polities and economies. There are six grades, from A (‘most stable’) to F (‘failed state’) for political risk, and 1 (wealthiest/most sound financials) to 6 (bankrupt) for financial risk. The grades are intended to provide a very broad guide to the political and financial stability in the countries GSN covers. Upwards and downwards arrows denote cases where a risk is changing. more
Issue 872 - 5 March 2010
Saudi Arabia
GSN Risk Grade — C/2: Kingdom pushing on with investment in projects, good growth forecast more
Syria
GSN Risk Grade — D+/4: US attempts to woo Damascus over Iran, economic growth slows more
Issue 871 - 12 February 2010
Oman
GSN Risk Grade — B/2: Qaboos maintains balanced regional relations, benefits from oil production hike more
Qatar
GSN Risk Grade — B/1: Strong economy, better regional links ensure a steady 2010 more
Issue 870 - 29 January 2010
Iraq
GSN Risk Grade — E/5: Election process fraught with animosity, majors sign up for oil work more
Kuwait
GSN Risk Grade — C/2: Oil minister threatened with grilling, parliament approves KSE regulatory body more
Issue 869 - 15 January 2010
Because this issue contains ten pages in the format of our usual Risk Management Report format, each Report has a page dedicated to it and for your convenience they are accessible from the table below.
: Kingdom pushing on with investment in projects, good growth forecast