Markets In spite of internal political developments in the US (testimonies related to impeachment, losing the vote on bipartisan Syria resolution, announcement of the now-backtracked G7 summit location), and weaker-than-expected... Read More
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Recent & Upcoming Events
Dec 5: Speaker and panelist at the Oman Centre for Governance and Sustainability (OCGS) Annual Corporate Governance Conference (Muscat)
Nov 19: Keynote address at the Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Saudi Arabia conference (Riyadh)
Oct 28: Panelist at the launch of IMF’s MENA Regional Economic Outlook (Dubai)
Oct 15: Guest speaker at the LIFE Luncheon (Dubai, invite only)
Sep 15: Introductory remark at the CEBC event “ESCO Market in MENA Region (Challenges vs Opportunities)” (Dubai)
Sep 12: Panelist at the “Sustainable Finance and Carbon Markets: new opportunities for the GCC?” side event at the World Energy Congress (Abu Dhabi)
Apr 18: Opening Keynote speaker at the Corporate Counsel Middle East Forum (Dubai)
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The MENA-OECD Working Group on Investment and Trade‘s 2018 meeting was... Read More
The commencement speechat the Universite St. Joseph was delivered by... Read MoreIn the Media
Dr. Nasser Saidi spoke with Dubai Eye’s Business Breakfast team ahead of the Lebanon Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s visit to the UAE. The UAE meetings resulted in the travel ban to Lebanon being lifted. Listen to the full radio interview at https://omny.fm/shows/businessbreakfast/lebanon-economy-nasser-saidi-associates-07-10-2019
The article titled “How carbon taxes can boost state coffers and clean the environment” appeared in The National’s print edition on 7th October, 2019 and is posted below. Click here to access the original article. How carbon taxes can boost state coffers and clean the environment Given the GCC’s high carbon footprint, the introduction of a tax would generate substantial revenues for the governments Greta Thunberg’s impassioned speech dominated the recent UN climate summit. “Change is coming, whether you like it or not,” she said. We must act on Greta’s hectoring. She represents a generation whose voice is not being heeded by a generation of policymakers placing a high discount rate on an increasingly... Read More In the wake of some glaringly poor corporate decisions by major companies recently (including WeWork), Dr. Nasser Saidi spoke with Dubai Eye’s Business Breakfast team about why companies need corporate governance. Recent news highlight concerns with lack of leadership accountability, corporate governance & oversight. Listen to the full radio interview at https://omny.fm/shows/businessbreakfast/nasser-saidi-associates-29-09-2019
The article titled “Climate Change is an Existential Threat for the Middle East & the GCC” will be published in the Aspenia Issue, Fall edition 2019, and can be downloaded in Italian. While humans squabble and debate their commitment to combat climate change -despite the clear and present danger warning of the 2018 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)- Nature has been relentless and unforgiving. Extreme weather events are growing in intensity and frequency. Examples of which include maximum temperatures being reached in Bahrain this June since records in 1946. The ongoing drought in India and related acute water shortage continues, threatening rural communities and leading to greater... Read More
Dr. Nasser Saidi’s comments on the Saudi oil field attacks in mid-Sep and its impact on the oil market is part of the article “The Lede Explains: The New Oil Crisis” published by The Lede on 17th September 2019. The full article can be accessed at: https://www.thelede.in/politicking/2019/09/17/the-lede-explains-the-new-oil-crisis Comments are posted below: Dr Nasser Saidi, economist and former Lebanese Minister of Economy and Industry, told The Lede that the attack on Saudi Aramco facilities has raised uncertainty about Saudi oil production as well as reserves (oil fields) that may be subject to other attacks leading to supply disruption. “The attacks also cast a shadow over the much-discussed Aramco IPO, which may be... Read More
