The Gulf region : a new hub of global financial power / edited by John Nugée and Paola Subacchi.

Expaned and revised version of a Chatham House workshop held in Doha in June 2007 and supported by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority and State Street Global Advisors.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / John Nugee and Paola Subacchi -- Global financial markets : how emerging-market economies are enlarging the playing field / Vanessa Rossi -- Global financial markets : liquidity vs globalization / Michael Hume -- The GCC economic powerhouse between the BRICs and the developed world / Ahmet Akarli -- The new face of Arab investment / Florence Eid -- The GCC : prospects and risks in the new oil boom / Mina Toksoz -- The role and functions of an international finance centre / John Nugee -- The Gulf's changing financial landscape : from capital source to destination and emerging hub / Daniel Hanna -- GCC financial centres : a global competitiveness perspective / Ghaleb O. Faidi -- Institutional arrangements for financial regulation and supervision : OECD experience and emerging best practice in the Gulf region / Alexander Bohmer -- Expatriate life in the GCC countries / Tarek Fadlallah and Ruth Davis -- Asian and Gulf sovereign wealth funds : a tale of two continents / Paola Subacchi -- The GCC : transforming oil wealth into financial portfolios / Stephen L. Jen -- Financial markets under attack? Gulf investors and the rise of economic patriotism in the West / Andrea Goldstein and Fabio Scacciavillani -- How to spend it : distinguishing the origins of sovereign wealth funds / Helmut Reisen -- The transparency of sovereign wealth funds / Andrew Rozanov.