Global signs MOU with Oxford Business Group to produce Emerging Kuwait 2007

Notes and media contacts

About Oxford Business Group:
Oxford Business Group (OBG) is a UK-based publishing, research and consultancy services organisation. It publishes economic and political intelligence on the emerging markets of the Gulf, the Levant, North Africa, Southern Africa, South East Asia and the Southern Balkans. Through its range of print and online products, OBG offers comprehensive and accurate analysis of political, macroeconomic and sectoral developments, including banking, capital markets, energy, infrastructure, industry and insurance.

Written by a team of seasoned analysts based on the ground for six months, the critically acclaimed Emerging Markets series of economic, political and business annuals have become the leading source of intelligence on specific countries in emerging regions. OBG's online economic briefings provide up-to-date in-depth analysis on the issues that matter for thousands of subscribers worldwide. OBG's consultancy arm offers tailor-made market intelligence and advice to firms currently operating in emerging markets and those looking to enter them.

In the Gulf and Levant, OBG publishes Emerging Dubai, Emerging Abu Dhabi, Emerging Kuwait, Emerging Bahrain, Emerging Qatar, Emerging Oman, Emerging Lebanon, Emerging Jordan, Emerging Egypt and Emerging Syria.

In the pipeline are Emerging Northern Emirates and Emerging Saudi Arabia.

For further information:
Sarada Chellam,
MCS/Action,
PO Box 20970, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Tel: +9714 390 2960;
fax: +9714 390 8161,


About Global Investment House "Global":
Global Investment House "Global" is a full-fledged investment company incorporated in 1998, and falls under the regulation of the Central Bank of Kuwait. Its underlying foundation is to meet the high expectations of local and international clients, and to enhance the investment service industry in Kuwait and the region. Today, Global stock lists on the Kuwait, Bahrain, and Dubai Stock Exchanges.

Global plays an important role in promoting investment opportunities in the Arabian Gulf Peninsula to investors through expert financial engineering. It provides investors with a diverse scope of international and national investment opportunities, and facilitates those investments by providing clients with services that target their individual needs, and exceed their expectations.

Thus, Global's achievements have been recognized on local, regional, and international levels. The company's current assets under management reached KD1.9 billion (USD6.7 billion) on June 30, 2006.

For more information about Global, please contact:
Khaled A. AlAttar,
Assistant Manager Media Relations.
Tel: (965) 2400551 Ext. 402;
Fax: (965) 2420498;
P.O. Box: 28807 Safat, 13149 Kuwait;
Web; www.globalinv.net