CNBC Arabiya, the region¡¯s first and premier 24-hour business TV channel broadcasts live, real-time coverage of business in the Middle East in Arabic. Broadcasting from Dubai, the station¡¯s bureaus are located in Riyadh, Jeddah, Al Khobar, Kuwait City, Doha, Manama, Cairo, Beirut, Singapore and London. Over 200 of the finest journalists and reporters present an unprecedented 15-17 hours of live business news and market coverage directly from the heart of the region¡¯s business centres, continually delivering information that matters.

During the day, our stock market coverage is the definitive, and the only television source of regional market activity through live coverage of action directly from the exchanges. For real-time stock prices, the CNBC Arabiya ticker is the sole source on television while our stack delivers regional and international indices, currency and commodity prices.

In the evening, a lineup of innovative and impactful feature programming and talk shows discuss, debate and present information on an extensive range of regional business, financial and socio-economic topics. International markets and business activity are covered from our bureaus and reporters in London.

CNBC Arabiya is global, influential, real-time, engaging and accountable.

Business is everyone¡¯s business.

CNBC Arabiya. Business Television.

Algebra Capital is a specialist emerging markets asset management firm that provides investment services tailored to institutional investors and high net worth individuals. The firm manages funds in private and public markets across all asset classes while services are packaged as fund solutions, discretionary mandates and structured products. Algebra Capital places a premium on attracting international capital flows to its target markets, namely the Middle East, North Africa and emerging Asia regions (MENASIA). The firm is management owned and claims the longest combined team track record in the Middle East. Operating out of the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) in the United Arab Emirates, Algebra Capital is regulated as a financial services provider by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).

SGAM Alternative Investments (SGAM AI), 100% subsidiary of Soci¨¦t¨¦ G¨¦n¨¦rale Asset Management, manages €61.6 bn of assets* in the largest scope of alternative investments: hedge funds, structured products, private equity and real estate.

SGAM AI Hedge Fund Group is a major provider of hedge fund-of-funds, multi-strategy and single strategy hedge funds with €9.2 bn AuM*. Headquartered in Paris, the division has more than 127employees* including offices in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Playing to the strengths of the Soci¨¦t¨¦ G¨¦n¨¦rale Group, derivative expertise and strong risk management characterise SGAM AI Hedge Funds Group¡¯s funds and services. Furthermore, the company prides itself on its innovation and is a leader in the development of products such as Portable Alpha, liquid Treasury plus funds, ¡®Premium¡¯ funds and hybrid hedge funds in traditional mutual fund format.

Contact:
hedgefunds@sgam.com - www.sgam-ai.com

SHUAA Capital is a public shareholding company established and headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is licensed and regulated as a financial investment company by the UAE Central Bank. SHUAA Capital was incorporated in 1979 for the express purpose of investing and promoting capital flows into the Arab region.

Beginning in 2000, SHUAA Capital expanded the range of its investment activities to encompass a broad range of financial services such as Asset Management, Investment Banking and Brokerage. The company also carries out proprietary investments for its own account, and undertakes Private Equity activities through its fully owned, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) headquartered and fully regulated Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) subsidiary, SHUAA Partners.

Today the company is one of the leading financial services institutions in the Arab region, and the largest Investment Banking Institution in the UAE by market share. Total client assets under management stand at approximately USD2 billion as at 31st of March 2007.

SHUAA Capital is listed on the Dubai Financial Market and the Kuwait Stock Exchange. Its shares are held by close to 14,000 shareholders throughout the Arab region. SHUAA Capital has a market cap of $800 million.

SHUAA Asset Management, a division of SHUAA Capital, currently sponsors and manages over 20 mutual funds and discretionary portfolios for foreign and regional institutional clients targeting Arab Capital Markets. It¡¯s flagship Fund is Arab Gateway Fund which has the longest track record in the region, under same management team, two recognitions for best performing funds and more than 300 million dollars in Assets Under Management.

ABANA is a not-for-profit professional association with members from the financial services industry in the Arab World and North America. Through its programs, website and publications, ABANA fosters improved relations, information-sharing and understanding between the Arab and American public and private financial sectors.

www.arabbankers.org

The International Capital Market Association is the self-regulatory organisation and trade association representing constituents and practitioners in the international capital market worldwide. ICMA's members are located in 48 countries across the globe, including all the world's main financial centres, and currently number some 400 firms in total. ICMA performs a crucial central role in the market by providing and enforcing a self-regulatory code of industry-driven rules and recommendations which regulate issuance, trading and settlement in international fixed income and related instruments. ICMA liaises closely with regulatory and governmental authorities, both at the national and supranational level, to ensure that financial regulation promotes the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the capital market.

ICMA is unique amongst financial industry associations in that it represents a broad range of capital market interests, its members include both global investment banks and smaller regional banks, as well as asset managers, exchanges, central banks, law firms and other professional advisers, making it an influential voice for the global market.

www.icmagroup.org