Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), the stock market index provider, has decided to keep the classification of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar as frontier markets, despite the two countries efforts to align their stock exchanges with global standards. United Arab Emirates and all other countries and broad geographic locations are ranked based on their aggregate 3-month fund flows for all U.S.-listed equity ETFs that are classified by ETFdb.com as being mostly exposed to those respective countries or broad geographic locations. 3-month fund flows is a metric that can be used to gauge the Email leaks: According to The Intercept, a plan for the UAE to weaken Qatar's economy was found in the email account of Yousef-al-Otaiba, the UAE ambassador to the United States. MSCI said it MSCI, a leading provider of research-based indexes and analytics, announced on Thursday that it would reclassify the MSCI Kuwait Indexes to emerging market status as part of the May 2020 Semi Qatar 0.92 QAT iShares MSCI Qatar ETF UAE 0.60 UAE iShares MSCI UAE ETF Turkey 0.49 TUR iShares MSCI Turkey ETF Colombia 0.37 ICOL iShares MSCI Colombia ETF Peru 0.34 EPU iShares MSCI Peru ETF Hungary 0.30 Greece 0.30 Argentina 0.16 AGT iShares MSCI Argentina and Global Exposure ETF Egypt 0.14 Czech Republic 0.13 Saudi is the third GCC country to be granted MSCI Emerging Market status, as the UAE (0.4% upon inclusion) and Qatar (0.45%) were included in 2013. According to market reports, UAE and Qatar weights are currently much higher than when they were included in 2013.
Qatar and the UAE are the only two nations among the GCC countries that are part of the MSCI EM Index right now. Inclusion in the MSCI EM Index is a gradual process. After an announcement in 2012 of a likely inclusion in the Index, over two years of scrutiny passed before Qatar and the UAE were made part of the MSCI EM index. iShares MSCI Qatar ETF has an MSCI ESG Fund Rating of B based on a score of 2.60 out of 10. The MSCI ESG Fund Rating measures the resiliency of portfolios to long-term risks and opportunities Qatar's benchmark QE Index advanced to the highest level in almost five years, while shares in Abu Dhabi, one of seven emirates that make up the U.A.E. along with Dubai, jumped the most in the For Qatar, MSCI said the very low foreign ownership limit levels imposed on Qatari companies is expected to be the only remaining impediment to the reclassification of the MSCI Qatar Index to emerging markets. The MSCI had previously retained both Qatar and the UAE in frontier status in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
UAE & Qatar - potential reclassification into Emerging Markets . MSCI last year delayed a decision to include UAE and Qatar as emerging markets Dow Jones (2011), ― Country Classification System‖, September update. Federal MSCI Qatar Index (USD) | msci.com The MSCI Qatar Index is designed to measure the performance of the large and mid cap segments of the Qatari market. With 12 constituents, the index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in Qatar. Global index compiler MSCI has finally upgraded the United Arab Emirates and Qatar to Emerging Market status from Frontier Market, marking a new era for their capital flows and facilitating more The UAE and Qatar markets are in focus as the highly anticipated MSCI decision on whether or not to upgrade these markets from 'frontier' to 'emerging markets' status was delayed until
Qatar, UAE shares jump - but full benefits of MSCI move expected in 2014 Shares listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange rallied after the UAE and Qatar won 'emerging market' status dubai financial market agthia group dubai investment amlak finance union properties drake & scull intl waha capital msci qatar index additions deletions doha bank qatar first bank msci belgium index additions deletions argen x evs broadcast equipment Regulators and investors in the rich Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) and Qatar are celebrating the recent Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) upgrade of their countries from frontier to emerging market status. But how important are these rating revisions, and what do they really mean for the countries involved?
For Qatar, MSCI said the very low foreign ownership limit levels imposed on Qatari companies is expected to be the only remaining impediment to the reclassification of the MSCI Qatar Index to emerging markets. The MSCI had previously retained both Qatar and the UAE in frontier status in 2009, 2010 and 2011. QNB has received the lion's share of foreign fund inflows, about $290mn, into Qatar's market as MSCI is set to raise the UAE and Qatar to emerging market from frontier market status at the end