Institutional investors turn to the Gulf

Half of institutional investors in the UK plan to increase their investment exposure to the Gulf region over the next three years, according to Lyxor Asset Management. The firm, a wholly owned subsidiary of Société Générale, said its research revealed almost three quarters (70%) of institutional investors believed the region had the potential for strong future growth. Other investors claimed that economic and political stability in the region played a strong part for their reason in investing in the Gulf. And nearly half (45%) believed that over the next five years stockmarket returns i...