1. United Nations—While capital–rich countries have long been supplying foreign direct investment (FDI) to the rest of the world, the share of capital flows from emerging economies is increasing rapidly, according to a UN study.

2. Please explain exactly how dispersing the foci of power, how cropping conflicts of interest, how reducing the banks‘ enormous share of capital market operations constitutes "shock." While you‘re at it, perhaps you could explain how the banks, which provide '0 percent of all credit in Israel, contribute to financial stability, and how that was demonstrated in the 2002 crisis, when bank stocks fell 50 percent below their shareholders‘ equity and the Bank of Israel governor warned that a major bank could collapse. 5.

3. "Our direct investments include some of the regions leading companies in their fields and we are proud of their achievements." Commenting on the establishment of Afkar Holding Co., a Kuwaiti shareholding company, and one of the major GIH companies established in 2006, Al–Khazam said "GIH and its strategic partners believe Afkar will be well positioned to take advantage of long–term investment opportunities in the petrochemical and industrial services sectors in the GCC, the Middle East, India and Turkey." The year 2006 also saw the listing of Arkan Al–Kuwait Real Estate Co, in which GIH holds a 21 percent share of capital.