Look to Malaysia, Indonesia and UAE as growth markets for 2015: DinarStandard

The Islamic Growth Markets Investment Report 2015, published by DinarStandard, a new way of looking at investment opportunities across the 57 Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries. OIC member countries, representing a GDP in 2013 of US$6.7 trillion, are projected to grow 2015-19 at a higher rate (5.4%) than rest of the world (3.6%) or compared to BRIC nations (3.9%), DinarStandard has revealed. 

The Islamic Growth Markets Investment Report 2015 presents 10 fast-growing consumer driven sector clusters such as food, retail, tourism, and health as well as government-driven expenditure on infrastructure and construction as candidates for investment and discusses their potential in the context of the full geographic spectrum of the growth markets and their global value chain. 

The report lists Malaysia, Indonesia, and UAE as the leaders in the inaugural 2015 Islamic Growth Markets Investment Index which ranks investment potential within the OIC member country grouping. The Index is based on a set of nine metrics covering the categories of a country’s growth fundamentals, growth momentum, investment momentum and relative country risk.

Indonesia has the strongest growth fundamentals among the top three. It has the highest population (249 million, 2013) and GDP (US$870 billion, current US$, 2013), while Malaysia has the strongest growth and investment momentum (217% FDI inflows growth 2009-13). GCC economies led by the UAE are also on the top ten list which also includes Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Other markets on the top 10 include Kazakhstan and Turkey.

DinarStandard’s OIC Industry Clusters Model has prioritised 10 sector clusters within OIC countries that provide best opportunities for sector based investment strategy. The top OIC sector clusters are: energy, food & agriculture, electronics, travel & transportation, Metals, chemical & allied, plastics/rubber, textiles & related, Infrastructure & construction, and Health products & Services. Across each of the sector groupings, areas of competencies from different OIC markets across the value chain present unique investmen and growth opportunities.

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