April 01, 2010

“The results are not surprising, the global crisis is one reason why Zain is in trouble,” Jassim al-Saadoun, head of Al- Shall Economic Consultants in Kuwait, said in a phone interview today. “It also expanded too quickly which affected its financial structure. It needs to service its loans and paid too much for that expansion.”

Zain has also overspent, al-Saadoun said. “The global crisis is almost over and if Zain waits two years, its assets will be more mature and its bargaining power stronger to sell more assets,” al-Saadoun said.

February 21 2010
While no other finance house has publicly collapsed, bankers and analysts said almost all were struggling to meet debt repayments in the face of crippling losses – some of them on investments in Dubai, the troubled Gulf emirate. There were 100 investment houses in Kuwait but “you will not see half of them still operating in 2011”, said Jasem Al-Sadoun, chairman of Alshall Investment.

January 06, 2010

Kuwaitis stepped up borrowing as a decade-long oil boom through 2008 fuelled growth. Like spenders worldwide, Kuwaitis used bank loans to pay for homes, cars and vacations and many struggled to meet payments. The issue of bailing out debtors led to political rows in the oil-rich country, which has run a budget surplus for the past decade.

“You are rewarding careless financial behavior, depleting limited resources and distributing it to people just to consume,” Jassim al-Saadoun, head of Al-Shall Economic Consultants in Kuwait, said by telephone before the vote. “It’s a bad moral message.”

Kuwait is the fifth-biggest OPEC producer. Its benchmark stock index dropped 10 percent in 2009.

15-11-2009
أفاد مصدر مطلع في شركة الشال للاستشارات الاقتصادية ان الشركة تقوم حاليا بترتيب فرصتين استثماريتين في المغرب في قطاعي الصحة والبنية التحتية. واوضح المصدر في تصريح خاص لـ«الراي» ان عملاء للشركة لديهم اهتمام في الاستثمار في المغرب، وتقوم شركة الشال حاليا بعملية ترتيب لفرصتين استثماريتين هناك الاولى في القطاع الصحي من خلال اتمام صفقة شراء حصة مؤثرة في مشروع صحي والثاني صفقة مشاركة في تطوير مشروع بنية تحتية.
ورفض المصدر الافصاح عن المستثمرين الكويتيين الذين يرغبون بالاستثمار في المغرب حاليا طالبا الانتظار الى حين انهاء الاجراءات الخاصة بذلك

04May09 First Dubai and Al Mazaya Holding BODs have appointed Al Shall Consulting and Investment to prepare a feasibility study of the full ownership of First Dubai's capital and to provide advice on alternatives to the implementation of the merger.

04May09

18 July, 2009The Qatar Exchange (QE) showed a positive performance during the week starting July 12. The official QE Price Index increased by 6.12% over the previous week’s closing and finished at 6,385.25 points last Thursday, while Alshall’s index (cap weighted) closed at 951.11, up 5.58% compared to the previous week’s closing (900.88).

21 July 2009

DUBAI - Al Mazaya Holding has decided not to go ahead with acquiring First Dubai Co.’s remaining shares at this time. The decision came following a study conducted by Al Shall Consulting Company, which showed that acquiring 100 per cent of First Dubai’s shares will not increase what Al Mazaya has achieved with 67 per cent ownership.