Jan 06, 2012 Global Investor CEO profile: Shwan Taha, Rabee Securities Twenty five years of war and sanctions have devastated the Iraq economy – but for Shwan Taha, chairman of Baghdad-based Rabee Securities, now is the perfect time to invest in a nation that is rebuilding from scratch. Aaron Woolner reports
Nov 27, 2011 Financial Times Bankers flock to Iraq despite dangers “The international banks can smell the opportunities,” says Shwan Taha, an Iraqi who formerly worked for the family office of hedge fund manager George Soros, and returned to Iraq in 2007 to set up Rabee Securities, now one of the country’s largest brokerages. “More and more bankers are flying in, a
Nov 27, 2011 Financial Times Investment bankers move in on Iraq “Everything in Iraq is an uphill battle. If it wasn’t, tons of bankers would move to Baghdad tomorrow,” says Shwan Taha, the chairman of Rabee Securities, one of Iraq’s biggest brokerages.
Nov 07, 2011 Gulf News Iraq projects may push oil output to 12.5m bpd Abu Dhabi: Iraq's oil production may rise to more than 12.5 million barrels a day (bpd) from about 2.4 million bpd by 2017 if things proceed as per plan, Iraq-based Rabee Securities said in a research report.

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Rabee Securities (RS) was founded on January 7th 1995, and is headquartered in Baghdad. RS is licensed and regulated as Securities Brokerage Company by the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX). We are one of the premier brokerage houses catering to institutional investors from US, through a partnership with Auerbach Grayson of NY, and from western Europe.

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Updated: Jan 26, 2012Market Summary

ID/US$ 1,183
Trading Vol. (ID mn)/d 2,171.9
Trading Vol. ($ mn)/d 1.8
Traded Shares (mn)/d 1,445.7
Total Trades 624
# of Traded Companies 43
# of Companies (Up) 5
# of Companies (Down) 25

RSISX Index

  Close Change YTD Change
ID RSISX 1,326 -2.6% -11.8%
USD RSISX 1,455 -2.6% -12.8%

RSISX Index Chart

Best & Worst Performers

Best Performers

Code Closing (ID) % Chg
HBAY 32.250 2.4%
IITC 4.750 2.2%
IIDP 1.370 0.7%
HASH 12.300 0.3%
AIRP 6.410 0.2%

Worst Performers

Code Closing (ID) % Chg
SMRI 2.770 -7.0%
BUND 2.180 -6.8%
NAME 1.130 -5.8%
BDSI 3.460 -4.9%
HSAD 28.500 -4.2%

TOP 5 Traded Volume

Code Trading Vol.
(IDmn) / d		 Trading Vol.
($'000)/d
BKUI 741.4 633.7
BGUC 268.7 229.6
BIBI 195.5 167.1
BUND 156.2 133.5
IKLV 103.1 88.1

Trading Volumes by Sectors

Sector Trading Vol.
(ID mn)/d		 Trading Vol.
('000 $)/d
Banking 1,790.5 1,513.5
Insurance 17.1 14.4
Investment 0.3 0.3
Services 41.1 34.8
Industry 227.2 192.1
Hotels&Tourism 79.7 67.4
Agriculture 15.9 13.4
Total 2,171.9 1,835.9