Investors gather in Bahrain to attend Arindon's Investors Conference

The Kingdom will play host to leading executives and Capital Markets investors in the region which includes Rashed Al-Baloushi, Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Exchange and Ahmad Aweidah, CEO, Palestine Securities Exchange -will illustrate the diverse contradictions of living with instability in the Levant and the burden of liquidity in the Gulf.

They will discuss why the exchanges share similar view points on the investment landscape and why investors should look at companies in the region.

The conference will accentuate the world of Alternative Investments represented by top industry experts sharing their views on everything from Agriculture to Education, Metals and Real Estate. Fred Ingham, Head of Alternative investments at Neuberger Berman- an employee-controlled global asset management US company which today manages $203bn in assets - will be joined by Amin El-Kholy, Managing Director at Arqaam Capital and Jens Zimmermann of NSR Growth Capital.

Arindon, has constructed a panel of leading industry experts in the field including -Mohieddine Kronfol, Chief Investment Officer at Franklin Templeton, along with Mrs. Gohar Bilal, Head of Islamic Finance at JP Morgan and Lilian Le-Falher, Head of Capital Markets of Kuwait Finance House - on the future innovations in Islamic finance.

Philip Anderson, author of the Secret life of Real Estate, will offer unconventional thinking into the next global real estate and economic cycles and how they are likely to develop from now until 2027.

Commenting on investment opportunities in the Bahrain market, Mr. Mahmood Al Kooheji, Chief Executive Officer of Mumtalakat, said, "We believe that Bahrain has great potential for investment in a number of sectors. At Mumtalakat, our focus is on key growth industries including the real estate, service and aluminium sectors, which have the long term benefits that support our commitment to growing the wealth of Bahrain."

"The strength of our regulatory framework in these sectors, and the projects already in the pipeline for the coming year, place these industries amongst those offering the biggest returns. Add this potential to that the fact that we have a young, eager population that is well-trained, educated, available, and willing to do any type of work, and you have a recipe for success. From a business perspective, this approach to investment acts as a very strong market enabler, and it is a key decision criterion for multi-national companies looking to expand and grow in the region. Our people are our biggest asset, and we believe that providing the right opportunities for sustainable economic growth in Bahrain is essential to realising the vast potential there is here in the Kingdom," he said.

"We are proud to sponsor the 2013 Investors Conference, as it is an excellent platform for us to look at these opportunities in more depth, and discuss with the investor community, industry leaders and key decision makers the best way to explore and capitalise on them going forward," concluded Mr. Al Kooheji.

In addition Chavan Bhogita, Head of Markets Strategy at National Bank of Abu Dhabi, the panels will also feature Saad Benani, Investment Banking Managing Director at Credit Suisse and Christian Kern, Head of MENA Equity Research at J.P. Morgan.