Essential management elements for a sucessful company [15:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Every business has to have a business plan that makes it successful, success is measured by how you maintain your relationship with your colleagues, your time management skills in achieving the assigned tasks, and finally achieving the needed within the assigned budget. Listen up for this week’s show and let us know what you think.

References:

1- Loans Violations - Al Qabas

2- Manager Tools Podcast

 

 The Kuwait Future Generations Fund [20:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today, KIA manages the Kuwait General Reserve Fund, the Kuwait Future Generations Fund, as well as any other moneys committed by the Ministry of Finance.

To put KIA’s size into perspective, the Kuwait Future Generations Fund has 10% of annual oil revenues added to it. As of fiscal year 2004/2005, the annual contribution to the Kuwait Future Generations Fund was valued at 896.24 million.

This week we are talking about the type of investments this fund makes and their strategy in making such investments, so listen up and let us know what you think.

References:

1- HVS international - Kuwait Hospitality market snapshot 2007

2- AlQabas Article on the Kuwait Future Generations Fund