CI Capital Research is a leading MENA research house offering an exceptional product that boasts both international quality as well as local know-how. The team was hand-picked amid a restructuring venture in 2012 and is now unique for its exclusive make-up of highly ranked analysts.
The team covers approximately 101 stocks across 6 markets in the MENA region, equivalent to 40% of the respective markets’ market cap, as of December 2017, across financials, insurance, real estate, construction, materials, logistics, consumer and the healthcare sectors. This growth has been calculated, in a steady manner to ensure that our research ideas carry the necessary breadth and rigorous financial analysis.
We have been expanding, and continue to CI Capital Research also successfully launched in November 2017 sector-agnostic small & mid cap coverage in Egypt to strengthen idea generation, with a focus on identifying overlooked stocks for the firm’s retail and local institutional clients.
In recognition of the Research team’s continuous efforts to provide international quality services, with local insights, across MENA; CI Capital ranked third at the globally renowned 2018 Extel Survey for the Middle East and North Africa – reaffirming its position as one of the leading research houses in the region. The annual survey received over 1.2m votes from 11,333 individuals at 4,022 firms, and CI Capital’s number 3 ranking comes out of a total of 39 participating global, regional and local firms.
As a whole, the team targets coverage of 120 stocks across the MENA region by 2020, continuing its focus on providing quality investment ideas.