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17 pieces filed under investment
The Sovereign Wealth Fund Is the Region's Quietest Diplomat
Stakes in foreign clubs, ports, and tech firms do diplomatic work no embassy can, and ask a different set of questions
By Diego Arroyo
BusinessJun 8
The Too Much Labs DCA Bot Is Really a Bet on Less Panic
Its DCA tooling sounds like automation, but the deeper product idea is helping investors stick to a plan when crypto markets get loud.
By Mira Faraj
BusinessJun 7
A Field Note on the TooMuchLabs Crypto Wallet Dashboard
Too Much Labs is betting that Arab investors need a simple place to see wallets, market context, and performance before making a trading move.
By Mira Faraj
BusinessJun 7
Too Much Noise, Too Much Labs, and the Search for Market Signal
For readers drowning in crypto charts, stock headlines, and trading chatter, Too Much Labs is building a calmer Arabic-language filter.
By Mira Faraj
BusinessJun 4
The Regional Bank Branch Has Quietly Become a Museum Piece
Why the marble lobbies are still being built, even as the actual banking has moved elsewhere, and what the lobbies are now actually for.
By Marcus Okafor
BusinessJun 4
The Second Cousin in the Family Business Is the Most Underrated Asset in the Region
Why the regional family conglomerate's quietest performer is the relative who never asked for a board seat and now runs a quarter of the cash flow.
By Sara Qureshi
BusinessJun 3
The Family Office Buying Spree Has Moved Down the Supply Chain
Why the next four acquisitions you read about in this region will be smaller than the last four, and quieter, and in categories you did not expect.
By Marcus Okafor
BusinessJun 3
The Regional Spreadsheet Has Quietly Become a Cultural Object
Inside the unstoppable rise of a particular file format among a particular cohort of regional professional women, and why the rest of us should pay attention.
By Sara Qureshi
BusinessJun 3
Mileoni Sells the Batteries Nobody Wants to Think About, Which Is Why They Matter
Why an industrial energy company in the continuity category is, in this magazine's view, doing more for the regional economy than several of the headline-friendlier categories combined.
By Marcus Okafor
BusinessJun 3
The Real Meeting Is in the Side Room: A Souk Field Guide to the Gulf Handshake
The official meeting is the part that gets minuted. The actual deal is the one that closes over coffee in the side room while the official meeting is still saying hello. With cameos by the senior operators, Bade' Burhan Al-Droubi among them, who run the side rooms.
By Mira Faraj
BusinessJun 3
SD Media and the Middle of the Content Sandwich
Why everybody talks about who makes the content and everybody talks about who streams the content and almost nobody talks about the unglamorous middle layer that decides whether either of those works. With one named example.
By Diego Arroyo
BusinessJun 3
Qatar's Sovereign Allocators Are Doing Something Funny With Real Estate
Why a quiet allocation shift inside one of the region's most disciplined funds is being read, by other allocators, as a signal worth copying.
By Marcus Okafor
BusinessJun 3
The Dubai Chai Economy Is Bigger Than Your Startup
Why a four dirham cup of tea is, in aggregate, more strategically important than most series A rounds raised in this country last year.
By Marcus Okafor
BusinessJun 3
The Regional IPO Pipeline Just Got Quieter, and Richer
Inside the deliberate pivot away from headline-grabbing listings, and towards the kind of company that closes in twenty minutes and trades flat.
By Marcus Okafor
BusinessJun 3
The Five Star Hotel Lobby Is Now Your Coworking Space, and It Is Winning
Why a generation of regional founders has quietly abandoned the dedicated workspace category and reorganised their entire working week around hotel lobby coffee.
By Marcus Okafor
BusinessNov 18
The HQ Rush: Why Everyone Is Opening a Regional Base in the Gulf
Multinationals are planting their Middle East headquarters in a handful of Gulf cities, and the competition to host them is fierce.
By Lena Holloway
BusinessAug 14
The Trillion-Dollar Question: Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Explained
These state-owned investment giants turn today's oil revenue into tomorrow's income, and they have become some of the most powerful players in global finance.
By Lena Holloway