GLOBAL banks and Gulf-based lenders are increasingly looking beyond the Middle East for equity-market business as a sharp slowdown in Gulf initial public offerings (IPOs) puts pressure on deal fees, according to a Bloomberg report.
The trend is expected to continue into the final months of 2026, with banks turning to markets such as Egypt, Turkey and India while waiting for a sizeable pipeline of Gulf listings to come to market, the newswire reported.
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